Frailty Nurse Practitioner – Community Care Leader

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

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.