Frailty Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

The postholder will:

• Provideclinical assessment, diagnosis, and management of residents living with frailty within care homes across the network.
• Work alongside the patients registered GP to support the delivery ofanticipatory care planning, including advance care and end-of-life discussions.
• Manage acute presentations and long-term conditions, ensuring timely, evidence-based interventions.
• Work closely with GPs, pharmacists, therapists, and community teams to deliver holistic, coordinated care.
• Participate in and contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings and care reviews.
• Support structured medication reviews and contribute to deprescribing initiatives.
• Provide clinical leadership and education to care home staff to enhance clinical confidence and competence.
• Contribute to implementation of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) framework and the PCN frailty strategy.
• Participate in audit, quality improvement, and service development projects.

See Job description for further details

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (or equivalent)
• Fulfil the Advanced nurse practitioner specifications as per PCN DES
• Independent Non-Medical Prescriber (V300)
• Vaccination awareness within primary care

Desirable

• Knowledge of frailty assessment tools
• Experience in service development, leadership, or teach
• EMIS user skills
• Ability to develop and implement policy and procedure to sustain a quality service

Experience

Essential

• Experience working in Primary Care, Community Nursing, or Care Home Liaison roles.
• Experience of working within a nursing teams
• Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
• Proven ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent communication, clinical reasoning, and decision-making skills.
• Full UK Drivers Licence and transport
• Understanding of DNAR-ACP
• Understanding of comprehensive geriatric assessment toolkit
• Understanding of structured medication reviews

Desirable

• Understanding of QOF
• Understanding of MDT roles within primary care

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

Jubilee Medical Centre

Address

Langbank Medical Centre

Broad Lane

Norris Green

Liverpool

L11 1AD

Employer's website

https://www.jubileemedicalcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)