Ageing Well Practitioner

Job summary

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Ageing Well Practitioner

Band 6 (£35,392 - £42,618)

Permanent

Flexible hours - full time or part time

Main duties of the job

Are you a ANP or matron of the future? Do you have the passion to gain skills in complex case management, LTC and Frailty?

Locala have undertaken an innovative community nursing redesign, creating a structure of community nursing networks to improve delivery of effective high-quality care incorporating frailty, Ageing well and Integrated Care Systems agenda, aligning and interdependent with primary care networks.

We need dynamic, highly motivated practitioners for our Ageing Well Department.

As a Ageing Well Practitioner you will deliver the excellent service, and continuously improve this role, by working alongside a team of highly skilled ANP and matron colleagues, supporting frail patients with Complex Long Term conditions within our community.

You will also have the opportunity to work alongside the Acute services, primary care, social care and voluntary sector within an MDT to develop pathways to ensure acutely unwell and frail patient needs are met.

You will need to be a key communicator and develop effective relationships with stakeholders, support specialist case management and manage a virtual ward integrated within the community nursing networks.

At Locala we can offer this development opportunity to progress your career through our Nursing Framework, as we look to continue to provide development for our colleagues and meet the Ageing well agenda serving the needs of our communities.

Please read attached documents before applying.

About us

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

• Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Development opportunities We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Be part of an organisation doing things differently. One that delivers CQC-rated Good NHS healthcare services, as well as having a positive social impact in local communities.