Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frailty Clinical Practitioner

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Job summary

The frailty team is responsible for providing comprehensive geriatric assessments (CGAs) for older people attending the acute hospital with a frailty syndrome (i.e. falls, reduced mobility, altered cognition, poly pharmacy). You will work alongside, and be supported by, a consultant geriatrician, nurse consultant/ advanced frailty practitioner; and a team of multidisciplinary frailty practitioners that includes nurses, medics, occupational therapist, physiotherapist and pharmacist).

As a Frailty Practitioner (both NMC and HCPC registrants will be considered), you will work within the Emergency Department, Frailty SDEC, or Acute Medical Unit to assess older patients who have experienced a frailty crisis leading to hospital admission: to facilitate safe discharge where possible, or admission to hospital if required. You will also provide advice and/or CGAs for older people with frailty admitted to medical or surgical wards (without geriatrician cover) who have a frailty presentation.

In addition to the clinical caseload, this role will incorporate day-to-day leadership of the frailty team, including line management of junior frailty practitioners. The frailty service operates 7 days a week, currently 7am-5pm, although this is due to increase to a 12-hour service. The post-holder will cover weekends and bank holidays on a rotational basis, to meet the needs of the service within these hours.

For any questions, please contact Louise Duvall on louise.duvall1@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

To work closely with the Consultant Nurse , Lead Frailty Clinical Practitioners, Frailty Practitioners, in-reach GPs and the Consultant Geriatrician team to provide effective and reactive services for patients with decompensated frailty
Provide high quality innovative clinical practice. Be proactive in clinical decision making, underpinned by an advanced level of theoretical and practical knowledge
To work closely with the Consultant Nurses for Older People, the Frailty Practitioners, in-reach GPs and the Consultant Geriatrician team patients to proactively identify and manage patients with frailty
Undertake Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments for individuals presenting with frailty and their carers where needs are highly complex.
To work autonomously using advanced levels of history taking and assessment within multidisciplinary team, guidelines and protocols.
Utilise advanced clinical skills in assessment and/or formulate a diagnosis and/or treatment and management plan. To present the patients case to the Consultant on post take ward round when hospital admission is considered necessary.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.

If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.

Date posted

16 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£45,753 to £52,067 a year Per annum including High cost allowances

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

151-DV00345

Job locations

Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust

Portsmouth Road, Frimley

Camberley

GU167UJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached JD & PS with all the details in relation to this role - Please ensure that your application is benchmarked against these requirements

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached JD & PS with all the details in relation to this role - Please ensure that your application is benchmarked against these requirements

Person Specification

Education, Training and Qualifications

Essential

Registered Allied Health Professional/ Registered Nurse
Post registration experience gained by undertaking on-going personal development and training focused on older adults / frailty / advanced practice skills
Working towards a Masters level award relevant to the role (to include physical assessment, clinical decision making, nonmedical prescribing and leadership modules)

Job Specific Experience & Skills

Essential

Significant post registration experience (2 years or more) at band 6 or band 7 working with Older Adults
Ability to demonstrate specialist expertise and knowledge underpinned by theory acquired through CPD in relation to clinical assessment, treatment and evaluation
Experience of caseload management including responsibility for complex care packages for vulnerable people

Person Specification

Education, Training and Qualifications

Essential

Registered Allied Health Professional/ Registered Nurse
Post registration experience gained by undertaking on-going personal development and training focused on older adults / frailty / advanced practice skills
Working towards a Masters level award relevant to the role (to include physical assessment, clinical decision making, nonmedical prescribing and leadership modules)

Job Specific Experience & Skills

Essential

Significant post registration experience (2 years or more) at band 6 or band 7 working with Older Adults
Ability to demonstrate specialist expertise and knowledge underpinned by theory acquired through CPD in relation to clinical assessment, treatment and evaluation
Experience of caseload management including responsibility for complex care packages for vulnerable people

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust

Portsmouth Road, Frimley

Camberley

GU167UJ

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust

Portsmouth Road, Frimley

Camberley

GU167UJ

Employer's website

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