Feat Co-ordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Frail Elderly Assessment Team (FEAT) for an enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurse to join our friendly, forward thinking team.

The FEAT Team successfully ensures local health services are always on hand for frail older people, putting their safety, care and experience at the forefront of the service we provide.

The team’s impressive impact on patient experience and bed utilisation, and the collaborative work with staff, will continue to improve the pathway for patients.

You will work within the Multi-disciplinary Team in the Emergency Department, Medical Assessment unit and short stay wards. You will assess patients and provide the 'gold-standard' for management of frailty-Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.

You will work closely with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and our prescribing pharmacists. We also have ACP's and Consultant Geriatricians in our team and you will work with them on a daily basis.

You will liaise with social services, care homes, the integrated discharge team and mental health services throughout the acute and community to ensure patients move effectively through the system and are discharged via the appropriate pathway.

You must have an excellent attitude to patient care; display professionalism at all times and be committed to the team ethos and development. Applicants should have good organisational skills and excellent communication skills are essential.

**Interview date**: 12 September 2023

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

**In return we will offer**:

- Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
- On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

**Key Facts about our Trust**:

- We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.