Frailty Practitioner

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional, or Paramedic to join our Frailty Team within HIOWH Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a nationally recognised service delivering urgent, holistic care to people living with frailty in their own homes.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide advanced clinical assessment and urgent care planning for patients experiencing acute episodes of frailty

Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver person-centred care

Prevent unnecessary hospital admissions through timely interventions and support

Lead on complex case management and contribute to service development initiatives

Essential Requirements:

Registered Nurse/AHP/Paramedic with current professional registration

Minimum two years post-registration experience in acute or community settings

Excellent clinical assessment and decision-making skills

Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle

Flexibility:

The successful candidate will be base in one of our 4 locations with the expectation is that they will travel across the area

Only open to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, South Central Ambulance Service, Isle of Wight NHS FT or Hampshire Hospitals FT.

Main duties of the job

To work closely with Frailty Support Team colleagues to provide fast reactive services for people with decompensated frailty and ensure rapid delivery of treatment, care planning and hospital admission prevention where appropriate.

To provide advanced assessment and care planning, including history taking and physical assessment for people living with frailty.

To work closely with frailty team colleagues and people referred to our service to proactively identify frailty and supportively manage these individuals during their acute episode of care through the process of urgent comprehensive geriatric assessment.

To work in collaboration with a wide range of clinical colleagues including primary care, community teams and Social Care professionals, leading and facilitating a person centred focused, co-ordinated case management approach for people who are most vulnerable to, and at high risk of repeat admissions to hospital.

To participate in and influence efforts across health and social services to shape multi-disciplinary pathways designed to support individual choice, shared decision making, improve quality of life, promote self-management and assure early intervention through the proactive provision of care in or as close to the person's own home as possible.

The frailty practitioner will work across the caseload and the single point of access or (equivalent), using their clinical skills to identify the needs of individuals and the correct services to liaise with.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

South Efford House

Milford Road, Everton

Lymington

Hampshire

SO41 0JD

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

South Efford House

Milford Road, Everton

Lymington

Hampshire

SO41 0JD

Employer's website

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

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