Frailty Clinical Nurse Specialist inWorcester inWorcester PUBLISHED
WED 13 NOV 2024
In addition, the specialists will offer outreach services for high-risk patients, educate nursing and allied health staff, and develop follow-up support for discharged patients. They will also play a crucial role in achieving national and local frailty care targets, ensuring cohesive collaboration between acute and community services, and enhancing patient-centered care throughout the frailty journey.
We have an exciting opportunity for 2 candidates to join us in our expanding 7 day Frailty journey.
This post will be working across Worcester Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.
Shift patterns consist of long days 7:30am to 8:00pm with a 60 minute break. This post include weekend working.
We are open to full time and part time positions.
For an informal discussion please contact Matron Gincy John via switchboard or email
To ensure cohesive working between Acute and Community Services
To contribute to the organisation of frailty multidisciplinary, patient centred care
To facilitate flow of patients both from admission via A&E/MAU and through the whole patient journey.
To provide expert relevant clinical advice and support to other health professionals, patients and their carers
To support the development and implementation of best practice within the speciality of frailty medicine
To provide a specialist nursing role in the assessment and management of patients who are frail.
To provide an outreach service to other patients in the Hospital who have a high frailty score
To provide key support and an educational resource for any qualified and unqualified nursing staff, allied health professionals, junior doctors and students working within the speciality
To develop nurse led frailty follow up telephone advice after discharge.
To play a key role in ensuring that national and local targets for frailty patients are met.
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To ensure cohesive working between Acute and Community Services
To contribute to the organisation of frailty multidisciplinary, patient centred care
To facilitate flow of patients both from admission via A&E/MAU and through the whole patient journey.
To provide expert relevant clinical advice and support to other health professionals, patients and their carers
To support the development and implementation of best practice within the speciality of frailty medicine
To provide a specialist nursing role in the assessment and management of patients who are frail.
To provide an outreach service to other patients in the Hospital who have a high frailty score
To provide key support and an educational resource for any qualified and unqualified nursing staff, allied health professionals, junior doctors and students working within the speciality
To develop nurse led frailty follow up telephone advice after discharge
To play a key role in ensuring that national and local targets for frailty patients are met.
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