Clinical Frailty Specialist

Provide Community; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Provide Community seeks a Band 7 Nurse with non-medical prescribing qualification to join the Frailty Virtual Ward in Chelmsford. You will perform comprehensive geriatric assessments, develop management plans, and support patients in their own homes as part of a multidisciplinary team with UCRT collaboration.

The role offers opportunities for learning and professional development within a community care framework, working with consultants and senior staff to deliver high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Extensive frailty knowledge and community care experience.
• Non-medical prescribing qualification.
• Assessment and consultation course completed.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive geriatric assessments and develop personalised management plans with the MDT.
• Attend virtual GP calls and liaise with Frailty Consultant for complex cases.
• Lead skills development and discharge planning with the MDT to optimise length of stay.

Skills

Frailty expertise

Community nursing

Education

Non-medical prescribing qualification

Assessment & consultation course

Job description

Here at the frailty virtual ward we are looking to recruit a Band 7 Nurse, who has a non‑medical prescribing qualification and assessment and consultation course, to come and join our service. The applicant needs to have had at least 3 years of community experience and an extensive understanding of frailty. The post holder will help to drive the team forward, and support by delivering assessments in the patient's normal place of residence. The service works closely with Urgent Community Response Team (UCRT) in helping to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital and supporting patients to remain at home.

The service is based at Kestrel house in Chelmsford and are co located with UCRT and the district nurses for the area. Multi-disciplinary team meetings are held twice weekly and there are great opportunities for further learning around Frailty, with great support from consultants who work within the team.

• To undertake comprehensive geriatric assessments for patients under the care of the Frailty Virtual Ward and formulate personalised management plans in collaboration with the MDT. This includes chronic, acute and palliative/end of life care within own competencies, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes.
• Attend as part of a rota, virtual GP calls to discuss patients and liaise with the Frailty Consultant for complex medical management.

n Ensure patients receive high standards of clinical care by leading on the development of the skills of the registered staff and support staff, and to participate in training junior colleagues to achieve/maintain their competencies, whilst also leading on discharges alongside the Multidisciplinary team and ensure length of stay is optimal.

• Inspiring others through action and example, challenging traditional practices and encouraging innovative problem solving amongst staff.
• To agree outcomes for people with frailty and complex co‐morbidities and reduce the need for these people to attend or be admitted into hospital or long‐term residential care.
• Develop innovative ways of increasing flow in and out of the frailty virtual ward with a particular focus on admission avoidance working in collaboration with the Urgent Community Response Team (UCRT).

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times.

Vision: Transforming Lives

Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Debbie Cooper Job title: Operational Lead Frailty Virtual Ward Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07580 911915

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