Job summary
37.5 hours per week.
We have 3
WTE posts available- applications will be considered for people seeking both
full and part time hours
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of
people living with frailty in our communities across Plymouth, the South Hams,
and West Devon?
Do you thrive in an innovative healthcare
environment? We have exciting opportunities to join our new Community Frailty
Virtual Ward project. This project forms part of a wider plan to improve urgent
and emergency healthcare delivery.
We are committed to revolutionising healthcare delivery for
frail and elderly patients by launching a Community Frailty Virtual Ward. We
aim to provide high-quality, patient-centred care in the comfort of their own
homes, reducing hospital admissions and length of stay in hospital and
enhancing overall well-being through enhanced care coordination.
For an informal discussion about the role, please email michael.oliver2@nhs.net or ruthy.pritchard@nhs.net
mob 07769688523.
Main duties of the job
The Role
As a Frailty Practitioner, you will play a critical role in
our new multidisciplinary team, covering one or more of the 6 new frailty
virtual wards we have planned for our localities. The post holder will work
closely with consultants, advanced clinical practitioners, pharmacists, specialist
nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure seamless, integrated care
on the virtual ward, by providing and supporting specialist assessments and
interventions for those admitted to the Frailty Virtual Ward.
We will consider applications for people seeking full and part-time
posts and flexible hours. We welcome
applications from experienced band 6 nurses or registered Allied Health Professionals,
with a rounded knowledge of managing older patients with various presentations
and long-term conditions.
Key Responsibilities
Physical assessment, clinical and diagnostic
reasoning, and medication reviews.
Provision of expert case management.
Undertaking frailty assessments.
This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility"
Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.
We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.
Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:
Protected CPD time for registered staff
Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Leadership & mentoring programmes
Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
A Robust Preceptorship
A bespoke induction programme
Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be a specialist in frailty for the Community Virtual Frailty Ward. This includes physical assessment and clinical reasoning, diagnostic reasoning and the ability to identify issues with polypharmacy in frailty to action the necessary medication review. Using these skills will assist in the recognition of early symptoms of frailty, disease exacerbation, acute illness and injuries.
An autonomous practitioner who will provide expert clinical case management for frail patients admitted to the frailty virtual ward with acute/intensive medical needs and at risk of further deterioration in health that may result in avoidable hospital admission or unnecessary length of hospital stay. Be responsible for facilitating efficient, effective co-ordinated assessments and treatment for frail older adults.
Undertakes specialist frailty assessment, plans and implements care in a variety of settings, provides highly specialist advice to patients/clients, carers, relatives and other professionals; maintains associated records.
Develops and delivers specialist frailty education programmes to service users, families and professionals.
Key member of the Ageing Well Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), and lead practitioner to support Livewell community integrated teams in completion of comprehensive geriatric assessment, working in conjunction with primary care network colleagues.
The role reports to the integrated operational lead for the frailty virtual ward and links closely with the practice, strategic and team leads in AFSS.
The role provides specialist frailty assessment, education and training for professionals and people using our services. It supports the enhanced primary care agenda through the use of comprehensive geriatric assessment. The role supports service transformation and delivery for frailty.
MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsibility for People Management
- Responsibility for financial and/or physical resources
- Responsibility for administration
- Responsibility for people who use our services
- Responsibility for implementation of policy and/or service developments
- Other responsibilities
- Communication and relationships
- Physical demands of the job
- Risk management
- Health and safety at work
- Infection control
- Safeguarding Children and Adults
- Research
- Sustainability and climate change
"Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility"
Please see Job Description and Personal Specification for more detaileddescription of the post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be a specialist in frailty for the Community Virtual Frailty Ward. This includes physical assessment and clinical reasoning, diagnostic reasoning and the ability to identify issues with polypharmacy in frailty to action the necessary medication review. Using these skills will assist in the recognition of early symptoms of frailty, disease exacerbation, acute illness and injuries.
An autonomous practitioner who will provide expert clinical case management for frail patients admitted to the frailty virtual ward with acute/intensive medical needs and at risk of further deterioration in health that may result in avoidable hospital admission or unnecessary length of hospital stay. Be responsible for facilitating efficient, effective co-ordinated assessments and treatment for frail older adults.
Undertakes specialist frailty assessment, plans and implements care in a variety of settings, provides highly specialist advice to patients/clients, carers, relatives and other professionals; maintains associated records.
