Frailty Practitioner

Job overview

The hospital at home / Virtual Frailty Ward /  Urgent Community Response team provides an innovative, responsive, safe, effective and caring service that is well led.

The team is commissioned to provide  urgent response at home (within 2 hours),  to patients with frailty experiencing an acute illness or frailty crisis, to reduce or avoid hospital admission and promote patient choice in the delivery of care.

The hospital at home service, whilst based at Frimley Park Hospital, delivers a joined up approach across the local Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS).

Main duties of the job

• To work closely with the Consultant Geriatrician, Consultant Nurse for Older people, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and administrative team to provide rapid response services and professional, high quality patient care to patients & families in the community setting.
• To participate in the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of holistic integrated care whilst supporting carers between the hospital and home settings.
• To assist the Hospital at home ANP’s in managing the resources of the Team, including staff, in line with professional standards and quality of care.
• To deputise for the ANP within scope of practice when required and to provide professional leadership within the team
• To participate in the provision of acute medical care for frail adult people with long and short term nursing needs within the hospital at home service, on a rota basis, providing advice and care for patients requiring infusions, transfusions and other medications or procedures where it is deemed to be in the best interests of the person to be in a community setting and in agreement with the named nurse or consultant.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based care recognising individual patient needs and preferences without direct supervision.
• To provide advanced assessment and care planning, including history taking and medication.
• Understand and meet the physical and psychological needs of the person liaising with the hospital at home MDT and other healthcare teams when participating in the care and support of the patient, enabling them to be cared for at home.
• To ensure patients care needs are met through maintaining their information needs, promoting their wishes and beliefs, and addressing their concerns in discussion with family or carers, when appropriate.

For more information please see the attached job description and person specification