Hospital-at-Home Frailty Practitioner - Urgent Response

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust; West Wycombe, Stoke Mandeville; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Community Practitioner for the UCR Frailty Hospital at Home (UCR FH@H) to deliver urgent, hospital-level care in patients' homes. The role supports rapid, multi-disciplinary responses and leadership development within a dynamic community service.

The post involves responding to 0-2 hour and 2-24 hour referrals, conducting holistic assessments, and coordinating care with other community services to prevent hospital conveyances.

Qualifications

• Leadership, care planning / co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery.
• Assess physical and psycho–social needs and provide interventions tailored to needs based on best available evidence.
• Improve health outcomes using profession based skills and knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Respond to clinically appropriate 0-2 hour and 2-24 hour community response referrals, alongside planned follow up visits, delivering hospital level treatments and care in the patient’s usual place of residence.
• Assess physical and psycho–social needs and provide interventions tailored to meet the needs of the individual.
• To improve health outcomes using profession based skills and knowledge.

Job description

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Community Practitioner for the UCR Frailty Hospital at Home (UCR FH@H) to deliver urgent, hospital-level care in patients' homes. The role supports rapid, multi-disciplinary responses and leadership development within a dynamic community service.

The post involves responding to 0-2 hour and 2-24 hour referrals, conducting holistic assessments, and coordinating care with other community services to prevent hospital conveyances.