Advanced Practitioner AHP - Frailty Front Door

NHS Scotland; Inverness; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Inverness is seeking dynamic Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Advanced Practitioners to enhance their AHP front door service in Accident and Emergency. Candidates should possess excellent clinical skills, communication abilities, and a proactive attitude. This role offers a supportive team environment with opportunities for personal development through CPD and performance reviews. The position involves 12-hour shifts over 7 days.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Formal and informal supervision

Encouragement for individual development

Training in innovative practices

Qualifications

• In-depth understanding of community services.
• Ability to work in partnership with MDT and community integrated teams.
• Enthusiasm to work in a fast-paced health and social care system.

Responsibilities

• Deliver early frailty assessment focusing on admission avoidance.
• Set goals and functional criteria for discharge early in patient journey.
• Guide data collection and evaluate service efficiency.

Skills

Excellent organisational skills

Good communication skills

Ability to make autonomous decisions under pressure

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

4 Full time roles.

We have an exciting new opportunity to recruit dynamic Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Advanced Practitioners to continue to embed our AHP front door service in Accident and Emergency and our admission ward (GA) within Raigmore Hospital.

These posts are instrumental in continuing the development and growth of the AHP front door service initiated several months ago. Applications are invited from those with enthusiasm to work in a fast paced and changing health and social care system. This new service will deliver early frailty assessment with a focus on admission avoidance where appropriate, as well as setting goals and functional criteria for discharge as early in the patient journey as possible.

The successful candidates will demonstrate an in depth understanding of community services, will work in partnership with the MDT throughout Raigmore, as well as the community integrated teams, to ensure patients receive the right care in the right place at the right time.

You should be forward thinking and proactive with excellent organisational and clinical skills. You will possess good communication skills and have the ability to make autonomous decisions under pressure.

This service will run, 12 hour day shifts over 7 days. The ability to guide data collection and evaluate the efficiency of the service will be a key skill.

Joining our services offers candidates the opportunity to work as part of a supportive team. We offer formal and informal supervision, we actively encourage individual development through performance development review and plans, encourage CPD and promote innovative practice.

Please get in touch to discuss this exciting opportunity.

Informal enquires to: Carole Mitchell [e-mail] 07970921198
Abigail Chambers [e-mail]

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