Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Frailty

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 health and social care partners  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;  Frailty Assessment Unit, Emergency Frailty Department, ED in reach,  Acute Frailty Same Day Emergency Care , supporting our Acute Frailty Virtual Ward and  the Frailty inpatient bed base

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 multiprofessional 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached documents for full details of the  Job Description and Person Specification......