Frailty Practitioner

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional, or Paramedic to join our Frailty Team within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation. 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 initiatives

Although the successful candidate will have a nominated base in one of our 4 locations in the South West the expectation is that they will travel across the area covered by the service to meet demand as needed

What We Offer:

Comprehensive induction and ongoing professional development

Opportunities for leadership and service innovation

Supportive team environment with regular supervision

Service operates 7 days a week, 08:00-20:00 with weekend rotation

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 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 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.

To provide appropriate person-centred treatment using evidence-based practice where-ever possible. Individuals will present with acute or chronic conditions and complex multi-system pathologies.

To devise effective care plans for each person with specific therapeutic knowledge. The plan of care, which has been developed in partnership with the person, and where relevant their significant other(s), should be outcome based and ensure appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.

Job responsibilities

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