Lead Nurse for Frailty

We are excited to be able to recruit an experienced nurse to lead the Royal London Hospital's Frailty Team. The post holder will lead a team including Frailty Practitioners (nurses and therapists), Frailty Clinical Nurse Specialists and Frailty Support Workers in the delivery of both the Royal London Hospital's Acute Frailty Service and the Tower Hamlets Frailty Virtual Ward, providing day-to-day line management and support., This post will be of potential interest to staff who are working at Band 7 or 8, who have extensive experience of working with older people, a track record of effective team leadership and service development, and who wish to progress and apply their expertise in a stimulating clinical environment.

The successful candidate will have a work plan which is at least 80% based in clinical practice as an expert practitioner and clinical leader in the frailty service delivering person-centred care, frailty screening and comprehensive assessment for frail older people across both the acute frailty pathway at the Royal London Hospital and the Frailty Virtual Ward; and supporting their team in delivering these aspects of care and support.

The post holder will be expected to use their experience and knowledge to support the ongoing service development, transformation work and delivery of frailty services, both within the Royal London Hospital and for the Tower Hamlets Frailty Virtual Ward, including managing data collection and service evaluation

The post holder will use their skills and expertise to contribute to frailty teaching and training across the Trust. The post holder will contribute to frailty network working across the Trust, across NEL and across London/nationally.

The post holder will deputise for the Senior Nurse of Acute Medicine and Older People Services when required, ensuring, safety, quality and performance is maintained across the directorate.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.