Frailty Nurse
Department:SDEC and ED
Band:7, £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum, pro rata if part time
Hours: Fixed Term, Full time, 40 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
Exciting opportunities within Acute Assessment and Frailty Team (AAFT) have arisen! After having successfully recruited TWO new Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialists, we are now recruiting for TWO Band 3 Frailty Healthcare Assistants (HCA) and a 15-month fixed-term Band 7 Frailty Nurse. Working alongside Nursing and Therapy staff, you will be working in multiple environments, such as SDEC, ED and wards, to promote robust and timely patient discharge.
For the role of a Frailty nurse, we are looking for dynamic, confident individuals with medical, elderly care, frailty or SDEC experience to provide specialist frailty care, as part of a multidisciplinary team. Additionally, you will be responsible for leading the way in reducing the length of stay for patients within ED and SDEC, co-lead the auditing of the acute SDEC frailty pathway then presenting findings to Directorate.
Successful applicantswill be a champion for change, being able to communicate effectively across the Trust maintaining confidentiality. Youwill show high levels of empathy and a passion for providing dignified and holistic care whilst upholding the NMC Code of Conduct.
Please be advised this role is required toprovide 7 days a week cover during core hours of SDEC
Interview date:w/c 04 November 2024
• To be responsible and accountable for the delivery of high quality, innovative clinical practice within SDEC/front door services.
• Proactive clinical decision making underpinned by an advanced level of theoretical and practical knowledge and be able to demonstrate improved patient outcomes.
• Coordinate and lead a Trust-wide evidence-based frailty pathway in conjunction with the Consultant Geriatricians, fellow Frailty nurses and Specialist Frailty Therapists.
• Act as a Highly Specialist Frailty Nurse resource for the Acute Assessment and Frailty Team leading MDT education and training in acute frailty care alongside the Consultant Geriatricians, Frailty Nurses and Specialist Frailty Therapists.
• Develop, implement and lead integrated working practices with Community partners to facilitate timely and effective discharge and admission avoidance for patients with frailty at MKUH, in conjunction with Consultant Geriatricians and Specialist Frailty Therapists.
• Work collaboratively with other Lead Nurses e.g. Dementia Lead and Falls Prevention Coordinator to drive Trust – wide improvements in the care of acutely ill patients with frailty at MKUH.
• To work autonomously using history taking and examination skills within the multidisciplinary team, guidelines and protocols.
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You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
• Free on-site parking
• Free tea and coffee
• Great flexible working opportunities
• Discounted gym membership
• Lease car scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• On site nursery (chargeable)
• Extensive staff health and well-being programme
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• Highlight appropriate patients within ED suitable for transfer to Frailty SDEC and facilitate this safely and timely.
• Demonstrate a high level of knowledge in relation to pattern of disease or disorder, markers of condition progression and range of treatment available at each stage of disorder or condition.
• Actively support change, service development and the roll out of new initiatives to promote patient centred, personal and effective care for all.
Please refer to attached Job description for further information.
We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouragingdiversity,and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.
MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date onceenoughapplications have been received.
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By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This isin accordance withthe streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Uponcommencingemploymentwith theTrust, allemployees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions)aresubjectto aprobationary periodlastingaperiod of sixmonthswithanoptiontoextendfor afurther sixmonths toatotalof 12months.
This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Oct 2024