Primary Care Frailty Nurse

Job summary

The post holder will be primarily responsible for providing care for our Elderly population with Long Term conditions including annual care planning and provision of some acute visits. These patients will be seen within the Practice setting, and in the Patients Home environment including Care Homes.

Main duties of the job

The Nurse will be attending patients who have been referred by a GP or by the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and will need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner and referring back to the patients GP as needed. They will liaise with Service Providers, Carers, Social and Voluntary Services and the GP Out of Hours Service; as well as providing advice and support to Practice based and attached nursing staff; facilitating a seamless service for patients between Primary and Secondary Care.

The post holder must be able to work autonomously, be confident in providing high-quality, evidence-based clinical care and possess excellent interpersonal, organisational, communication and management skills

About us

We are a popular and forward-thinking training practice of over 16,500 patients operating from three sites in the beautiful Cumbrian countryside of the Northern Pennines and Eden Valley, close to the great border city of Carlisle, within easy reach of the Lake District, the Borders and Northumberland.

We are part of Carlisle Rural PCN and have an excellent team of Healthcare Professionals and supportive administration teams. We are also a dispensing practice with dedicated Medicines Management Team and Dispensing Team.

The Practice is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the