Frailty Practitioner

at  Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Fixed Term / Secondment for 6 months
Band 7 - full-time 37.5 hours
The team will be integral in ensuring patients receive integrated care across acute frailty pathways, relevant departments and services, and the community enabling teams to work more collaboratively, resulting in patient care being less fragmented or delayed as well as being a more positive experience with better outcomes
Actively provide multifactorial assessment and intervention to access appropriate rehabilitation pathways to patients to reduce unnecessary hospital admission, and provide early supported discharge.
To manage the discharge of patients with complex needs, using evidence based/patient centred principles to support the implementation of interventions in their own home, or in a rehabilitation bed.
To provide line management for junior staff through supervision; creating opportunities to enhance knowledge, skills and behaviours that help to build competencies and undertake appraisal.
To provide a coordinated approach through established work streams on a daily basis to support standard operating procedures.
To participate in maintaining an overview of the standards of care being delivered, instigating remedial action to improve practice as necessary.
Interviews: tbc
To work with a high level of autonomy, within agreed guidelines, managing undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems using advanced clinical skills such as physical assessment, diagnosis and prescribing.
To negotiate with patients and carers to develop safe discharge plans to meet the assessed needs that balance risk in an efficient and sensitive way, offering choice were possible. This may include step up beds, packages of care or use of other community teams.
To demonstrate and supply equipment and ensure patients, families, carers and support workers are confident in the safe and correct use of equipment at the time of issue, with regards to the services liability.
To ensure the team delivers clinically effective care and health promotion that is evidence based
To communicate effectively with patients and / or carers appropriate complex information regarding the patient’s medical condition and inform them of the benefits and risks of suggested treatment options.
To work collaboratively and communicate effectively with a wide range of colleagues, coordinating a patient focused management approach to facilitate timely discharges. The patient group includes those patients who are frail and at high risk of unplanned hospital admission
To keep accurate contemporaneous written and/or electronic documentation, care plans and reports
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide 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.
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