Frailty Practitioner

This exciting role will appeal to dynamic and committed nurses or allied health professionals. We are recruiting a Band 6 Frailty Practitioner, who will be Registered Nurse, Therapist or Paramedic and have access to their own vehicle and be able to drive for work purposes.

The Frailty Support Team service has a unique model of care nationally. We support acutely unwell adults at home, who are experiencing a sudden decompensation in physical, psychological, or social wellbeing. Our primary aim is to provide first class health care, in the home, giving our service users the choice to remain at home and recover more quickly. We work as One Team with our GPs, community nurses and therapy teams, providing the right care in the right place in the right time frames.

The Team is truly multi-professional, we currently have Consultant Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Paramedics, Nurses, Associate Practitioners, GPs and Administrators.

The team operates from four bases. While your base will be in Totton, you will be required to work flexibly across our other bases in Eastleigh, Fordingbridge and Lymington on a regular basis. We provide a service to our patients 7 days a week between the hours of 08:00 and 20:00. Weekends are worked in rotation.

The team has service improvement and development embedded at its very core! As a team member you will be encouraged to help us shape and develop the services that we provide to our patients and their families.

Main duties of the job

To work closely with Frailty colleagues to provide fast reactive services for people with decompensated frailty and ensure rapid delivery of treatment, care planning and hospital admission prevention where appropriate.

To provide advanced assessment and care planning, including history taking and physical assessment for people living with frailty.

To proactively identify frailty and supportively manage patients during their acute episode of care through the process of urgent comprehensive geriatric assessment.

To provide complex case management using extended skills where appropriately trained to avoid hospital admission and manage complex clinical needs in the community setting.

To provide appropriate person-centred treatment using evidence-based practice where-ever possible. Individuals will present with acute or chronic conditions and complex multi-system pathologies e.g. neurological, heart failure, respiratory conditions, orthopaedic rehabilitation and age related deterioration.

To devise effective care plans for each person with specific therapeutic knowledge. The plan of care, which has been developed in partnership with the person, and where relevant their significant other(s), should be outcome based and ensure appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With a dedicated workforce exceeding 12,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas.

We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration.

Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve, now and in the future.