Frailty Specialist Support Nurse – Early Intervention Team inCambridge inCambridge PUBLISHED
FRI 22 NOV 2024
The ideal candidate will possess strong teamwork skills and a commitment to quality improvement while being responsible for high standards of patient assessment, advice, and evaluation. The position requires a willingness to work flexible hours across a seven-day roster, contributing to the development of specialist knowledge in frailty care, emergency department practices, and discharge planning. The trust offers numerous benefits, including professional development opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and on-site amenities to ensure a supportive work environment.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a motivated Specialist Support Frailty Nurse to join our highly skilled & experienced Early Intervention Team at Cambridge University Hospitals.
About usThe Early Intervention Team (EIT) is a very proactive and innovative multidisciplinary team of Frailty Specialist Nurses, Discharge Planning Specialist Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists. The Early Intervention Team has been well acknowledged for providing proactive Frailty screening, and Admission Avoidance where appropriate. EIT Frailty Nurses identify frailty in patients over 75 years old and initiate Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments for patients admitted to the Emergency Department, Urgent Treatment Centre, Same Day Emergency Care and inpatient wards. The Team provides an excellent opportunity to develop quality improvement and service development skills as part of the service expansion.
About the roleWe are looking for an innovative and motivated team player, working collaboratively with other members of the multidisciplinary team, including our community partners, to provide a holistic, patient-centred frailty service.
You will support patients and their families/caregivers by comprehensive screening and assessment. You will provide a specialised assessment in order to inform clinical practice, avoiding unnecessary harm and informing clinical management to patients living with frailty syndromes. In addition you will help prevent the unnecessary admissions of patients into acute care or to initiate early discharge planning
The post holder will be responsible for providing a high standard of assessment, advice, and evaluation of patients to formulate ongoing plans of care for patients both those admitted to the hospital and those discharged into community settings. This may include patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions.
The role will allow development of specialist knowledge of ED, Frailty, and Discharge Planning specific assessments, with an opportunity to evaluate practice and audit outcomes. Development opportunities will include continuing professional development, links with community services, contribution to operational group meetings, and striving to meet our national and local guidelines.
The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to seven-day working, between the hours of 8 am to 8 pm based on a rota system.
We welcome you to contact us for further discussion or to arrange an informal visit.
About us
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.
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This vacancy will close at midnight on 5 December 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 19 December 2024
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
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