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• Working as a Frailty Clinician within an Acute Frailty Service, facilitating efficient, effective and co-ordinated assessment and treatment of frail older adults in the Emergency Department and across the Acute Frailty Pathway.
• To work with the multidisciplinary team to provide early and pro-active Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) to patients who meet the referral criteria. The holistic assessment will include clinical, social, functional, emotion and cognitive elements as documented within the CGA.
• To utilise the CGA knowledge gained to initiate and facilitate early discharge plans in collaboration with community services, ensuring that patients’ needs are met and likelihood of unnecessary readmission is reduced.
• The post holder will ensure all patients receive timely assessments and screening, supporting and providing training information in Frailty.
• The role requires understanding of the particular requirements of elderly patients within an acute setting and the knowledge and skills to assess patients with commonly recognised admission criteria E.g. Falls, Urinary Tract and Lower Respiratory tract Infections, Delirium and Dementia.
• The role demands the commitment to provide clinical support to patients, their families/carers and health professionals involved across the Frailty Pathway including patients and MDT based in OPSSU and Short Stay Wards.

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

All staff employed by the Trust are expected to embody our ‘HEART’ values throughout their employment. The values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and underpin everything we do and say to achieve our vision:

Honesty - open and honest in everything we do

Equality – we value all people equally and treat them fairly whilst recognising their individuality

Accountability – we will provide excellent care and ensure the safety and wellbeing of all patients

Respect – we treat everybody the way we would like to be treated

Teamwork – we work together to make improvements, delivering consistent, high quality, safe care.

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.