Senior Home First Practitioner — Expert Community Clinician

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Epsom; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Home First Practitioner to deliver aged care in the Surrey Downs Health and Care system. You will assess patients, plan care, and work within the Home First team to prevent unnecessary admissions and support discharge planning.

You will lead clinical decision-making for older adults with complex needs while coordinating multi-disciplinary care and maintaining high standards of patient safety and service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Clinical responsibility for assessment and treatment planning for adults referred from community as well as active case finding within the Emergency Department and Acute Medical Unit as required; working autonomously and in collaboration with all members of the Surrey Downs Health and Care team to deliver a safe, comprehensive and effective service including assessment, care planning, implementation of required care and review of care provision and deliver expert, specialist service for older people with complex health and social needs who may be benefit from, or who are under the care of, the Home First Service for both new and patients already on the caseload.
• Carry out proactive holistic assessments to create care plans to help reduce risk of future hospital admission.
• Demonstrate clinical expertise and act as a professional role model to all colleagues, both internal and external on behalf of SDHC, working as part of an integrated team taking the lead and developing services in line with the needs of the patient
• To coordinate a seamless service through the development of enhanced interdisciplinary team processes and communication, within the Home FirstService and across the wider Surrey Downs Health and Care whole system.

Job description

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Home First Practitioner to deliver aged care in the Surrey Downs Health and Care system. You will assess patients, plan care, and work within the Home First team to prevent unnecessary admissions and support discharge planning.

You will lead clinical decision-making for older adults with complex needs while coordinating multi-disciplinary care and maintaining high standards of patient safety and service delivery.