Acute Liaison and Frailty Assessment Practitioner Band 6

Job summary

Acute Liaison and Frailty Assessment Service (ALFA) Practitioner Band 6 - full time 37.5 hours per week

The Acute Liaison and Frailty Assessment Service is a new team based in the Emergency Department at Croydon University Hospital. The team is multi-professional utilising skills across nursing and allied health professionals and is integral in ensuringa seamless response to those presenting with either frailty related illness or other medical, functional or social reasons to facilitate the discharge of adult ED attenders (18+) who do not require admission.

The Band 6practitioner willwork alongsidetheBand 7 practitioner and B8a ACPs already established within the team.The role is non-profession specific and we welcome applications from both nursing and allied health professionals.If you are a registered nurse or AHP who has significant Band 5/6 experiencein the areas ofassessingfrailty, autonomous practiceand planning supported discharge, this post may be for you.

Main duties of the job

• The ALFA (Acute Liaison and Frailty Assessment) team is based in the emergency department (ED) at Croydon University Hospital.
• The team has been formed by merging the existing ED Liaison team with the recently commissioned "front door frailty service" to create a seamless response to those presenting with either frailty related illness or other medical, functional or social reasons to facilitate discharge of adult ED attenders (18+) who do not require admission.
• The team is a multi-professional team utilising skills across nursing and AHPs. The role is non-profession specific and each practitioner will be required to maintain their own professional registration
• The team will be integral in ensuring patients receive integrated care across acute frailty pathways, relevant departments and services, and the community enabling teams to work more collaboratively, resulting in patient care being less fragmented or delayed as well as being a more positive experience with better outcomes

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 and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

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. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.