ACP - Frailty and Care of the Elderly (Annex 21 considered) inPrescot inPrescot PUBLISHED 3 MAY 2024
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With your advanced clinical practice skills, you will have the autonomy to make critical decisions and provide exceptional care to our patients.
Join our dynamic and progressive healthcare team as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner and take your career to new heights. As an integral member of our clinical management team, you will play a crucial role across our renowned MWL Frailty service.With your advanced clinical practice skills, you will have the autonomy to make critical decisions and provide exceptional care to our patients. From the moment you take their history, perform assessments, make diagnoses, deliver treatments, and evaluate their progress, you will be responsible for the comprehensive management of older individuals and those living with frailty.
As an ACP, you will not only excel in providing outstanding patient care but also take the lead in educational sessions, clinical supervision, research, audits, and driving quality and service improvements. With opportunities to rotate across our Frailty offer, you will constantly expand your knowledge and expertise.
Interested candidates must have completed Independent/supplementary Nursing Prescribing course -V300
Trainee Opportunity
The person specification for this role is attached to the advert. If you are interested in this position as a training / development opportunity, please review the person specification. We do require a level of skill and experience, but the complexity and breadth can be developed as you progress within the role and this would be discussed further at interview.
Interview Date: 21st May 2024
- Provide advanced levels of clinical practice, knowledge, and skills in Geriatric Medicine / Frailty
- Undertake history and physical examination to accurately assess the patient’s condition.
- Request, interpret and act upon relevant diagnostic tests and procedures.
- Interpret, convey, and act upon complex and conflicting information to MDT members/patients/relatives including possible stressful situations, which may be delicate or offensive in nature (i.e., breaking bad news).
- To identify patients in the Emergency department who are frail who could be cared for in a Virtual ward.
- To work without borders with St Helens, Halton and Knowsley care providers
- To directly liaise with Geriatricians and other Frailty specialists
- To rotate throughout the Frailty services, including Ambulatory, Frailty Acute Inpatients, Frailty reablement ward, Urgent Community Response, Frailty Virtual Ward, and Community Frailty
- Act as a clinical expert providing continuous support to nursing staff and other MDT members within and outside designated area of work.
- Undertake advanced (invasive and non-invasive) procedures pertaining to patient need, in accordance with appropriate training and clinical supervision.
- Independently prescribe and review medication in accordance with current legislation and trust policy.
Please view additional main duties of the job below or in the job description.
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision Is To Deliver 5 Star Patient Care
- CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
- SAFETY that is of the highest standards
- COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
- SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
- PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our Achievements Include
- Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Dobrowolska Job title: Nurse Consultant Email address: Telephone number:
Join our dynamic and progressive healthcare team as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner and take your career to new heights. As an integral member of our clinical management team, you will play a crucial role across our renowned MWL Frailty service.
With your advanced clinical practice skills, you will have the autonomy to make critical decisions and provide exceptional care to our patients. From the moment you take their history, perform assessments, make diagnoses, deliver treatments, and evaluate their progress, you will be responsible for the comprehensive management of older individuals and those living with frailty.
As an ACP, you will not only excel in providing outstanding patient care but also take the lead in educational sessions, clinical supervision, research, audits, and driving quality and service improvements. With opportunities to rotate across our Frailty offer, you will constantly expand your knowledge and expertise.
Interested candidates must have completed Independent/supplementary Nursing Prescribing course -V300
Trainee Opportunity
The person specification for this role is attached to the advert. If you are interested in this position as a training / development opportunity, please review the person specification. We do require a level of skill and experience, but the complexity and breadth can be developed as you progress within the role and this would be discussed further at interview.
Interview Date: 21st May 2024
Please view additional main duties of the job below or in the job description.
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision Is To Deliver 5 Star Patient Care
Our Achievements Include
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Dobrowolska Job title: Nurse Consultant Email address: Telephone number:
With your advanced clinical practice skills, you will have the autonomy to make critical decisions and provide exceptional care to our patients. From the moment you take their history, perform assessments, make diagnoses, deliver treatments, and evaluate their progress, you will be responsible for the comprehensive management of older individuals and those living with frailty.
As an ACP, you will not only excel in providing outstanding patient care but also take the lead in educational sessions, clinical supervision, research, audits, and driving quality and service improvements. With opportunities to rotate across our Frailty offer, you will constantly expand your knowledge and expertise.
Interested candidates must have completed Independent/supplementary Nursing Prescribing course -V300
Trainee Opportunity
The person specification for this role is attached to the advert. If you are interested in this position as a training / development opportunity, please review the person specification. We do require a level of skill and experience, but the complexity and breadth can be developed as you progress within the role and this would be discussed further at interview.
Interview Date: 21st May 2024
- Provide advanced levels of clinical practice, knowledge, and skills in Geriatric Medicine / Frailty
- Undertake history and physical examination to accurately assess the patient’s condition.
- Request, interpret and act upon relevant diagnostic tests and procedures.
- Interpret, convey, and act upon complex and conflicting information to MDT members/patients/relatives including possible stressful situations, which may be delicate or offensive in nature (i.e., breaking bad news).
- To identify patients in the Emergency department who are frail who could be cared for in a Virtual ward.
- To work without borders with St Helens, Halton and Knowsley care providers
- To directly liaise with Geriatricians and other Frailty specialists
- To rotate throughout the Frailty services, including Ambulatory, Frailty Acute Inpatients, Frailty reablement ward, Urgent Community Response, Frailty Virtual Ward, and Community Frailty
- Act as a clinical expert providing continuous support to nursing staff and other MDT members within and outside designated area of work.
- Undertake advanced (invasive and non-invasive) procedures pertaining to patient need, in accordance with appropriate training and clinical supervision.
- Independently prescribe and review medication in accordance with current legislation and trust policy.
Please view additional main duties of the job below or in the job description.
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision Is To Deliver 5 Star Patient Care
- CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
- SAFETY that is of the highest standards
- COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
- SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
- PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our Achievements Include
- Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Dobrowolska Job title: Nurse Consultant Email address: Telephone number:
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