Interviews for this post will be held on Monday 6th of October 2025.
The Role
This post is a NMAHP post rather than a Nurse Consultant post and focuses on improving the prevention and management of frailty across all care settings. Working within a newly developed frailty clinical network the post holder would represent all NMAHPs in developing and reviewing frailty pathways that provide positive patient experience and outcomes. They would be required to develop advanced clinical assessment and prescribing competence if not already obtained within the first year.
The post holder will provide professional leadership, strategic direction and expert consultancy on all aspects of practice and care of frail people across the patient pathways in Lanarkshire. This will involve working across professional and organisational boundaries, in partnership and in collaboration with others including service users, carers, social work, medical staff, nursing, allied health professionals, voluntary sector staff, and local education providers.
There would be no direct line management responsibilities.
Additional Information Specific to the Role
The key outcomes from the post will include achievement of;
* Improve use and reporting of clinical frailty screening tool across all services
* Further development and systematic spread of integrated models of care for frail people.
* Support development of sustainable models of care which provide alternatives to admission to acute and residential/ nursing home care
* Improve access to specialty bed within 24 hours of admission where admission to secondary care cannot be avoided
* Support reduced length of stay for inpatient settings
* Increase in the number of people discharged home with flexible community packages of care or support services in place
* Support delivery of ward flow bundle and PDD across inpatient settings
* Support review and development of future clinical models for all bed based services across Lanarkshire
* Support development of locality response
* Support implementation of whole system frailty strategy
* Develop model and deliver NMAHP bed holding capabilities in offsite areas
* Support collaboration with Frailty ihub
* Support Frailty GIRFE Pathfinder project
* Support implementation of My Health, My Care, My Home
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
Knowledge and Professional Training
* Registered Nurse or AHP with appropriate professional registration
* Significant post registration experience
* Completed advanced clinical assessment / V300 or willing to complete within first year
* Masters degree or evidence of attainment of Masters level education (SQF level 11), working towards achievement of the full Masters degree
* Experience in change management / quality improvement
* The post holder is required to demonstrate a high level of competence and excellence in professional leadership, expert practice, strategic planning / service development, education and training, and research and development
* Working knowledge of relevant legislation, guidelines and strategies.
Experience
* Extensive clinical experience in the care and treatment of frail people
* Experience of specialist interventions in the assessment and management of frail people with acute and community settings
* Experience of practice and service development
* Experience of teaching / education of others
* Evidence of high level leadership skills in delivering major change in clinical/service practice
* Experience in research methodology and delivery
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Contract type
* Fixed Term or Secondment for 10 months
* Full time
* 37 hours
Please note this is a fixed term post for 10 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
Location
This role will be based in Nursing Directorate within Netherton House, University Hospital Wishaw.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Joanne Jenkins, Associate Nurse Director on Donna.Richardson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Nicole McMillan, Recruitment Administrator on Nicole.McMillan@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
* A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
* A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
* Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension )
* Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
* Occupational health services
* Employee counselling services
* Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage .
Additional Information for Applicants
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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.
Right to Work within the UK
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We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk .
Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.
Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.