Housebound Frailty Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will play a crucial role in supporting Wallsend residents with frailty and complex health needs. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team within primary care, the role involves providing expert care, assessing frailty levels, implementing person-centred care plans, and promoting proactive and preventative healthcare approaches. Working with individuals, families and wider community to reduce frailty through thorough assessments and care plans which include education and signposting eg around reducing falls risks with simple exercises, assessing bone density, reducing isolation, regular vision, dental and hearing check, ensuring regular structured medication reviews.

The post holder will be an experienced nurse/paramedic practitioner (or equivalent) and will provide care for the patient including initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of their care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the Wallsend community. The postholder will be a valuable team member who is able to work well with various teams within the PCN.

The post holder will be working with the Patients of Wallsend Primary Care Network and based at Wallsend Health Centre. Given the nature of the Frail population, the majority of contacts will be in the patients' own homes. They will also be welcomed into the practices and be expected to become integrated into all three practice teams.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered clinician with relevant experience in care in the community, elderly care, or frailty services.
• Strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills in managing frailty and complex needs.
• Independent prescribing qualification V300
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team, liaising with primary and secondary care.
• Experience within Primary Care.
• Awareness of the importance of frailty.
• Ability to deliver training and support staff where appropriate.
• Experience in assessing and managing acute and chronic illness presentations.
• Clean Driving Licence and own car.
• Enhanced DBS Check

Desirable

• Advanced Clinical Practice qualification or working towards it.
• Experience in quality improvement and service development.
• Understanding of local and national policies related to frailty and older peoples care.
• Knowledge of frailty assessment tools, end-of-life care planning, and chronic disease management.

Experience

Essential

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within a primary care setting.
• Strong problem-solving and clinical reasoning abilities.
• Compassionate, patient centred approach to care delivery.
• Willing to work as part of a team and understands the importance of a happy team.
• Ability to adapt to the clinical priorities of the day
• IT proficiency and experience with electronic patient records.
• Willingness to work flexibly across service hours

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

TyneHealth Ltd

Address

North Tyneside Area Health Authority

The Green

Wallsend

Tyne And Wear

NE28 7PD

Employer's website

https://www.tynehealth.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)