Frailty Specialist Nurse

Southport and Formby Health (GP Federation)

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Job summary

People living in care homes should expect the same level of support as those living in their own homes. The national framework for Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) provides steps to achieve this, through collaborative working between health, social care, voluntary, community and care home partners.

The EHCH model moves away from traditional reactive models of care delivery towards proactive care, centred on the needs of individual residents, their families, and supporting care home staff.

The purpose of the Frailty Specialist Nurse role is to work within an integrated community-based care home team, and to work with system partners to deliver the EHCH specification. The postholder will work alongside other Nurse colleagues, Physician Associates and Care Coordinators.

Although the post is advertised as full-time, we will happily accept applications from those individuals who are looking for part-time hours.

If you have any questions please contact Louise Sproat on louise.sproat1@nhs.net, interviews will take place in December.

Main duties of the job

We wish to recruit a nurse with advanced skills to participate in the community-based Enhanced Health in Care Homes team.

The postholder will work within a multidisciplinary team and will complete comprehensive holistic assessments and produce proactive, individualised care plans for care home residents, consulting face to face and via the telephone with residents, care home staff, relatives and advocates. The desired outcomes are to improve clinical outcomes for care home residents, to proactively support primary care service provision, improve interprofessional relationships across community and secondary care, and to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.

The postholder will work alongside Care Co-ordinators to coordinate and communicate individual care plans with system partners and develop relationships with care homes, community teams, mental health services, palliative care services, social services, and secondary care frailty teams, to enable residents to meet their health goals and be cared for in their preferred place of care.

About us

Southport and Formby Health is a dynamic and expanding GP federation, working with local GP Practices and other system providers to provide high quality, integrated, patient services. We work collaboratively with Southport and Formby Primary Care Network to provide the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Specification across Southport and Formby.

The role will require the successful candidate to hold a full driving license to allow for travel to and from care homes within Southport and our central coordination hub in Southport Business Park.

We are looking for a passionate & motivated team player to join our growing team. On top of joining an amazing team of people all dedicated to helping the wider community, we can offer you an excellent benefits package as well as a commitment to your own development and wellbeing.

'I have a great sense of pride working for the Enhanced Health in Care Homes team, the working environment is supportive and everyone works together as a team. We are looking for another enthusiastic member of staff with an interest in frailty to add to our clinical team' -Trene Schofield , Care Coordinator Team Lead

Date posted

20 November 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£33,150 to £39,585 a year dependant on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0192-24-0029

Job locations

Southport & Formby Health Ltd

Wight Moss Way

Southport

Merseyside

PR8 4HQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the Frailty Specialist Nurse are to:

- Have experience of working with frailty/older population demographic.

- Understand the care home provision in the locality and offer clinical support and direction to care home team members.

- Seek to educate and inform care home team members to assist with excellent care provision for residents.

- Complete holistic assessments for care home residents.

- Make independent clinical decisions/judgements based on patients clinical needs.

- Provide individualised, proactive care plans for residents living in care homes, considering the choices and needs of individual residents, their families, and care home staff.

- Consider anticipatory clinical management planning, when appropriate, to support with hospital admission avoidance, and advocate for expressed preferred place of care for individuals.

- Use digital technology to support the recording of assessments and facilitate the medical input.

- Work collaboratively with other colleagues in acute and community settings as part of an integrated system that puts patients and their families/carers at the forefront of management plans.

- Identify and/or engage in locally organised shared learning opportunities as appropriate and as capacity allows.

The postholder will:

- Embed the core NMC values and expectations of care, compassions, courage, communication, commitment, and competence into everyday practice.

- Utilise excellent interpersonal and communication skills, provide enhanced discussions with resident and family regarding end of life wishes/planning

- Motivate others by influencing and inspiring others in new enhanced ways of working

- Provide strong leadership and a shared vision for better care

- Have highly developed interpersonal skills, negotiation, conflict management, feedback, partnership working, and coaching skills

- Communicate with stakeholders and convey complex messages to different recipient groups.

- Develop effective and mutually supportive relationships with key partner organisations.

- Provide strong intellectual, strategic, and systematic thinking skills, and will think creatively and laterally to achieve outcomes.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the Frailty Specialist Nurse are to:

- Have experience of working with frailty/older population demographic.

- Understand the care home provision in the locality and offer clinical support and direction to care home team members.

