Frailty Nurse Practitioner

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Leyland; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Frailty Practitioner for a 12-month fixed-term role, with secondments considered. The post focuses on delivering evidence-based frailty care in the community, promoting independence and reducing hospital admissions.

You will work within a multi-disciplinary frailty service, support care planning, and operate with clinical supervision while modelling high standards of clinical practice.

Qualifications

• Nurse with frailty expertise
• Advanced clinical assessment and decision making
• Patient-centred care planning

Responsibilities

• Deliver and support high-quality frailty care within community pathways
• Promote independence and prevent hospital admission
• Act as expert practitioner and role model for the team
• Work with the multi-disciplinary frailty service to optimise treatment plans
• Manage own workload with appropriate clinical supervision

Job description

Are you a nurse with a passion for frailty? We have an exciting, 12-month fixed term opportunity (secondment would be considered) for you to join a progressive, patient centred community frailty service as a Frailty Practitioner.

In this role you will actively support the frailty pathways within an evolving integrated service to deliver evidence-based frailty care and admission avoidance pathways across the local health economy.

The successful applicant will be responsible for delivering and supporting high-quality care and acting as an expert practitioner and a role model for the team. You will demonstrate advanced clinical practice skills and decision making, offering a patient centred approach to care planning and maximising independence and well-being of those living with frailty., The successful candidate will work within a multi-disciplinary frailty service. The primary function of the post is working with colleagues in the community frailty team promoting independence, optimisation and prevention of readmission. They will work closely with colleagues to continue treatment plans as an alternative to hospitalisation and will facilitate multi-disciplinary care for the frail patient and those who need longer term plans to maintain independence and health.

They will be able to manage their own workload and work unsupervised supported by appropriate and regular clinical supervision.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

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