Frailty Clinical Nurse Specialist | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Frailty Team. The role involves expert nursing care for frail patients, leading comprehensive geriatric assessments, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Applicants should have experience in frailty services and a passion for older people's care. Benefits include career development, flexible working options, and support for staff. This position requires covering both St Mary’s and Charing Cross sites, with no weekend or bank holiday work currently required.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Staff recognition scheme

Optional benefits like Cycle to Work

Qualifications

• Experience working with frail patients in specific services required.
• Ability to cover both St Mary’s and Charing Cross sites.
• Passion for older people's care.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert nursing care and advice related to frailty syndromes.
• Lead comprehensive geriatric assessments for appropriate patients.
• Exercise professional accountability in frailty care delivery.
• Support patient flow through early intervention.
• Mentor and resource for student nurses and unqualified team members.

Skills

Experience with frail patients

Ability to perform comprehensive geriatric assessments

Collaboration with multidisciplinary team

Mentorship and staff education

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical nurse specialist to join the evolving Frailty Team. The Frailty Team currently provide an in-reach service into the Emergency Departments (ED) at both our St Mary’s and Charing Cross hospitals, assessing patients using a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) framework, with the aim of admission avoidance.

The service is looking to expand its service by providing rapid access clinics for complex case management and admission avoidance.

The successful applicant will have experience working with frail patients, ideally within specific frailty services. The role will involve specialist assessments to expertly meet the needs of this complex cohort of patients. Most importantly, the successful applicant will have a passion for older people’s care.

Please note that this position requires the successful applicant to be able to cover both the St Mary’sand Charing Cross sites. Currently the service does not operate at weekends and bank holidays. This is subject to change as the service expands.

Responsibilities

• Working as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), the post holder will offer expert nursing care and specialist advice, particularly in relation to frailty syndromes, ensuring high-quality and individualised care for patients, their families, and carers.
• They will lead on comprehensive geriatric assessments (CGA) for appropriate patients, obtaining relevant social and medical histories from patients, families, care providers and 24‑hour care facilities.
• They will exercise professional accountability in all aspects of frailty care delivery, working independently within scope of practice and collaborating effectively with the wider MDT.
• They will support patient flow through early intervention and identifying patients who are suitable for admissions avoidance, as well as those who would benefit from an admission with early identification of their needs.
• They will also be actively involved in staff education and development, including utilising appropriate learning opportunities and to act as a mentor and resource for student nurses, adaptation and unqualified members of the nursing team.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Thursday 18 Dec 2025