Frailty Practitioner-elderly Medicine

7 days ago


Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Full time

We are recruiting for a Frailty Practitioner-Elderly Medicine who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We are a multidisciplinary team made up of Consultant Geriatricians, ACP's, Clinical nurse specialists, pharmacists, and therapists.

We cover a seven-day service based in the Emergency Department (ED) and Acute Assessment Area (AMU) assessing frail and vulnerable patients.

We also run a daily hot clinic out of SDEC.


We are looking to recruit a Frailty Practitioner to join our evolving and dynamic team, you must have a keen interest in frailty and be able to demonstrate experience of working and assessing older persons.

It would be beneficial to have an understanding of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA,) and the associated assessments which we routinely use within the service.


The team are motivated to share learning about Frailty and the importance of managing our complex patients across the wider trust, and there is the expectation that the post holder will support with this.


There are many learning opportunities to be gained from joining our team, and we will support your passion and motivation for assessing, treating and advanced care planning for the patient who we encounter during their admission or facilitated discharge.

Our Values are I nclude, R espect and I mprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond


As a Frailty Practitioner you will Identify and assess patients who are aged 75 and over with a CFS of 5 or more.

Independent working utilising advanced clinical skills where applicable and Facilitation and delivery of education across the trust.


You will be an advocate for the service with excellent communication skills both written and verbal and be a strong team player.


At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care.

Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.


We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

Hertford County, Hertford

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood


We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.

We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.

Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests.

Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

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