Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for10 month secondment for a Band 6 Frailty Nurse to join our existing team of Specialist Frailty Practitioners (nurses and therapists) in the delivery of the Royal London Hospital's Frailty Service.
Our multidisciplinary Frailty Team delivers person centred care, frailty screening and comprehensive assessment and care planning for older adults with frailty admitted to the Royal London Hospital.
This post will be of potential interest to nurses who are working at Band 5 or 6 who have an interest and experience in working with older people. The successful candidate will have an understanding of frailty and the comprehensive geriatric assessment and a wish to progress and apply their expertise in a stimulating clinical environment.
We can offer strong support for development within our expert team, with help to develop your skills and knowledge as well as opportunities to take part in shaping the future of the frailty service and to deliver teaching and education on frailty for The Trust.
If you would like to discuss the post further, or arrange for an informal visit, please contact Rachel Keith, lead Nurse for Frailty -r.keith@nhs.net/ 02035942997
Main duties of the job
This post forms part of the Frailty Team, working within Older Peoples Services at the Royal London Hospital. The team includes doctors, specialist nurses and therapists and provides specialist care for frail and elderly patients in the Emergency Department, the Acute Admissions Unit and throughout the hospital.
The Frailty Nurse will be able to support patients who meet the clinical criteria for frailty and provide a constructive care plan to support patients during their hospital stay and to enable safe discharge back into the community. The post holder will have a delegated responsibility to accurately assess and screen patients in a timely and efficient manner.
The post holder will provide an assessment of care needs and develop, implement, and evaluate care to provide clinical support to patients, families and carers.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience including acute medicine/care of the elderly.
- Experience in caring for vulnerable adults and understanding the issues relating to safeguarding with an in depth knowledge of caring for patients with dementia.
- Ability to demonstrate a clear understanding of MCA, DoLS and enhanced care.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
- Ability to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines
- Ability to work as part of the multidisciplinary team, making
- Intravenous accreditation
- Moving and Handling
- Phlebotomy/Cannulation
- Ability to prioritise clinical work effectively
- Can show a non-judgemental approach to patient care
- Ability to carry out essential and appropriate nursing care and procedures
- Ability to monitor the quality of own work and others
- Able to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence
- Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so
Knowledge
Essential
- Is aware of how to identify and reduce risks with regards to health and wellbeing
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Preparation for Mentorship course or equivalent
Other
Essential
- Personal and people development
- Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge
- Ability to self-reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify what s/he needs to learn to able to improve current job performance
- Ability to take an active role in agreed learning activities and keeps a record of them
- Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement and or development
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the hospital
- The ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures
- Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner
- Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal
- Ability to treat everyone with whom s/he comes into contact with dignity and respect
- Ability to identify and take action when own or other's undermines equality and diversity
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience including acute medicine/care of the elderly.
- Experience in caring for vulnerable adults and understanding the issues relating to safeguarding with an in depth knowledge of caring for patients with dementia.
- Ability to demonstrate a clear understanding of MCA, DoLS and enhanced care.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
- Ability to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines
- Ability to work as part of the multidisciplinary team, making
- Intravenous accreditation
- Moving and Handling
- Phlebotomy/Cannulation
- Ability to prioritise clinical work effectively
- Can show a non-judgemental approach to patient care
- Ability to carry out essential and appropriate nursing care and procedures
- Ability to monitor the quality of own work and others
- Able to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence
- Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so
Knowledge
Essential
- Is aware of how to identify and reduce risks with regards to health and wellbeing
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Preparation for Mentorship course or equivalent
Other
Essential
- Personal and people development
- Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge
- Ability to self-reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify what s/he needs to learn to able to improve current job performance
- Ability to take an active role in agreed learning activities and keeps a record of them
- Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement and or development
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the hospital
- The ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures
- Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner
- Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal
- Ability to treat everyone with whom s/he comes into contact with dignity and respect
- Ability to identify and take action when own or other's undermines equality and diversity
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.
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
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.
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).
