Frailty Specialist Support Nurse – Early Intervention Team
Band 6
Main area: Early Intervention Team
Grade: Band 6
Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment 12 months)
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
35.5 hours per week (Seven-day working on a rota system - Full Time or Part Time/Flexible working hours may be considered)
Job ref: 180-F-247438-RE
Employer: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Addenbrookes Hospital-Corporate, Town: Cambridge
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 p.a. pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 14/01/2025
Job overview
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a motivated Specialist Support Frailty Nurse to join our highly skilled & experienced Early Intervention Team at Cambridge University Hospitals.
About us
The Early Intervention Team (EIT) is a proactive and innovative multidisciplinary team of Frailty Specialist Nurses, Discharge Planning Specialist Nurses, Occupational Therapists, and Physiotherapists. The Early Intervention Team has been acknowledged for providing proactive Frailty screening and Admission Avoidance where appropriate. EIT Frailty Nurses identify frailty in patients over 75 years old and initiate Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments for patients admitted to the Emergency Department, Urgent Treatment Centre, Same Day Emergency Care, and inpatient wards. The Team provides an excellent opportunity to develop quality improvement and service development skills as part of the service expansion.
About the role
We are looking for an innovative and motivated team player, working collaboratively with other members of the multidisciplinary team, including our community partners, to provide a holistic, patient-centred frailty service.
Main duties of the job
You will support patients and their families/caregivers by comprehensive screening and assessment. You will provide a specialised assessment to inform clinical practice, avoiding unnecessary harm and informing clinical management for patients living with frailty syndromes. Additionally, you will help prevent unnecessary admissions of patients into acute care or initiate early discharge planning.
The post holder will be responsible for providing a high standard of assessment, advice, and evaluation of patients to formulate ongoing plans of care for both those admitted to the hospital and those discharged into community settings. This may include patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions.
The role will allow development of specialist knowledge of ED, Frailty, and Discharge Planning specific assessments, with an opportunity to evaluate practice and audit outcomes. Development opportunities will include continuing professional development, links with community services, contribution to operational group meetings, and striving to meet our national and local guidelines.
The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to seven-day working, between the hours of 8 am to 8 pm based on a rota system.
We welcome you to contact us for further discussion or to arrange an informal visit.
Working for our organisation
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practice your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving healthcare quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
* Our values and reputation for outstanding care
* Opportunities to experience a range of specialties
* Career and development opportunities
* Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
* Research experience and opportunities
* Lovely location and quality of life
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note: Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.
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This vacancy will close at midnight on 5 January 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 14 January 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space, and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working, and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Post-registration qualification in specialty or willingness to complete
* Degree
* Research Module
Experience
* Demonstrate expert nursing skills from a broad range of clinical environments
* Previous experience in care of older adults
* Accept personal accountability for own practice
* Experience of formal/informal teaching
* Community Nursing experience
Knowledge
* Understanding of evidence-based practice
* Understanding of Clinical Governance
* Understanding and Knowledge of Frailty Syndromes and the impact they may have on a person living with frailty
* Understanding and knowledge of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
Skills
* Good verbal and written communication skills
* Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
* Adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues' needs
* Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
* Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time management
* Effective interpersonal skills
* Commitment to multidisciplinary working
* Assertiveness/perceptive counselling skills
* Documentation, audit, and presentation skills
Additional Requirements
* The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors, and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, and excellent.
* To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with their professional body and Code of Conduct
* Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic institutions
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Deepa Augustine
Job title: Frailty Specialist Nurse
Email address: deepa.augustine@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01223 274752
Additional information:
Joanna Lawingco-Enesio
EIT Clinical Nurse Specialist Frailty Lead
E-mail: joanna.lawingco@nhs.net
Tel: 01223 274752
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