Overview
Frailty Practitioner Home First Response Service
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included. This is an exciting opportunity for a Nurse, AHP or Pharmacist to become part of the Home First Response Team as an Advanced Frailty Practitioner/trainee within Renfrewshire HSCP. The post is full-time though part-time options may be considered for a period of 1 year to provide resilience to the service expanding to cover 7 days. This is being offered as either fixed term or a secondment opportunity and as such applicants for secondment require agreement from their current line manager prior to application.
This post is set within a multidisciplinary team working across acute and community supporting those with frailty to maximise their independence and wellbeing within their local communities, supporting early discharge and preventing avoidable hospital admissions.
We welcome applications from experienced and innovative practitioners with an appetite for service improvement and self-development, from across the NMAHP and pharmacy workforce. This specialist Band 7 post will work across the primary secondary interface, and join a team of Frailty Practitioners aligned within acute front doors in Renfrewshire and Glasgow City HSCP areas. Critical to the success of this role will be facilitating and enabling communication between and within multi-disciplinary teams across acute and community services. The frailty practitioners work as a virtual network and enable high level joint clinical decision making, with regard to right care, right place and right time to maximise patient outcomes.
For the duration of this post, education and training will be aligned to the competency framework for the Advanced Practitioner Masters PG certificate. These posts will be peripatetic working across acute and community to support the development of the 7 day service.
Informal contact: Alison Togher - Alison.togher@nhs.scot
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: This post may close early to the volume of response. Please submit your application form as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications that we receive, we will not be able to provide shortlisting feedback. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde- NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
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Responsibilities
* Work within a multidisciplinary team across acute and community settings to support people with frailty and maximise independence and wellbeing.
* Facilitate and enable communication between and within multi-disciplinary teams across acute and community services.
* Operate as a virtual network to support high level joint clinical decision making regarding right care, right place and right time.
* Support early discharge and prevent avoidable hospital admissions.
* Work on a peripatetic basis across acute and community settings to develop and sustain a 7-day service.
Qualifications and experience
* Nurse, Allied Health Professional (AHP) or Pharmacist.
* Band 7 post as Advanced Frailty Practitioner/trainee; experience in frailty and service improvement is desirable.
* Appetite for service improvement, self-development and working across primary/secondary interface.
Employment details
* Employment type: Part-time considered; fixed term or secondment options available.
* Location: Renfrewshire HSCP/ Glasgow City HSCP areas; travel across acute and community settings.
Other information
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all sections of the community.
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