Frailty Assessment Clinician

Westrop Medical Practice is introducing a new Frailty Review Clinician role to support delivery of the Enhanced Frailty Service Local Commissioned Service (LCS).

The role has been created in response to the increasing requirements of the service and will focus on identifying, assessing and supporting patients living with frailty to ensure they receive appropriate care, reviews and care planning.

We anticipate this role would be particularly suited to an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Paramedic Practitioner or other experienced registered clinician with the skills and experience to undertake autonomous patient assessment, clinical decision-making and care planning. Applications from suitably qualified and experienced clinicians from other professional backgrounds will also be considered.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will support delivery of the Enhanced Frailty Service Local Commissioned Service, helping identify, assess and manage patients living with moderate to severe frailty.

The role will involve undertaking frailty assessments, evaluating patients' physical, psychological and social needs, and developing personalised care plans to support independence, wellbeing and quality of life. The successful candidate will exercise autonomous clinical decision-making, identifying appropriate interventions, initiating referrals and escalating concerns where required.

The postholder will work proactively with patients identified through electronic frailty scoring and clinical review, ensuring assessments, reviews and care planning are completed in line with local and national guidance. This will include supporting advance care planning and RESPECT discussions, identifying patients who may benefit from additional community support, and helping reduce avoidable hospital admissions through early intervention and coordinated care.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will liaise with GPs, Nurses, Paramedics, Social Prescribers,Care Coordinators and community services. The role may include face-to-face consultations, telephone reviews, home visits and multidisciplinary meetings.

The postholder will also contribute to service development, maintain accurate clinical records and support the practice in meeting the requirements of the Enhanced Frailty Service.

We are a well-established, forward thinking and innovative GP practice based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Our goal is to offer the highest standard of patient-centred healthcare. Our Practice is made up of six separate Surgeries with 50,000 patients, located in Highworth, North Swindon, Old Town, Tadpole Garden Village and Blunsdon. We aim to offer convenient appointments in pleasant surroundings with polite and friendly staff. We want all patients to benefit from appointment times and services that suit their lifestyle.

Teamwork is at the heart of our culture. We work hard but effectively with a passion for improving health outcomes for all our patients. Our welcoming, friendly and supportive team are committed to delivering high quality patient care.

We are very open to hearing new ideas and trying different ways of working.

We offer NHS pension scheme as well as providing a supportive environment and in return the post holder will be vital to our practice success.

Westrop Medical Practice are members of the Brunel Health Group. As a group we are the largest primary care research group across the Southwest of England.