Frailty Practitioner

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Brighton; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living Wage Employer

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Supportive multidisciplinary teams

Job summary

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Frailty Practitioner to support people with frailty and complex health needs within Integrated Neighbourhood Teams across Sussex.

You will use specialist clinical skills to assess, plan, and coordinate care, aiming to prevent hospital admissions and promote independence for patients in the community.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive geriatric assessments and develop personalised care and support plans.
• Manage a defined caseload of people living with frailty and complex needs.
• Use your clinical judgement to identify deterioration and take action to prevent avoidable hospital admissions.
• Coordinate care across primary, community, acute, social care and voluntary sector services.
• Support safe and timely hospital discharge, reducing the risk of readmission.
• Provide specialist clinical advice, leadership, education and support to colleagues.
• Contribute to service development.
• Advocate for people living with frailty, supporting them and their families to make informed choices and maintain independence

Job description

https://buytickets.at/nhssussexcommunityfoundationtrust/2487246
Wednesday 4th November at 12.00

Are you a skilled and compassionate clinician who wants to make a real difference to people living with frailty?
As a Frailty Practitioner, you’ll use your clinical expertise, professional judgement and passion for person-centred care to make a difference when it matters most.
Working within our Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs), you’ll support people with frailty and complex health needs to remain well and independent for longer. You’ll help prevent avoidable hospital admissions and provide coordinated, proactive and locally responsive support.
INTs bring together everyone who cares for a local population into one team, whatever organisation employs them. GPs, community nurses, therapists, pharmacists, mental health practitioners, social care and voluntary sector partners work side by side around the same people.
We’ll be hosting recruitment information sessions where you can find out more about the role, our Trust and our INTs and ask any questions. Dates and times are listed below — please book via https://buytickets.at/nhssussexcommunityfoundationtrust/2487246
Wednesday 4th November at 12.00
Thursday 5th November at 12.30
Friday 6th November at 08.30
Tuesday 12th November at 17.30
Interviews will take place the week beginning 23rd November.

You’ll use your specialist knowledge and advanced clinical skills to understand the person, identify what matters to them and work with them and the wider multidisciplinary team to find the best way forward.

You Will

• Undertake comprehensive geriatric assessments and develop personalised care and support plans.
• Manage a defined caseload of people living with frailty and complex needs.
• Use your clinical judgement to identify deterioration and take action to prevent avoidable hospital admissions.
• Coordinate care across primary, community, acute, social care and voluntary sector services.
• Support safe and timely hospital discharge, reducing the risk of readmission.
• Provide specialist clinical advice, leadership, education and support to colleagues.
• Contribute to service development.
• Advocate for people living with frailty, supporting them and their families to make informed choices and maintain independence

We have opportunities available across Sussex. When applying, please indicate your preferred locality in the supporting statement:

Brighton & Hove | Wealden | Lewes & Havens | Crawley | Horsham | Mid Sussex | Adur | Worthing | Arun & Regis | Chichester

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Shelley Gray Job title: INT Engagement Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07917246648
or Lucy Domoney
Neighbourhood Health Programme Director
07747 519881
[e-mail]