Renal Specialist Frailty Practitioner

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Barts Health NHS Trust Full time

Job overview

We are excited to be able to recruit a Frailty Practitioner to join our existing team in the delivery of the Royal London Hospital's Renal services. This new role will support the team in caring for renal patients living with frailty, including those undergoing renal replacement therapy (dialysis or transplantation), and those who have opted for supportive care (conservative management).

The Specialist Frailty Practitioner will deliver person-centred care, frailty screening, comprehensive geriatric assessment and advanced care planning forrenal patients living with frailty, both within hospital andoutpatient settings. You will work closely with both the Renal Supportive Care Team and the Frailty Team. This new role is offered as a fixed term post for 2 years.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deliver person centred care, frailty screening and comprehensive assessment for renal patients with or at risk of progressive and degenerative frailty. The role of the Specialist Frailty Practitioner will require someone who understands frailty and comprehensive assessments e.g. comprehensive geriatric assessment.

The post holder will be required to work within renal to ensure a seamless service is delivered through screening patients and referrals. This will include patients who have chosen supportive care and those who are on dialysis and frail or considering withdrawal. Providing an assessment of patients' care needs, and help develop, implement and evaluate care to provide clinical support to patients and their families/carers.

This post will require staff engagement and development, providing support, advice, and formal and informal teaching regarding frailty and supportive care.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

•Registered Nurse NMC Level 1 or Level 15 or Chartered Health Practitioner •Evidence of continuing education and clinical and professional development

Desirable criteria

•Degree (BSc) or equivalent in health related subject

Experience

Essential criteria

•At least three years relevant post-registration clinical practice experience •Knowledge and experience of caring for people with advanced kidney disease and/or frailty and/or at end of life.

Desirable criteria

•Knowledge of relevant national and local policies including NICE and The Renal Registry, and their impact on this role.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

•Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy, policy relating to advanced care planning and frailty care initiatives •Engages proactively in order to achieve objectives •Confidence to be able to make decisions

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