A Vacancy at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a nurse /AHP consultant practitioner with a passion for frailty.
We are looking for a dynamic, strategic thinker with experience of working in Frailty to provide leadership, clinical expertise, in the development of our Same Day Emergency Care and expansion of the existing ambulatory pathways.
You will become part of our expanding, exciting and outward looking team and will have the opportunity to work together with the multi-disciplinary team to make a difference in the care of our Frailty patients.
The successful candidate will take the lead in driving the ambitions for the Frailty service, as well as developing links with partners to allow direct admissions from the community to the frailty service and developing our established ambulatory service.
The suitable candidate would have experience of working within a Frailty or Geriatric service and have either or both community or acute hospital experience.
The suitable post holder with have experience of leading change, audit, research and education.
We are looking for a consultant practitioner with a passion for frailty. This is full-time, 8b post and we are looking for someone to provide leadership in the development of the 7-day service of the Frailty team.
You will have the opportunity to work together with the multi-disciplinary team to make a difference in the care of our Frailty patients as part of same day emergency care and short stay ward.
The Nurse/AHP Consultant will work as an expert autonomous practitioner providing nursing assessment advice and interventions for patients by:
Leading a co-ordinated and efficient service to patients.
Taking an active role in the education, training and development of Health Care Professionals to promote the objectives of the service.
Promoting early intervention with the most appropriate form of treatment/support, which will lead to more effective management of the disease process and an improvement in the patient's quality of life.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
The Nurse/AHP Consultant will work as an expert autonomous practitioner providing nursing assessment advice and interventions for patients by
Leading a co-ordinated and efficient service to patients.
Taking an active role in the education, training and development of Health Care Professionals to promote the objectives of the service.
Promoting early intervention with the most appropriate form of treatment/support, which will lead to more effective management of the disease process and an improvement in the patient's quality of life.
This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Mar 2025