PCN Frailty Team Healthcare Support Worker

Job summary

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

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

Full time hours are preferable but please do not hesitate to get in touch if you would like to discuss your options.

Healthcare Experience and experience of working with the frail populationis essential to this job role, ideally within Primary Care or a Community setting. This role may also be suitable for someone coming from a Mental Health working background.

Main duties of the job

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 a phlebotomist/healthcare assistant 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 and Clinical Care Co-ordinator in Frailty.

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

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 is supported by a strong ARRS team. This includes 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.