- Seek to educate and inform care home team members to assist with excellent care provision for residents.

- Complete holistic assessments for care home residents.

- Make independent clinical decisions/judgements based on patients clinical needs.

- Provide individualised, proactive care plans for residents living in care homes, considering the choices and needs of individual residents, their families, and care home staff.

- Consider anticipatory clinical management planning, when appropriate, to support with hospital admission avoidance, and advocate for expressed preferred place of care for individuals.

- Use digital technology to support the recording of assessments and facilitate the medical input.

- Work collaboratively with other colleagues in acute and community settings as part of an integrated system that puts patients and their families/carers at the forefront of management plans.

- Identify and/or engage in locally organised shared learning opportunities as appropriate and as capacity allows.

The postholder will:

- Embed the core NMC values and expectations of care, compassions, courage, communication, commitment, and competence into everyday practice.

- Utilise excellent interpersonal and communication skills, provide enhanced discussions with resident and family regarding end of life wishes/planning

- Motivate others by influencing and inspiring others in new enhanced ways of working

- Provide strong leadership and a shared vision for better care

- Have highly developed interpersonal skills, negotiation, conflict management, feedback, partnership working, and coaching skills

- Communicate with stakeholders and convey complex messages to different recipient groups.

- Develop effective and mutually supportive relationships with key partner organisations.

- Provide strong intellectual, strategic, and systematic thinking skills, and will think creatively and laterally to achieve outcomes.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrates high level of competence/advanced skills in clinical examination and diagnosis
  • Interpret pathology/radiology results/reports and action where appropriate
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, provide enhanced discussions with resident and family regarding end of life wishes/planning Embed the core NMC values and expectations of care, compassions, courage, communication, commitment, and competence into everyday practice.

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check as defined Car driver

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to motivate others by influencing and inspire others in new enhanced ways of working
  • Strong leadership and a shared vision for better care
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills, negotiation, conflict management, feedback, partnership working, and coaching skills
  • Ability to communicate with stakeholders and convey complex messages to different recipient groups
  • Able to develop effective and mutually supportive relationships with key partners within and without organisations
  • Strong intellectual, strategic, and systemic thinking skills, with the ability to think creatively and laterally to achieve outcomes
  • Ability to recover and recuperate quickly from difficult or challenging situations
  • Strong IT skills
  • Experience of recording care plans electronically

Desirable

  • Knowledge of EMIS clinical software

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current qualification/nurse registration with NMC
  • Demonstration of CPD and revalidation (if appropriate)

Desirable

  • Knowledge of EMIS clinical software
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrates high level of competence/advanced skills in clinical examination and diagnosis
  • Interpret pathology/radiology results/reports and action where appropriate
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, provide enhanced discussions with resident and family regarding end of life wishes/planning Embed the core NMC values and expectations of care, compassions, courage, communication, commitment, and competence into everyday practice.

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check as defined Car driver

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to motivate others by influencing and inspire others in new enhanced ways of working
  • Strong leadership and a shared vision for better care
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills, negotiation, conflict management, feedback, partnership working, and coaching skills
  • Ability to communicate with stakeholders and convey complex messages to different recipient groups
  • Able to develop effective and mutually supportive relationships with key partners within and without organisations
  • Strong intellectual, strategic, and systemic thinking skills, with the ability to think creatively and laterally to achieve outcomes
  • Ability to recover and recuperate quickly from difficult or challenging situations
  • Strong IT skills
  • Experience of recording care plans electronically

Desirable

  • Knowledge of EMIS clinical software

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current qualification/nurse registration with NMC
  • Demonstration of CPD and revalidation (if appropriate)

Desirable

  • Knowledge of EMIS clinical software

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).

Additional information

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

Southport and Formby Health (GP Federation)

Address

Southport & Formby Health Ltd

Wight Moss Way

Southport

Merseyside

PR8 4HQ


Employer's website

https://www.southportandformbyhealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Southport and Formby Health (GP Federation)

Address

Southport & Formby Health Ltd

Wight Moss Way

Southport

Merseyside

PR8 4HQ


Employer's website

https://www.southportandformbyhealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Human Resources Manager

Louise Sproat

louise.sproat1@nhs.net

Date posted

20 November 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£33,150 to £39,585 a year dependant on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0192-24-0029

Job locations

Southport & Formby Health Ltd

Wight Moss Way

Southport

Merseyside

PR8 4HQ


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