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The Role
As part of Operation Flow Frailty Work Stream, NHS Lanarkshire is developing a Frailty Team that will work at the interface across each of the three Acute Sites (UHW, UHM & UHH). Comprising of an Advanced Practitioner, Advanced Practitioner AHP and Generic Assistant Practitioner, the team will have the flexibility to undertake tests of change across localities, Flow Navigation and the Emergency Departments. They will explore how best to influence patients’ journeys and produce the best outcomes.
The team will support flow, and manage frailty demands across the whole system by providing in reach to front door entry points to the hospital with opportunities for cross site communication and management of demand. Aims of the frailty interface team will include:
- Admission avoidance
- Reduce demand for acute beds
- Early identification of frailty in older adults
- Reduce length of in-patient stay by utilising appropriate discharge pathways
- Increase flow to frailty assessment areas
Job Purpose
The post holder will be aligned to the frailty clinical network and will work as an expert clinical practitioner responsible for providing expert clinical care and management of both the patient and his/her family, making complex, autonomous decisions using advanced skills and knowledge. They will have responsibility for the assessment of frailty patients and the delivery of complex transitions of care across a variety of settings. The post holder will be an experienced practitioner, who will act within their professional boundaries and provide expert advice and opinion to multidisciplinary teams (clinical and non-clinical) across acute and community settings within both the health and social care partnerships and other agencies. The practitioner must demonstrate competence within all four pillars of advanced practice and make professional, autonomous decisions for which he/she is accountable.
- To commence Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) at the earliest opportunity including functional, cognitive and social assessment from point of presentation to the system
- To liaise with family, carers and other agencies to ensure assessment and care is provided in the best possible setting and alternatives to hospital based care such as outpatient care is utilised
- To work alongside existing MDT teams, to provide expert advice and recommended solutions regarding the different options to support frailty positive patients and their timely discharge from hospital.
- To provide specialist frailty education and training, promoting the home first approach to support early discharge from hospital
- Use quality improvement methodology to progress service improvements and evaluate the impact on the length of in-patient stay and acute flow
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 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
- Registered AHP with valid HCPC Registration.
- Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level.
- Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced clinical practice and expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
- Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality.
- Advanced Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality.
- Evidence of application of advanced practice skills in speciality and applying clinical judgement.
- Evidence of further developed knowledge and experience in management and/or leadership
- Valid driving licence
Contract type
Fixed Term or Secondment for 1 year
Full time
37.5 hours
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 and Working Pattern
This role will be based in the Frailty Team within one of our 3 Acute Sites (UHW, UHM or UHH).
The working pattern for this role is 5/7.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Hazel Gilmour, NMAHP Frailty Consultant, Frailty Clinical Network on Hazel.Gilmour@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact OperationFLOW.Recruitmentteam@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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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
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.
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