Band 7 Frailty Therapy Practitioner

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a physiotherapist to provide autonomous clinical care across ED, FSDEC, CDU and AAU for frail older patients. The post involves comprehensive assessments, developing treatment plans, and discharge planning with timely referrals to community services.

The role requires extensive knowledge of frailty, complex presentations, and working within a multidisciplinary team, with a duty to extend the Frailty Same Day Emergency Care service across a

Qualifications

• Specialised assessment of frail older patients.
• Experience in managing complex presentations and frailty syndrome.
• Ability to work autonomously within professional practice standards.

Responsibilities

• Work across ED, FSDEC, CDU and AAU as an autonomous clinician.
• Manage own caseload within the MDT and as a lone clinician.
• Formulate treatment plans and carry out treatments.
• Discharge planning with referrals to community services.
• Assist in expanding FSDEC to a 7-day service with weekend work.
• Collaborate with community partners for appropriate care and equipment.

Skills

Autonomous practice

Frailty assessment

MDT collaboration

Community referrals

Education

Physiotherapy degree

Job description

Please note this is a fixed term position - 3-months winter post

The post holder will work between the clinical areas of the Emergency Department (ED), Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC), Clinical Decisions Unit (CDU) and Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) as an autonomous practitioner within the standards of professional practice laid down by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and/or Royal College of Occupational Therapy and Health and Care Professions Council. They will have extensive knowledge and experience of working with frail older adults, and be able to undertake comprehensive assessments of patients with a diverse range of complex presentations and multiple pathologies and patients presenting with frailty syndrome.

• To work between the clinical areas of the Emergency Department (ED), Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC), Clinical Decisions Unit (CDU) and Acute Assessment Unit (AAU).
• To work as part of the MDT and as a lone clinician with their own caseload
• To have extensive knowledge and working relationships with our community partners and make appropriate and timely referrals.
• Undertakes a specialised therapy assessment of frail older patients, working in conjunction with other therapists, social services, medical and nursing colleagues, and community partners to treat patients who have complex presentations
• From this assessment, formulates a treatment plan and carries out this treatment as an autonomous practitioner
• To assess and discharge patients in a timely and appropriate manner with involvement and referrals out to our community services as part of our admission avoidance service.
• Working closely with other members of the MDT, taking an active role in identifying, coordinating and organising appropriate care and equipment in the home and hospital set up needed to ensure the safe and timely discharge of patient from the acute Hospital.
• To support the expansion of the FSDEC service across 7-days, including weekend working. The post holder will work 37.5 hours per week as part of a seven-day service covering the hours of 8am to 8pm based on a rota system.

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Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust cares for more than half a million patients a year, from across Kingston, Richmond, Elmbridge (Surrey), Merton, Wandsworth and Sutton. In 2018, we became the first acute hospital trust in London to be rated Outstanding for overall quality and leadership by the national Care Quality Commission regulator.

We have approximately 350 beds and directly employ around 2,900 staff. Our trust provides a full range of diagnostic services and treatment services. Our main site is the Kingston Hospital site but we also run a number of outpatient clinics in the community, including in Raynes Park, Surbiton, Queen Mary's Roehampton and Teddington.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jacqui Holmes Job title: Physiotherapy Operational Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 020 8934 3450

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact:

Jacqui Holmes, Physiotherapy Operational Lead on 020 8934 3450 ,

or

Menone Singelee, Frailty Nurse Practitioner on 07385382814 , .