Job overview

Working alongside our existing Advanced Practitioners and experienced MDT,  the post-holder would be responsible for providing a service across the acute frailty pathway.   This role requires excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, alongside sound clinical knowledge, relevant experience and the ability to work at pace.

The acute frailty pathway gives advanced clinical practice high priority.  Supporting people living with frailty to self-care and maintain what matters to them most are our key functions.   We provide a truly integrated pathway, collaborating with our health and social care partners  to improve patient care and communication across the whole system.   The successful post holder will be expected to use their qualifications, skills and expertise to continue support and development within these areas.

This is a rotational system wide post, where you will be responsible for providing specialist clinical support to the whole frailty pathway;  Frailty Assessment Unit, Emergency Frailty Department, ED in reach,  Acute Frailty Same Day Emergency Care , supporting our Acute Frailty Virtual Ward and  the Frailty inpatient bed base

Main duties of the job

This role is an exciting opportunity for you to be part of a new system wide model of care for our population living with frailty.   You will be assessing patients with complex needs, undertaking physical examinations using appropriate use of investigations in order to reach a diagnosis.   As part of the multiprofessional team,  you will support in developing and contributing to the improvement of services.  We are looking for someone who can demonstrate evidence of autonomy, clinical judgement who has excellent communication and decision making skills. 

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff.  We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system.  Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.