Working alongside our existing Advanced Practitioners and experienced MDT, the post-holder would be responsible for providing a service across the acute frailty pathway. This role requires excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, alongside sound clinical knowledge, relevant experience and the ability to work at pace.
The acute frailty pathway gives advanced clinical practice high priority. Supporting people living with frailty to self-care and maintain what matters to them most are our key functions. We provide a truly integrated pathway, collaborating with our health and social care partners to improve patient care and communication across the whole system. The successful post holder will be expected to use their qualifications, skills and expertise to continue support and development within these areas.
This is a rotational system wide post, where you will be responsible for providing specialist clinical support to the whole frailty pathway; Frailty Assessment Unit, Emergency Frailty Department, ED in reach, Acute Frailty Same Day Emergency Care , supporting our Acute Frailty Virtual Ward and the Frailty inpatient bed base
This role is an exciting opportunity for you to be part of a new system wide model of care for our population living with frailty. You will be assessing patients with complex needs, undertaking physical examinations using appropriate use of investigations in order to reach a diagnosis. As part of the multiprofessional team, you will support in developing and contributing to the improvement of services. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate evidence of autonomy, clinical judgement who has excellent communication and decision making skills.
Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM). They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation
Our mission is to be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other
Our vision is to be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn
Our approach to healthcare is founded on our four core values:
- Kind – we are caring, supporting and respectful to everyone
- Open – we are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
- Fair – we listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
- One team – we work well together and with our communities
We employ almost 6,500 people from more than 80 nationalities and are fully committed to being an equal, diverse and inclusive employer. Our culture and values ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and that no job applicant or employee is disadvantaged at any stage of their journey.
We are also proud to be an Armed Forces Friendly organisation and welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists and families.
Working at NCM means becoming part of a dedicated team of clinical and support staff who are passionate about keeping people well and supporting wellbeing. If you share our values and are motivated by making a difference for our patients, we'd be delighted to receive your application.
***Please see the attached documents for full details of the Job Description and Person Specification.***
