Frailty Support Officer

To support the Frail Elderly Assessment Team in providing excellent clinical care and effective management of patient assessments and discharges through a holistic approach to the individual needs of the patient. This includes liaison with Primary and Secondary multidisciplinary health and social care teams. To provide support to facilitate and drive the safe, effective and timely transfer of patient care from the acute to the most appropriate setting to meet the needs of the frail patient.Main duties of the job Support the Frail Elderly Assessment Team to deliver high quality assessments and discharges in keeping with the needs and wishes of patients and their families, acting as a patient advocate when necessary. To assist with a multi-disciplinary and multi-professional frailty approach to discharge planning and transfer of care, including the patient and carer in the provision of seamless care To assist the FEAT with provision of CGA to patients identified as having frailty. To help to coordinate the patient discharge needs and to assist in the development of a discharge plan for individual patients, including evaluating progress to ensure the pathway remains appropriate.

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, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a 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.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.