Overview
Specialist Advanced Therapy Practitioner – Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist (trainee) in the Frailty Assessment Unit (FAU) at County Hospital, with integration into Emergency Medicine and front-door services. The role provides senior clinical leadership to patients presenting with frailty syndromes, supporting safe, person-centred and efficient care pathways from the Emergency Department (ED) into either early supported discharge or further inpatient care.
The post-holder will work closely with ED, Acute Medicine, Geriatrics and community services to support admission avoidance, timely CGA and holistic patient management. Frailty services at County Hospital are currently rated 3rd in the country (out of 176), SAMIT 75+ data. The role spans the Emergency Department, Frailty Assessment Unit and relevant SDEC / Acute Medicine areas.
The post holder will be in a trainee role depending on level of experience and will be supported to complete appropriate training to upskill in supplementary prescribing and health assessment. Development opportunities for leadership skills within the role as well as overseeing clinical audit and facilitation of service development.
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 4 years' NHS experience and experience of working within Acute Medicine / Emergency Portals. Candidates should have a good range of transferable skills such as, advanced assessment, minor injuries management, independent prescribing and advanced life support. Our focus is on safe admission avoidance, acute interventions to improve functional outcomes and give specialist falls prevention.
Responsibilities
* To work as specialist advanced therapy practitioner managing the clinical delivery of care within frailty.
* To lead the clinical team organise staff and resources to meet service standards and demands.
* Assessing complex patients from acute frailty admissions with multi pathology that may be neurological, cognitively and perceptually impaired to make decisions on safe discharge and onward management.
* To provide specialist training to therapy staff and other members of the MDT.
* Use analytical and problem solving skills to interpret, analyse and evaluate complex information from a variety of sources
Supervision is provided by Principal Therapists and continuous development is supported through appraisal, supervision, internal and external learning.
Benefits
UHNM offers a large, modern working environment with development packages aimed at helping staff fulfil their potential. The Trust is committed to inclusion, equality of opportunity and a diverse workforce. We encourage staff development, leadership opportunities and a supportive supervision framework. For further details / informal visits contact: Clare Johnson, Interim Divisional Therapy Manager, clare.johnson@uhnm.nhs.uk, 01782 675341.
Organization: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. Location: County Hospital / Royal Stoke. The Trust is the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales and is committed to being diverse and inclusive.
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