Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 2 years (Funding is for a 2 year contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 070-NMR075-0525
- Employer
- Powys Teaching Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Montgomery County Infirmary
- Town
- Newtown
- Salary
- £54,550 - £61,412 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Frailty Nurse Practitioner in Primary and Community Care
Band 8a
Be part of a 'Healthy Caring Powys' and help us transform the way we provide health and care, so our communities can Start Well, Live Well and Age Well.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.
Job overview
THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 2 YEARS DUE TO FUNDING
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THIS POST.
We have an exciting new opportunity for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Band 8a) who who has experience and a real passion for frailty care to join our team on a 2-year fixed-term contract.
Role Highlights:
Leading a small team in the delivery of holistic and comprehensive person-centred assessment and care planning
Coordinating and providing essential support to some of our most frail populations.
Supporting patients to safely remain at home for longer, and reducing unnecessary admissions to hospital
Key role in supporting the development and provision of frailty services
As an autonomous clinician, with proven excellent clinical and communication skills, utilising your experience of working with frail populations across primary and community care settings, you will lead a small team in the navigation and coordination of care for those with frail complex medical needs.
Whilst working closely with senior colleagues across Primary & Community care, supporting the development and shaping of the frailty services, building a network of community support in partnership with the Community MDT’s, GP practices, Third Sector, Social Care, Out of Hours and emergency service providers.
Main duties of the job
Assist the Primary and Community Care service leads in developing and ensuring robust and sustainable delivery of Primary and Community Care Frailty Nursing services. Be a strong visible clinical leader who will support and shape the delivery of the Frailty Nursing service across several clinical teams, including Nurses, non-registered Health Care Workers and Administration staff. Work with Primary and Community Care Nursing services leads to provide clinical leadership and direction to Frailty Nursing services through clinical supervision and development of services.
Responsible for equitable delivery of Frailty Nursing services to patients across North Powys PTHB. Initiate the planning, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical pathways and protocols for Primary and Community Care Frailty Nursing Services. Provide expert leadership and support in the assessing and treatment of complex patients, providing advice, guidance and teaching for less experienced staff across the north cluster of PTHB.
Ensure the standard of Frailty Nursing services meets Clinical Governance requirements as specified by PTHB and other recognised local and national standards. Monitor the implementation of Standards for Health Services for Frailty Nursing across Powys North Cluster participating practices and to ensure all operational teams are aware of developing local and National actions.
Working for our organisation
Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won’t get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.
As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We’re also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy ’life work’ balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.
To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Location: Rural / urban community settings covering Welshpool, Montgomery, Newtown and Llanfair Caereinion.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person specification
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Evidence of specialist knowledge and application of current best practice
- Resolution of professional/ethical issues
- Ability to work under pressure and set priorities
- Understands current policy and practice and implications for Community Frailty Nursing Service
Desirable criteria
- Ability to coordinate intra and inter professional projects
- Research skills
- Experience of critical appraisal of research and best practice guidelines, with appropriate application to clinical work
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Master’s level qualification or demonstratable equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Master’s level qualification or demonstratable equivalent experience
- Evidence of advanced level study and advanced level practice (including Level 7 clinical examination, clinical diagnostics and v300 independent nurse prescriber qualifications)
- Expert knowledge/previous experience working with frailty
- Live registration with the NMC as Registered Nurse/degree in Nursing or other health related subject or equivalent degree level relevant experience
- Management / Leadership qualification or equivalent preparation
- Knowledge of current Nursing issues within NHS care systems
- High level of knowledge of NMC code of conduct and professional standards / guidance
- Experience of taking a clinical lead role within an appropriate setting
- Evidence of planning and decision making
Desirable criteria
- To have managed complex patient situations where negotiation and clinical reasoning were necessary to result in an appropriate outcome
- Experience of critical appraisal of research and best practice guidelines, with appropriate application to clinical work
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Ability to coordinate intra and inter professional projects
- To have acted as a Mentor / coach for other person within the profession
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Linzi Shone
- Job title
- Professional Head of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07970 257069
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