Job summary
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Frailty
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
Working alongside our existing Advanced Practitioners and experienced MDT, the post-holder would be responsible for providing a service across the acute frailty pathway. This role requires excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, alongside sound clinical knowledge, relevant experience and the ability to work at pace.
The acute frailty pathway gives advanced clinical practice high priority. Supporting people living with frailty to self-care and maintain what matters to them most are our key functions. We provide a truly integrated pathway, collaborating with our partners in primary care and local authority to improve patient care and communication across the whole system. The successful post holder will be expected to use their qualifications, skills and expertise to continue support and development within these areas.
This is a rotational system wide post, where you will be responsible for providing specialist clinical support to the whole frailty pathway; ED inreach, the acute inpatient bed base, Acute Frailty Same Day Emergency Care , and supporting our Acute Frailty Virtual Ward. Although the role is predominantly clinical, there will approximately 25% of the role dedicated to managing and supervising the duties of junior members of the MDT.
Main duties of the job
This role is an exciting opportunity for you to be part of a new system wide model of care for our population living with frailty. You will be assessing patients with complex needs, undertaking physical examinations using appropriate use of investigations in order to reach a diagnosis. As part of the team you will support in developing and contributing to the improvement of services. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate evidence of autonomy, clinical judgement who has excellent communication and decision making skills.
Working for our organisation
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The WHH Frailty Hub pathway works on a “Home First” philosophy – with a focus, where appropriate, to return patients to their usual place of residence or onward destination, on the same day. As part of the specialist multidisciplinary team you will be essential in delivering a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, coupled with access to timely diagnostics, coordinated from a dedicated purpose-built Frailty Assessment Unit. The outcome of this assessment will result in the development of a Care and Support Plan, developed collaboratively between the specialist teams with the patient and their carer’s. This CSP will focus on the person’s assets and strengths, as well as identifying areas where they may need support from health and social care professionals.
Please see the attached documents for a full Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Registered AHP or first level nurse, with MSc Advanced Practice or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years post registration experience
- Broad range of clinical experience including recent experience of acute medicine or community services
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Community Services/ Third sector services suitable for frail patients
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MSc. in Advanced Practice.
Desirable criteria
- Additional clinical qualifications in Frailty/ Older Persons Care
Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of national & local perspective of frailty care from a service perspective.
- Strong Leadership qualities.
Desirable criteria
- Participation in service development projects
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Thomas
- Job title
- Nurse Consultant/ Clinical Lead Frailty
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01925 665 040
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