Job summary
Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Frailty
Band 8a
The Acute Liaison and Frailty Assessment (ALFA) Team provides a responsive, safe effective caring service that is well led.
The team is commissioned to reflect the needs of the local community. Service aims include urgent case management, proactive case management, self-care management and adoption of a co-produced approach with patients and service users.
The post holder will spend a minimum of 90% of their time in direct autonomous clinical practice, having clinical responsibility for a cohort of patients and providing leadership for clinicians within this clinical area.
Interviews: tbc
Main duties of the job
The Frailty Practitioner will join the acute frailty team to undertake holistic geriatric assessments for older patients living with frailty. Working closely with the Frailty Consultant Practitioner and the wider multidisciplinary team, the practitioner will assess and follow up patients both in and out of hospital as needed.
The role involves providing expert, evidence-based, person-centred care that prioritises safety, dignity, and privacy. Practitioners will deliver timely assessments to identify patients who require hospital admission and those whose needs can be met through Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC) with or without primary and community input, supporting better outcomes for patients.
The role will be responsible for the line management and professional development of junior and other staff.
While the frailty team is based in the acute hospital, its success relies on timely, coordinated care across the integrated health and social care system. The Frailty Practitioner will provide expert clinical advice, leadership, and support, ensuring patient needs are met by collaborating effectively with community colleagues. This requires exercising advanced clinical judgment, critical analysis, and decision-making to deliver safe, high-quality, and responsive care across the care pathway.
About us
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.
Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.
If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role
Person Specification
Qualifications, Training
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
- Prescriber (or working towards)
Desirable
- Training in motivational coaching and/or interviewing
- Master's degree level award (or working towards) relevant to the role.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Previous experience in completing advanced care plans.
- Able to lead a team successfully.
- Commitment to partnership working, including ability to work cooperatively with GPs, colleagues and other stakeholders.
- Strong communication skills (listening, verbal and written) that enable you to inform and advise others clearly, and communicate with a variety of audiences including clients, health and care professionals, commissioners and other organisations' staff.
- Ability to deliver services in a person-centred way (enabling/empowering approach) promoting independence in clients
- Knowledge of current community service changes and direction.
- Knowledge of clinical risk strategies and able to apply risk reduction techniques.
Desirable
- Management/leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing a caseload as a senior clinician.
- Demonstrable experience of working with people with health and social care needs, or community-based work with socially excluded groups, or those experiencing health inequalities.
- Demonstrable experience of working successfully in partnership across functional/organisational boundaries.
Desirable
- Successfully implementing change including change that involved staff.
- Experience managing staff within a team, resources and workload e.g., effective use of team skill mix, appropriate delegation of patient care, supervision of junior staff.
Knowledge
Essential
- A broad understanding of health and social care services.
- Understanding of how to monitor and improve service quality for the benefit of customers, and the ability to demonstrate and foster a culture of sharing best practice with colleagues and learning from others.
Desirable
- Knowledge of local area, and local community and voluntary sector services.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Training
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
- Prescriber (or working towards)
Desirable
- Training in motivational coaching and/or interviewing
- Master's degree level award (or working towards) relevant to the role.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Previous experience in completing advanced care plans.
- Able to lead a team successfully.
- Commitment to partnership working, including ability to work cooperatively with GPs, colleagues and other stakeholders.
- Strong communication skills (listening, verbal and written) that enable you to inform and advise others clearly, and communicate with a variety of audiences including clients, health and care professionals, commissioners and other organisations' staff.
- Ability to deliver services in a person-centred way (enabling/empowering approach) promoting independence in clients
- Knowledge of current community service changes and direction.
- Knowledge of clinical risk strategies and able to apply risk reduction techniques.
Desirable
- Management/leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing a caseload as a senior clinician.
- Demonstrable experience of working with people with health and social care needs, or community-based work with socially excluded groups, or those experiencing health inequalities.
- Demonstrable experience of working successfully in partnership across functional/organisational boundaries.
Desirable
- Successfully implementing change including change that involved staff.
- Experience managing staff within a team, resources and workload e.g., effective use of team skill mix, appropriate delegation of patient care, supervision of junior staff.
Knowledge
Essential
- A broad understanding of health and social care services.
- Understanding of how to monitor and improve service quality for the benefit of customers, and the ability to demonstrate and foster a culture of sharing best practice with colleagues and learning from others.
Desirable
- Knowledge of local area, and local community and voluntary sector services.
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).
