An exciting opportunity has arisen for dynamic and motivated registered or newly qualified nurses to join our highly skilled, innovative and rapidly expanding Frailty service, based at Southport Hospital.
Overview
We will provide training and support to the right candidate who has an interest in Elderly care and Frailty; it is an amazing team with an established multidisciplinary team.
Responsibilities
* Assess, plan develop and implement programmes of care to patients, providing advice in a variety of settings.
* Carry out nursing procedures in line with current NMC standards of proficiency.
* Ensure the health, wellbeing and independence of patients and service users across healthcare settings, maintaining associated records, ensuring all patients receive safe and effective care at all times.
* Supervision of junior staff and all learners.
* Understand and demonstrate the Trust values at all times.
Qualifications
* Registered or newly qualified registered nurse.
* Enhanced DBS Certificate with the Children’s and Adults’ Barred Lists is required.
* Flexible shift work – days and nights.
Trust and Services
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. Our Frailty service is part of a comprehensive network offering acute care, primary care, community services and specialist regional services.
Achievements
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018.
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal).
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Communications and Relationship Skills
* Provides and receives complex information, communicating sensitively and confidentially information relating to patients/clients.
* Communicates in a compassionate and empathetic manner, using persuasion and reassurance.
* Ability to recognise barriers to communication, and ability to modify communication style as and when required.
* Ability to effectively communicate whilst providing training to students.
* Demonstrate effective communications skills with the wider MDT team.
Clinical Skills
* Responsible for planning and organising a defined caseload of patients on a continuing basis.
* Assess, plan, implement/deliver and evaluate patient care for a defined caseload and recognise signs of deterioration/change and respond according to protocol.
* Maintain appropriate levels of training for clinical skills as needed within scope of practice.
* Ensure safe custody of drugs, checking, witnessing and administration procedures are compatible with statutory and trust requirements.
* Act as part of the multidisciplinary team decision making, acting when required as the patient’s advocate to support the patient pathway.
* Work within organisational policy, standard operating procedures and guidelines.
* Undertake risk assessments and implement risk reducing measures; report and raise to the Line Manager any deficiencies.
Team Development
* Act as assessor/supervisor for junior staff and students.
* Participate in the setting of yearly personal and professional objectives for self.
* Support the department’s appraisal process for junior staff, by providing feedback.
* Participate in redeployment requirements within scope of practice.
Research and Audit
* Contribute to the collection of data for research and audit purposes.
* Identify audit topics relevant to the ward/department.
* Critically evaluate research before applying to clinic practice in order to enhance patient care.
Personal Development
* Identify areas for self‑development, training requirements within individual personal performance planning and development review.
* Maintain a professional portfolio and reflective diary for developmental purposes and revalidation.
* Develop a culture of learning and innovation, creating high quality learning environments.
* Adopt a reflective approach to own practice with a view to continually improve.
This advert closes on Wednesday 29 Oct 2025.
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