Frailty Practitioner

NHS; Pennington; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in England is seeking an experienced Frailty Practitioner to join their Frailty Team. The role involves providing advanced clinical assessments and care planning for patients with frailty, working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team and preventing unnecessary hospital admissions. Ideal candidates must be Registered Adult Nurses or Allied Health Professionals with strong clinical skills and decision-making abilities, willing to work flexibly across multiple locations. This position offers a competitive salary range from £38,682 to £46,580 annually.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years post-registration experience in acute or community settings.
• Excellent clinical assessment and decision-making skills.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical assessment and urgent care planning for frailty patients.
• Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver person-centred care.
• Prevent unnecessary hospital admissions through timely interventions.
• Lead on complex case management and contribute to service development.
• Participate in shaping multi-disciplinary pathways for better patient outcomes.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Decision-making

Autonomous working

Teamwork

Flexibility

Education

Registered Adult Nurse

Registered Mental Health Nurse/Practitioner

Post-registration qualification or University Degree

Teaching and assessing qualification (ENB 998 equivalent)

Mentorship qualification – PETALS

Job description

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Frailty Practitioner

The closing date is 01 February 2026

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional, or Paramedic to join our Frailty Team within HIOWH Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a nationally recognised service delivering urgent, holistic care to people living with frailty in their own homes.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical assessment and urgent care planning for patients experiencing acute episodes of frailty.
• Work collaboratively within a multi‑disciplinary team to deliver person‑centred care.
• Prevent unnecessary hospital admissions through timely interventions and support.
• Lead on complex case management and contribute to service development initiatives.
• Work closely with Frailty Support Team colleagues to provide fast reactive services for people with decompensated frailty and ensure rapid delivery of treatment, care planning and hospital admission prevention where appropriate.
• Provide advanced assessment and care planning, including history taking and physical assessment for people living with frailty.
• Proactively identify frailty and supportively manage individuals during their acute episode of care through urgent comprehensive geriatric assessment.
• Collaborate with primary care, community teams and Social Care professionals, leading and facilitating a person‑centred, coordinated case management approach for people who are most vulnerable and at high risk of repeat admissions.
• Participate in and influence efforts across health and social services to shape multi‑disciplinary pathways designed to support individual choice, shared decision‑making, improve quality of life, promote self‑management and assure early intervention through proactive provision of care in or as close to the person's own home as possible.
• Use clinical skills to identify the needs of individuals and liaise with the correct services through single point of access or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse.
• Registered Mental Health Nurse/Practitioner or Registered Allied Health Professional.
• Post‑registration qualification or University Degree.
• Teaching and assessing qualification ENB 998 or equivalent.
• Mentorship qualification – PETALS.

Requirements

• Current professional registration (Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional, or Paramedic).
• Minimum two years post‑registration experience in acute or community settings.
• Excellent clinical assessment and decision‑making skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Flexibility to work across four locations and travel across the area.
• Only open to applicants from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system.

Additional Information

We are happy to discuss flexible working options as part of the interview process.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached. We aim to ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to all. If you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application due to unintentional barriers on the grounds of sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability, please contact the Trust's Recruitment team.

This post requires a Disclosure and Barring Service Check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year (based on full‑time hours).

About Us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.