Rapid Assessment & Frailty Team Lead | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; King's Lynn and West Norfolk; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Clinical Lead to join the Rapid Assessment & Frailty Team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn. This role involves leading a multi-disciplinary approach in assessing frail elderly patients, ensuring effective discharge planning, and providing support to junior staff. The ideal candidate will exhibit strong clinical knowledge and interpersonal skills, along with a commitment to high standards of patient care. The position includes engagement in a seven-day working rota.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead a clinical team effectively.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary team settings.
• Training and support capability for junior healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Rapid Assessment & Frailty Team in service delivery.
• Provide assessments to ensure safe patient discharge.
• Train and support junior team members.
• Participate in a seven-day working rota.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Interpersonal skills

Specialist clinical knowledge

Assessment of frail elderly patients

Job description

Role Overview

An exciting opportunity to join a dynamic Multi-Disciplinary Team based in the emergency access areas of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, providing Clinical expertise, specialising in Admission Avoidance Services for the Frail elderly population.

The post holder is required to provide the Clinical Lead role in an integrated multi-professional admission avoidance team located within the Emergency Care & Assessment Areas based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The post holder will be required to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skill in the communication, negotiation, and delivery of a multi-stakeholder service.

Responsibilities

• To take the role of Clinical Lead for RAFT, working with the Team Lead in the planning, co‑ordination, and evaluation of the physiotherapy, nursing, and occupational therapy specialities within the emergency access setting, providing a Specialist Clinical Lead role for service delivery & development.
• Provide specialist clinical knowledge & experience in assessing elderly, frail patients who often present with multi‑pathological problems, including delirium, medical/respiratory/neurological or musculo‑skeletal conditions.
• Respond to a bleep or mobile phone and provide a prompt and effective assessment within agreed standards to ensure the most appropriate and safe discharge to home or other suitable environment.
• Ensure the team provides advanced combined physiotherapy, nursing & occupational therapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients within the speciality with an emphasis on those with highly complex and/or chronic presentation.
• Train, educate, and support Band 5, Band 6 physiotherapists, nurses, occupational therapists, assistant practitioners, therapy assistants, students, and other healthcare professionals.
• Share the leadership role with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital employed counterpart to plan, develop, co‑ordinate, and evaluate the Rapid Assessment & Frailty Team.
• Organise, implement, and actively support and take part in the seven‑day working rota for the integrated Rapid Assessment & Frailty Team.

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This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026