# Frailty Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/frailty-practitioner/5403b9b7-c72b-4270-8356-c6d47cdea8f5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/frailty-practitioner/5403b9b7-c72b-4270-8356-c6d47cdea8f5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - **Location:** Woodside Health Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 pa inc HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-10T14:20:50.278Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Community_complex_care_care_senior_sister/Community_complex_care_care_senior_sister-v8200153 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8200153?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Working as part of the Complex Care Service, the post-holder will provide expert assessment and treatment of patients with complex needs who are at risk from unplanned hospital admission To support and develop in- reach pathways into care/nursing homes and Croydon University Hospital to facilitate early discharge and prevent long stay admissions To work in collaboration with the One Croydon Alliance programme office to complete the transformation of adult community services to meet the needs of the adult population in Croydon To support the use of Telehealth to support discharge and prevent admission for Croydon residents. Working as a nurse practitioner with a high degree of autonomy, the post-holder will manage undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems using advanced nursing skills by incorporating physical assessment, diagnosis and independent prescribing. The post-holder will work collaboratively with the matron and medical colleagues to develop frailty pathways within the alliance. Interview date : tbc ### Main duties of the job - To support patients in their homes with complex needs - To support the Matron in actively promoting the use of telehealth and other telehealth solutions across the Alliance to prevent hospital admission. - To create individualised advanced care plans for complex patients - Assessment and treatment of patients during a crisis, - Identifying complex and specialist need and developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care. - Facilitating early hospital discharge - Work with a high level of autonomy - Ensure the team delivers clinically effective care and health promotion that is evidence based. - To keep accurate contemporaneous written and / or electronic documentation care plans and reports - To influence colleagues to effect changes in service delivery to improve patient care within constraints of job role - Create, maintain and enhance effective working relationships within the nursing team and other care providers across the alliance. - To investigate accidents and incidents; identify and implement corrective action plans and monitor completion of action plan. - Share learning from incidents, complaints and support safeguarding compliance - Professional development of self and others - Service and practice development - To support any managerial, professional practice and service developments are implemented effectively within the team ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of managing a caseload as a senior clinician - Line management of clinical and staff - Significant experience working as a qualified senior district nurse. **Desirable** - Successfully implementing change including change that involved staff - Experience managing staff within a team, resources and workload, e.g. effective use of team skill mix, appropriate delegation of patient care, supervision of junior staff ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Evidence of advanced clinical skills i.e physical assessment , clinical decision making - Previous experience at completing advanced care plans - Ability to work autonomously Able to lead a team successfully - Able to mentor colleagues and supervise junior nurses - Competent in the use of IT packages - Able to work shifts from time to time including weekends and bank holidays equality opportunities and welcoming diversity to all aspects of role and service ### Additonal requirements **Essential** - Car driver, current UK licence with access to a car for work purposes ### Education and qulifications **Essential** - Current NMC registration - 1st degree in health related subject - District nurse qualification **Desirable** - Master’s degree in health related subject or management or equivalent or working towards - Nurse Prescriber ### Knowledge and understanding **Essential** - Knowledge of current community service changes and direction - Knowledge of current priorities and developments within community nursing - Knowledge of clinical risk strategies and able to apply risk reduction techniques - Awareness of governance and quality requirements - Knowledge of word , spread sheets , email and internet **Desirable** - Management / leadership qualification ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 471.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10505904) - [chs accomodation (pdf, 676.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1725) - [croydon nurse brochure (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1649) - [croydon trust values (pdf, 324.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2317) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2414) - [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972) - [map of croydon university hospital (pdf, 95.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=974) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.