Job Summary
Frailty Consultant Practitioner B8C, Band 8c, Fixed Term Contract / Secondment. We are delighted to have investment in the development of an Acute Frailty service at Croydon University Hospital. The post is open to both Registered Nurses and AHPs, with a proven history of frailty expertise, clinical leadership, service development, workforce development, multidisciplinary working, and advanced practice. Trainee Consultant Nurse/Practitioner is an option that we are also keen to encourage and will consider for this role.
This is a new post created to implement and lead an acute frailty service working primarily within the emergency care floor, with in‑reach into acute wards, assessing needs, providing same‑day services, and supporting the effective use of alternatives to acute care including SDEC, virtual wards and community rapid response services.
Main Duties
Establish values‑based professional expert and evidence‑based practice across pathways, services, organisations and system. Work with individuals, families, carers, communities and others to promote integrated working across the Acute Liaison and Frailty Assessment, Complex Care and other teams in the OneCroydon alliance.
Provide values‑based leadership across the care pathway, services, and systems in complex and changing situations.
Develop staff potential and transform the workforce, helping people to learn, develop and improve (in and from practice) to promote excellence and inter‑professional teamworking.
Develop a knowledge‑rich and inquiry culture across the service and system, contributing to research outputs and improving quality, innovation, capacity and capability.
Establish national expertise using consultancy approaches and opportunities that have maximum impact on practice, services, communities and populations, sustaining workforce capacity and capability.
About Us
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.
Person Specification
Training and Qualification
* Professional UK registration e.g. NMC / HCPC, at least 5 years experience.
* Masters level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice or successful recognition with the Centre of Advancing Practice via the ePortfolio (Supported) route demonstrating educational equivalence at level 7.
* Management qualification or significant senior management experience in a healthcare setting.
* Evidence of significant professional and managerial development, including a comprehensive and relevant CPD portfolio.
Experience & Knowledge
* Evidence of establishing values‑based professional expert and evidence‑based practice across pathways, services and organisations within the ICP.
* Experience of service development and applying continuous quality improvement methodology, ensuring it meets current population health needs.
* Track record of identifying the need for organisational change and leading local and national change initiatives.
Skills & Ability
* Detailed knowledge of current clinical professional issues relevant to the field.
* Evidence of driving leading‑edge clinical practice, supported by advanced theoretical and practical knowledge.
* Sound understanding of health policy and its application to the ICP for the benefit of the population.
* Highly advanced planning, organisational, leadership and communication skills, prioritising competing tasks in a complex, dynamic environment.
* Ability to disseminate service change and good practice to a wider audience at national and international levels.
Personal Attributes
* Self‑motivated and results driven, able to work autonomously to deliver complex priorities timely for the population served.
* Expert level of emotional intelligence and self‑awareness to effect change while maintaining professionalism.
* A role model and strategic driver for Advanced Clinical practice and Consultant Practice at Trust and National level.
* Evidence of local and national excellence in the field.
* Committed to partnership working with patients and carers at all levels, incorporating their views into service delivery.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check to ensure no previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information see NHS Careers website.
Employer Details
Employer: Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Address: Croydon University Hospital, 530 London Road, Croydon, CR7 7YE
Website: https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk/recruitment/
Job Location
Croydon University Hospital, 530 London Road, Croydon, CR7 7YE
Salary
£82,906 to £94,632 a year, pro rata, including HCAS.
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