We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Frailty therapist to join our friendly Frailty team as a Band 7 Specialist. This is a fulltime post of 37.5 hours. The post holder will be working in a newly established frailty service at the Oldham Care Organisation, set up within the hospital. It is envisaged the post holder will support the same day turn around for our frail patients, by supporting them back into the community with appropriate resources.

This role of a frailty therapist is part of a national development in delivering specialised frailty service set out by NHS England. It requires the commitment to provide clinical support to patients, their families/carers and health professionals involved across the Frailty Pathway. The post holder will use their clinical experience, expertise and enhanced clinical competencies to assess and treat patients.

The role requires understanding of the particular requirements of elderly, frail patients within an acute setting and the knowledge and skills to assess patients with Frailty Syndromes.

The candidate would be expected to collaborate on team and individual goals and liaise with other departments to convey Frailty knowledge to a wider audience.

Main duties of the job

Working as a Senior Frailty Clinician within an Acute Frailty Service, facilitating efficient, effective and coordinated assessment and treatment of frail older adults in the Emergency Department, on the Frailty SDEC Unit and across the Acute Frailty Pathway.

To participate in daily operational activities and management.

Be involved in the planning and development of the Frailty team, in conjunction with the clinical lead.

To provide professional support to qualified staff, students and support staff.

The post holder will require highly skilled time management and priority skills due to frequent interruptions of job tasks during the working day and balancing of clinical and operational duties, including service development.

Ensure clinical effectiveness of therapy intervention, incorporating evidence based practice and professional standards.

To work with the multidisciplinary team to provide early and pro-active Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) to patients who meet the referral criteria. The holistic assessment will include clinical, social, functional, emotion and cognitive elements as documented within the CGA.

To utilise the CGA knowledge gained to initiate and facilitate early discharge plans in collaboration with community services, ensuring that patients' needs are met and likelihood of unnecessary readmission is reduced.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care , appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

In line with the Trusts Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy

Professional Registration

Essential

• Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist with current HCPC registration

Knowledge

Essential

• Highly specialist knowledge of current therapy in relevant area

Experience

Essential

• Post registration experience relevant to clinical area
• Experience in care of the Elderly, Frailty and acute medicine
• Extensive experience working in an acute health setting and complex discharge planning.

Desirable

• Experience in supervising/teaching staff/students/volunteers
• Leadership & first line management experience
• Experience of involvement in audits

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Excellent clinical reasoning / clinical decision making
• Ability to manage a diverse workload and to meet set deadlines
• Ability to work on own initiative and without supervision.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills to a range of audiences
• Good organisational skills
• Effective time management skills and ability to prioritise case load and managerial tasks.
• Able to work weekends in line with the 7 day working provision
• IT skills / computer literate
• Able to work independently as an autonomous practitioner and to work as part of a team including MDT
• Able to maintain judgment and make decisions under pressure

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH

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