Frailty Advanced Clinical Practitioner

As a frailty advanced clinical practitioner you will work across various areas of the hospital including the award winning GEMS service based in ED, OPAU and frailty SDEC. You will perform highly advanced assessments of the frail older patient, with diverse presentations and highly complex physical and psychological conditions, utilising a comprehensive geriatric assessment, to determine a diagnosis, formulate and deliver an appropriate, individualised treatment programme. You will also act as a clinical and professional lead within acute frailty and geriatric medicine among a multidisciplinary team. You will act as a lead contributor to the development of the acute frailty service as a whole. You will also have an expert working knowledge of community services to avoid admission and facilitate discharge while also continuing to build key stakeholder relationships to further improve patient pathways, outcomes and experiences. A trainee opportunity is also available for candidates
who do not fully meet the essential criteria. This trainee opportunity will include an MSc apprenticeship where appropriate and progress to Band 8a when qualified.,

• To undertake a comprehensive, holistic assessment of patients including those with highly complex presentations/multi pathologies, using highly advanced clinical reasoning, analytical and investigative skills and highly developed specialist manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis.


• Have an expert working knowledge of the comprehensive geriatric assessment.


• Actively lead the development of care planning and admission avoidance initiatives through advanced clinical skills.


• Lead the development of clinically effective, multidisciplinary team of practitioners to enable the implementation of effective admission avoidance initiatives


• Support/ lead on development of integrated working an integrated pathways with Primary and Secondary care colleagues and frailty services


• Be responsible for the development and delivery of a consistently high quality service, promoting frailty care as a positive place for staff experience and development.


• Act as an expert practitioner and a role model to and on behalf of the whole team, to ensure greater integration of the frailty pathways into health & social care admission avoidance initiatives.


• Working in partnership the post holder communicates effectively with patients and their carers, the primary health care team, Secondary Care, Care Home and voluntary sector and other key stakeholders on a range of complex health care matters, issues, ideas & situations, welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
  
  University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the