Specialist Frailty Practitioner

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We are looking to recruit a highly skilled Specialist Frailty Practitioner within an integrated team to deliver care to the residents of Dorset.

You will join a multi-disciplinary Hub working in partnership with the local Primary Care Networks (PCN) and secondary care. If you are a specialist nurse, paramedic, physiotherapist or OT, we are keen to hear from you. You will be working within the team to deliver proactive frailty assessments, triaging and prioritising visits, whilst offering senior clinical advice to clinicians.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

The Specialist Frailty Practitioner will be based in Mid Dorset Hub, Dorchester. The Hub offers an integrated service approach to the needs of patients, supported by social services, health and social care co-ordinator’s, rehabilitation/therapy services, community nursing teams, older persons mental health practitioners and PCN pharmacists.

You will provide specialist clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis, and advanced decision-making skills. Your role will be community based, covering mid Dorset locality

The hours are 30 hrs pw covering 8am-6pm with a weekend rota as the networks develop.

To provide a high-quality person-centred approach to care delivery which always considers people’s safety, privacy and dignity using specialist clinical knowledge that is evidence based.

Working as an autonomous practitioner to proactively assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised programmes of evidence-based care as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team.

To undertake independent assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations, where appropriate making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes.

To utilise highly skilled and effective communication to facilitate appropriate and comprehensive advanced care planning. To devise specialist programmes of care for other professionals to deliver and ensure they are delivered appropriately.

Provide supervision, mentorship, training and clinical support to students and trained practitioners.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We’re all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Chantelle Bonnor-Moris Job title: Advanced Clinical Practitioner Email address: Chantelle.bonnor-morris@nhs.net Telephone number: 01305216692