Frailty Specialist Support Nurse – Early Intervention Team
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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 very proactive and innovative multidisciplinary team of Frailty Specialist Nurses, Discharge Planning Specialist Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists. The Early Intervention Team has been well 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 in order to inform clinical practice, avoiding unnecessary harm and informing clinical management to patients living with frailty syndromes. In addition you will help prevent the unnecessary admissions of patients into acute care or to 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 patients 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.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Post registration qualification in speciality 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
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
#J-18808-Ljbffr