Frailty Practitioner

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

Working as part of the Complex Care Service, the post-holder will provide expert assessment and treatment of patients with complex needs who are at risk from unplanned hospital admission.

To support and develop in-reach pathways into care/nursing homes and Croydon University Hospital to facilitate early discharge and prevent long stay admissions.

To work in collaboration with the One Croydon Alliance programme office to complete the transformation of adult community services to meet the needs of the adult population in Croydon.

To support the use of Telehealth to support discharge and prevent admission for Croydon residents.

Working as a nurse practitioner with a high degree of autonomy, the post-holder will manage undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems using advanced nursing skills by incorporating physical assessment, diagnosis and independent prescribing.

The post-holder will work collaboratively with the matron and medical colleagues to develop frailty pathways within the alliance.

Responsibilities

• To support patients in their homes with complex needs.
• To support the Matron in actively promoting the use of telehealth and other telehealth solutions across the Alliance to prevent hospital admission.
• To create individualised advanced care plans for complex patients.
• Assessment and treatment of patients during a crisis.
• Identifying complex and specialist need and developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care.
• Facilitating early hospital discharge.
• Work with a high level of autonomy.
• Ensure the team delivers clinically effective care and health promotion that is evidence based.
• To keep accurate contemporaneous written and/or electronic documentation care plans and reports.
• To influence colleagues to effect changes in service delivery to improve patient care within constraints of job role.
• Create, maintain and enhance effective working relationships within the nursing team and other care providers across the alliance.
• To investigate accidents and incidents; identify and implement corrective action plans and monitor completion of action plan.
• Share learning from incidents, complaints and support safeguarding compliance.
• Professional development of self and others.
• Service and practice development.
• To support any managerial, professional practice and service developments are implemented effectively within the team.

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provides hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.

If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that’s making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you’re looking for.

For further details/informal visits contact: Name: Bukola Omoyele Job title: complex care matron Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07976797295.