A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Job Overview
Here at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate colleague to join us in the development of the next stages of our Frailty SDEC Unit and co-located Frailty Short Stay Unit as a Consultant Practitioner for Frailty Services. The post holder will be an experienced advanced level practitioner with a non-medical prescribing qualification (NMP), working autonomously with expert skills in assessment, examination, and providing diagnosis and management for patients across the frailty pathway including community services. We are looking to further develop our pathways to enable direct referral/step up from our primary care, community, and ambulance colleagues into the Frailty SDEC. With a new Divisional Director of Nursing and AHPs joining us early in 2025 alongside a newly appointed Deputy Divisional Director of Nursing and AHPs, we are now looking to expand the senior clinical non-medical workforce within the division to enhance clinical management. You will join a team of skilled frailty practitioners including nurses, AHPs, pharmacists, and medical team (incorporating Geriatricians and General Practitioners) acting as an expert clinical Consultant Practitioner demonstrating advanced clinical skills and knowledge to enable the management of frailty patients within the Frailty SDEC and wider community services. You will work as an autonomous Consultant Practitioner within the Frailty SDEC and associated frailty short stay unit and wider community services with a 70% clinical practice and 30% leadership split role. You will be required to make independent clinical decisions and initiate investigations, directing and using the results of specialist investigations (e.g., blood tests, chest x-rays, ECGs, CT scans, etc.) to assist in the formulation of diagnosis and plans of care and treatment leading to the patient’s discharge back into the community. You will be responsible for developing and leading on advanced clinical care practice standards, clinical supervision, and governance structure for a future workforce of ACPs within frailty services and across the community division. You will work closely with ED and Community Response Team (CRT) ensuring timely transfer of frailty patients to the Frailty SDEC service. You will be a frailty subject matter expert developing trust-wide policies, guidelines, and pathways to ensure older and frail people have seamless access to the right care in the right place at the right time. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the proud provider of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff makes for happy patients’. WWL is committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind, we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs. At WWL, we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society. Key Responsibilities
Act as an expert clinical practitioner demonstrating advanced clinical skills and knowledge including evidence of critical thinking and implementation of research-based practice within the management of frailty patients. Work autonomously as a Consultant Practitioner within the Frailty SDEC and associated frailty short stay unit in collaboration with the medical, nursing, and AHP clinical teams. Demonstrate clinical leadership, skills, and knowledge in developing a comprehensive Frailty SDEC model. Develop and lead on advanced clinical care practice standards, underpinning a robust governance structure for a future workforce of advanced practitioners. Be instrumental in the development and implementation of a local care delivery system that promotes a proactive approach to ageing well and admission avoidance. Support the clinical teams and all stakeholders in the development and delivery of effective care to older people and their carers. Ensure the Trust is compliant with regional and national priorities to continuously improve standards of patient care. Develop and coordinate integrated ways of working with local admission avoidance teams, Primary Care, Social Services, Mental Health, and the Voluntary sectors. Deliver educational programmes that develop knowledge and practice in the context of frailty and older people’s care. Champion the delivery of safe, effective, consistent high-quality care for frailty and the older person. Review the need and then develop and implement evidence-based Protocols, Guidelines, and SOPs to improve care for patients. Work strategically and politically to promote the status of Frailty within the division, wider trust, and across community partners. Undertake expert clinical supervision to support and develop staff members' contextualised knowledge. This advert closes on Sunday 26 Jan 2025.
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Job Overview
Here at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate colleague to join us in the development of the next stages of our Frailty SDEC Unit and co-located Frailty Short Stay Unit as a Consultant Practitioner for Frailty Services. The post holder will be an experienced advanced level practitioner with a non-medical prescribing qualification (NMP), working autonomously with expert skills in assessment, examination, and providing diagnosis and management for patients across the frailty pathway including community services. We are looking to further develop our pathways to enable direct referral/step up from our primary care, community, and ambulance colleagues into the Frailty SDEC. With a new Divisional Director of Nursing and AHPs joining us early in 2025 alongside a newly appointed Deputy Divisional Director of Nursing and AHPs, we are now looking to expand the senior clinical non-medical workforce within the division to enhance clinical management. You will join a team of skilled frailty practitioners including nurses, AHPs, pharmacists, and medical team (incorporating Geriatricians and General Practitioners) acting as an expert clinical Consultant Practitioner demonstrating advanced clinical skills and knowledge to enable the management of frailty patients within the Frailty SDEC and wider community services. You will work as an autonomous Consultant Practitioner within the Frailty SDEC and associated frailty short stay unit and wider community services with a 70% clinical practice and 30% leadership split role. You will be required to make independent clinical decisions and initiate investigations, directing and using the results of specialist investigations (e.g., blood tests, chest x-rays, ECGs, CT scans, etc.) to assist in the formulation of diagnosis and plans of care and treatment leading to the patient’s discharge back into the community. You will be responsible for developing and leading on advanced clinical care practice standards, clinical supervision, and governance structure for a future workforce of ACPs within frailty services and across the community division. You will work closely with ED and Community Response Team (CRT) ensuring timely transfer of frailty patients to the Frailty SDEC service. You will be a frailty subject matter expert developing trust-wide policies, guidelines, and pathways to ensure older and frail people have seamless access to the right care in the right place at the right time. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the proud provider of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff makes for happy patients’. WWL is committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind, we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs. At WWL, we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society. Key Responsibilities
Act as an expert clinical practitioner demonstrating advanced clinical skills and knowledge including evidence of critical thinking and implementation of research-based practice within the management of frailty patients. Work autonomously as a Consultant Practitioner within the Frailty SDEC and associated frailty short stay unit in collaboration with the medical, nursing, and AHP clinical teams. Demonstrate clinical leadership, skills, and knowledge in developing a comprehensive Frailty SDEC model. Develop and lead on advanced clinical care practice standards, underpinning a robust governance structure for a future workforce of advanced practitioners. Be instrumental in the development and implementation of a local care delivery system that promotes a proactive approach to ageing well and admission avoidance. Support the clinical teams and all stakeholders in the development and delivery of effective care to older people and their carers. Ensure the Trust is compliant with regional and national priorities to continuously improve standards of patient care. Develop and coordinate integrated ways of working with local admission avoidance teams, Primary Care, Social Services, Mental Health, and the Voluntary sectors. Deliver educational programmes that develop knowledge and practice in the context of frailty and older people’s care. Champion the delivery of safe, effective, consistent high-quality care for frailty and the older person. Review the need and then develop and implement evidence-based Protocols, Guidelines, and SOPs to improve care for patients. Work strategically and politically to promote the status of Frailty within the division, wider trust, and across community partners. Undertake expert clinical supervision to support and develop staff members' contextualised knowledge. This advert closes on Sunday 26 Jan 2025.
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