Develops and delivers specialist frailty education programmes to service users, families and professionals.
Key member of the Ageing Well Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), and lead practitioner to support Livewell community integrated teams in completion of comprehensive geriatric assessment, working in conjunction with primary care network colleagues.
The role reports to the integrated operational lead for the frailty virtual ward and links closely with the practice, strategic and team leads in AFSS.
The role provides specialist frailty assessment, education and training for professionals and people using our services. It supports the enhanced primary care agenda through the use of comprehensive geriatric assessment. The role supports service transformation and delivery for frailty.
MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsibility for People Management
- Responsibility for financial and/or physical resources
- Responsibility for administration
- Responsibility for people who use our services
- Responsibility for implementation of policy and/or service developments
- Other responsibilities
- Communication and relationships
- Physical demands of the job
- Risk management
- Health and safety at work
- Infection control
- Safeguarding Children and Adults
- Research
- Sustainability and climate change
"Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility"
Please see Job Description and Personal Specification for more detaileddescription of the post.
Person Specification
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work across community locations in Plymouth.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of Community Services/Third sector services suitable for frail patients.
- Knowledge and understanding of legislation relevant to practice.
- Experience of using electronic patient / service user record systems.
Experience
Essential
- Proven relevant post registration experience.
- Experience of the management of patients living with frailty (predominantly older people).
- Experience of cross system and Multi-Disciplinary Team working.
- Experience in managing teams.
- Experience in designing training packages relevant to role.
- Previous experience/delivery of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff.
Specific Skills
Essential
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in an MDT setting.
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding.
- Ability to communicate unpleasant and sensitive information.
- Able to manage own workload, plan the work of others and work autonomously.
- Logical and good at problem solving.
- Operational/organisational skills and ability to work and prioritise and work under pressure.
- Demonstrable knowledge of assessment and therapeutic interventions in area of specialism.
- Skills and experience of developing specialist programmes of care for an individual or groups of patients/clients and of providing highly specialist advice.
- Skills for assessing and interpreting specialist patient/client conditions in order to make a clinical judgement regarding diagnosis and interventions.
- Skills to develop and deliver educational packages in frailty across the MDT.
- Able to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or mental disabilities.
- Ability to develop role to meet the changing needs of the service.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered practitioner.
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma with 3-5 years significant relevant experience.
- Specialist training and experience, short courses plus further specialist training.
- Membership of the relevant Professional Body.
- Evidence of recent professional development in an up-to-date portfolio.
- Leadership and management qualification/training or evidence of experience in this area.
- Independent prescriber (once fully competent in role).
Desirable
- Teaching qualification.
- Additional clinical qualifications in Frailty/Older Persons Care.
Person Specification
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work across community locations in Plymouth.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of Community Services/Third sector services suitable for frail patients.
- Knowledge and understanding of legislation relevant to practice.
- Experience of using electronic patient / service user record systems.
Experience
Essential
- Proven relevant post registration experience.
- Experience of the management of patients living with frailty (predominantly older people).
- Experience of cross system and Multi-Disciplinary Team working.
- Experience in managing teams.
- Experience in designing training packages relevant to role.
- Previous experience/delivery of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff.
Specific Skills
Essential
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in an MDT setting.
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding.
- Ability to communicate unpleasant and sensitive information.
- Able to manage own workload, plan the work of others and work autonomously.
- Logical and good at problem solving.
- Operational/organisational skills and ability to work and prioritise and work under pressure.
- Demonstrable knowledge of assessment and therapeutic interventions in area of specialism.
- Skills and experience of developing specialist programmes of care for an individual or groups of patients/clients and of providing highly specialist advice.
- Skills for assessing and interpreting specialist patient/client conditions in order to make a clinical judgement regarding diagnosis and interventions.
- Skills to develop and deliver educational packages in frailty across the MDT.
- Able to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or mental disabilities.
- Ability to develop role to meet the changing needs of the service.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered practitioner.
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma with 3-5 years significant relevant experience.
- Specialist training and experience, short courses plus further specialist training.
- Membership of the relevant Professional Body.
- Evidence of recent professional development in an up-to-date portfolio.
- Leadership and management qualification/training or evidence of experience in this area.
- Independent prescriber (once fully competent in role).
Desirable
- Teaching qualification.
- Additional clinical qualifications in Frailty/Older Persons Care.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
