Working as part of the Trust Falls Prevention Team, to deliver falls prevention across the community, and partner agencies (e.g. SWASFT, primary care, care homes and care agencies) for adult fallers, implementing all aspects of best practice to prevent falls and reduce the impact of harm and injury when a fall occurs. Linking policies and pathways across the Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT) to enhance integrated care.
Work alongside clinical teams, patient representatives and external partners to support them with expert falls knowledge, lead falls initiatives and progress work inline with national initiatives, guidance, improvement plans and learning from incidents.
A highly visible and proactive leader acting as a clinical resource ensuring staff are competent, trained and up to date with the most up to date falls prevention evidence base and that patients and carers, along with the general public are informed on falls prevention and have access to information to support them to live healthy independent lives in their home of choice.
Advise on relevant policies and workstreams where complex issues that relate to falls and falls prevention are involved and to support community staff on specific falls problems with patients who have complex presentations.
You will provide education on falls prevention across Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT) specifically but not exclusively, 65 years and above as well as those aged 50 plus with long-term conditions; with the emphasis on community staff and the Trust’s partners. Devise and review teaching methods and review feedback.
You will co-lead on national audits relating to falls prevention, maintain the database of falls data and report to Falls Improvement Steering Group (FISG) governance and relevant other meetings. Oversee, advise and escalate any required action plans for clinical areas that require improvement on falls prevention.
You will support and co-chair bi-monthly FISG and disseminate outcomes via minutes, action log and falls newsletter support investigations as part of the team involved in incident reporting for falls at moderate and above harm. As a subject matter expert to review incidents and action plans, advise on these and share learning.
Review falls dashboard (Tableau) each month looking at trends.
Link with Quality Assurance Team where care home residents have complex presentations and falls prevention is proving challenging. This will involve oversight of the Paris falls register (Torbay only).
Co-manage the postural stability strength and balance service in conjunction with the Public Health and Personalised Care Manager.
Why Work With Us
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated organisation providing acute health care services from Torbay Hospital, community health services and adult social care. When we formed our integrated care organisation in October 2015 we became the first Trust in England to join up hospital and community care with social care. As one organisation, we are working with our partners to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care.
The Trust runs Torbay Hospital as well as four community hospitals, stretching from Dawlish to Brixham. We also provide health and social care to the local population.
We have around 500,000 face-to-face contacts with patients in their homes and communities each year and see over 78,000 people in our Emergency Department annually. We serve a resident population of approximately 286,000 people, plus about 100,000 visitors at any one time during the summer holiday season.
We have been an authorised NHS Foundation Trust since 2007 and have over 12,000 public members and we employ approximately 6,000 staff including frontline health and social care staff. We also have over 800 volunteers who make a difference each and every day to the people we care for.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tracey McKenzie Job title: ADNPP Email address: tracey.mckenzie@nhs.net Telephone number: 01803 655814
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