PCN Frailty Team Healthcare Support Worker

Job summary

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be at the forefront of the delivery of our Frailty service and implementation of the PCN DES Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH)

APEX Primary Care Network (PCN) is seeking to recruit an additional Healthcare Support Worker with an interest in frailty to join our EHCH and Frailty team combined of our Frailty Practitioner, senior Healthcare Support Worker and our EHCH care co-ordinator.

This post is full-time, however part-time hours may be considered. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you would like to discuss options

Experience of working with care home residents is essential to this job role. This may be from primary care, community nursing, working within a care home, social service background or mental health experience

Main duties of the job

This is a developing team and role, the successful candidate will be involved with shaping the way this role evolves and will be adaptable to finding the right fit for the service, patients and PCN.

The successful candidate would support the clinical team delivering the Frailty service. You will have an interest in working with people with frailty and the ability to promote continuous improvement in patient-centred and effective care. The successful candidate will support other clinical staff including our Frailty Practitioner, senior Healthcare Support Worker and the Lead GPs responsible for the care home.

This Role is based across 15 Care homes and 4 GP Practice's within APEX, the successful candidate must be able to travel across all sites as required.

About us

Apex PCN is a four-practice network based in Lincoln with a largely urban to semi urban population. We have a population of 46,000 with a predominantly younger demographic. The PCN has been successfully delivering the Covid Vaccination Programme, has a strong ARRS team of pharmacists engaged in supporting practices in their daily workload while also focussing on the DES requirements. We have an effective FCP team supporting practices for MSK care and a well-developed EHCH MDT to support care homes. Our practices work collaboratively to achieve our IIF targets and PCN DES requirements. We are now looking at forming strategic partnerships with our other Health and Care colleagues to address effectively the health needs of our population.