The London Boroughs of Barking, Havering, and Redbridge face unique challenges due to their demographic profiles, particularly with an aging population. According to the latest census data, around 18% of the combined population of these three boroughs is aged 65 with this proportion being expected to increase in the coming decades as the population continues to age.

Providing high-quality, coordinated care for older adults can be challenging, and there is a need for innovative solutions to improve access to geriatric expertise and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions as it is widely recognised that admission to hospital can have negative impacts on older patients including deconditioning, hospital acquired infections, malnutrition, delirium, loss of independence, adverse drug events and psychological impacts.

BHRUT are committed to changing the model of care for our increasing elderly and frail population by shifting to a more proactive care approach. By doing so we want to identify those people at risk of developing frailty and initiate early interventions to improve management, prevent deterioration and even reverse a person's level of frailty.

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Main duties of the job

At the heart of this will be multi-professional comprehensive geriatric assessment. We will be implementing further measures to proactively manage patients who may be heading towards a crisis that would otherwise result in attendance to hospital, by providing same and next day urgent assessment appointments and finally where patients require some short term intravenous therapy we will provide a small number of infusion chairs to be able to rapidly respond to this need

All of this will be delivered from our brand new Health and Wellbeing Hub due to be completed in September 2024. This is a multi-provider facility which in addition to the frailty unit will provide primary and community care, diagnostics, social and voluntary services.

We have big ambitions to radically change the provision of care for the aging population of Barking, Havering, and Redbridge and we are looking to recruit the best of the best to help us deliver the vision. This is a unique opportunity to be part of the team who will develop and deliver exceptional integrated care pathways.

If you are passionate about the future of care for ageing patients, are creative, happy to work flexibly across all the services within the frailty hub and are looking to develop and deepen your own skills and capabilities within this speciality then please apply to be part of our aim to create a centre of outstanding care.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A& E performance in 2023/24 we're no longer in special measures and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A& Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Tosin Aragbaiye, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5934. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Nursing or working towards
• RGN - 5 years experience

Desirable

• Diploma in Geriatric Medicine
• Independent/Supplementary Prescribing (V300)

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

• Clinical leadership and decision-making skills with minimal supervision whilst organising and prioritising workload
• Ability to negotiate effectively with different disciplines
• Ability to work autonomously
• Full Driving licence

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of teaching medical/nursing staff and AHP
• Up to date on developments in frailty management and prevention
• Highly skilled in the assessment and treatment of patients presenting with common pathologies including dementia, delirium and falls
• Demonstrate up to date knowledge of best practise and current research in acute elderly/frailty and medical care

Desirable

• Experience of quality improvement process-implementation
• Previous experience working in Frailty

Employer details

Employer name

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

SG CDC Frailty

Hornchurch

RM12 6RS

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