Fracture Liaison Service AdministratorinWeston-Super-MareinWeston-Super-MarePUBLISHED THU 9 JAN 2025

The role of the Fracture Liaison Service Administrator is integral to the Ortho-Geriatric Team. The Fracture Liaison Service monitors the pathways for patients at risk of fracture or of further fracture. The post holder has a role in enabling the Trust to deliver a high standard of care and communication throughout the fragility fracture patient’s pathway. Effective tracking of the pathways facilitates the Trust in achieving CCG Commissioning Parameters, NICE recommendations, and national standards of care for patients with fragility fracture. The post holder will work closely with the Fracture Liaison Nurse Specialists and other members of the Hospital’s Administration Team.

• Ensure patient details are accurately updated on CareFlow and within medical notes as per University Hospital’s Bristol and Weston (UHBW) protocols.
• Manage referrals into the service and enter them onto the appropriate CareFlow waiting list.
• Process Bone Health Assessments forms from the fracture clinic and send questionnaires to those patients not processed in clinic.
• Initiate the follow up of patients at 4 and 12 months post fracture and update the FLS tracker as necessary.
• Maintain a stock of supporting literature and patient booklets for patients supported by the service.
• Generate letters to patients, GPs and other health care professionals involved in the care of the patients using the recognised UHBW systems including Digital Noting, Synertec and clinical document storage (CDS) systems.
• Manage the FLS group email inbox.
• Manage the FLS tracker.
• General administration e.g. scanning documents onto Evolve. Collecting and distributing post.
  
  

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nikolas Bird-Smith Job title: Specialty Manager Email address: Telephone number: