Frailty Team Leader in Wirral inWirral PUBLISHED WED 16 APR 2025 Jump to job information section

The Frailty team in Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) comprises of a multi disciplinary team (MDT) involving consultant geriatricians, Junior doctors, advanced nurse practitioners (ANP's), Specialist nurses for older persons (SNOP), Clinical support workers (CSW's), Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, integrated discharge team (IDT), Social workers and third party representation from Age UK.

The SNOPs are an integral part of the frailty service within Wirral University Teaching Hospitals and are often the first members of the team that patients meet when attending the Emergency Department (ED), The Older Person’s Assessment Unit (OPAU) or The Urgent

Medical Assessment Unit (UMAC). They start the process of CGA, liaise closely with other members of the Frailty team and also with community providers including the Community Integrated Response Team (CIRT) and Integrated Care Co-ordination Hubs (ICCH).

The aim of the Frailty Team, as a whole, is to provide a rapid, holistic assessment of frail patients attending Wirral University Hospital and to formulate a management plan for their care adopting a ‘Home First’ approach.

The role facilitates early discharge from hospital and admission prevention where it has been identified that patients can be managed in community settings.

The SNOP team currently comprises 6 Band 6 nurses, 2 Band 6 physiotherapists, 2 Band 6 occupational therapists and 3 Band 3 CSW's.

• Key Responsibilities and duties
• MANAGERIAL
• Day to day management of the Specialist Nurses for Older People. Co-ordinate, allocate and
  
  

prioritise the workload so that staff and resources are used efficiently, contributing to the

smooth running of the SNOP service.

• Train, supervise and appraise staff
• Manage first line sickness absence
• Maintain the quality of the work performed by the nursing team within the SNOP service
• Write, review and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
• Implement, co-ordinate and monitor training and competence records.
• Maintain and monitor systems for ensuring staff compliance with Statutory and Mandatory
  
  

training.

• Advise and support managers and senior staff in assessment of competence.
• Collaborate with all members of the clinical team to ensure efficient running of the frailty
  
  

service.

• Be highly effective in time-management
• Use resources effectively in order to provide quality patient care whilst having an awareness
  
  

of budgetary issues.

• Supervise registered and unregistered staff as appropriate.
• Undertake formal and informal teaching sessions as required.
• Following appropriate training coordinate SNOP service.
• Contribute to the monitoring and control of expenditure and use of resources.
• Line management responsibilities - undertaking formal disciplinary, grievances and absence
  
  

management meetings, and staff appraisals

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: jenine kelly Job title: matron Email address: Telephone number: