Frailty Advanced Clinical Practitioner | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced and highly skilled clinician with a passion for improving outcomes for people living with frailty? We are seeking a motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our dynamic Integrated Frailty Liaison Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across the Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS), supporting the most vulnerable members of our community. This role is fixed term until June 2027.

As a Frailty ACP, you will spend the majority of your time (minimum 90%) in direct, autonomous clinical practice, managing a cohort of patients with complex frailty needs. You will work across organisational boundaries to provide seamless, coordinated care that promotes independence, prevents unnecessary hospital admissions, and supports timely discharge. You will also provide clinical leadership and support to colleagues, helping to shape and develop the service in line with best practice and local population needs.

The Integrated Frailty Liaison Team delivers a responsive, safe and effective service, designed around the needs of the local community. Working collaboratively across acute, community and primary care settings, the team focuses on:

• Urgent and proactive case management
• Supporting self-care and independence
• Delivering a co-produced approach with patients, carers and service users
• Reducing avoidable admissions and improving patient flow

To work alongside the Consultant Practitioner, Consultant Geriatricians, Head of Nursing, Lead Nurses, Head of Therapies, Matrons and external partners to further develop Frailty pathways, including the acute Frailty service in ED, inpatient frailty liaison, community integrated care teams, nursing homes and with the Frimley Health and Care ICD.

To provide expert high-quality person-centred care which always considers people's safety, privacy and dignity using advanced clinical knowledge that is evidence based. As part of a MDT, to practice autonomously, whilst being accountable and self-directed in-line with their relevant code of professional practice.

To undertake comprehensive specialist holistic assessments for individuals presenting with frailty within the acute care setting, with the purpose of creating an individualised agreed management plan; incorporating pharmacological considerations, long-term conditions management, frailty syndrome identification, prevention and management, diagnostic reasoning and initiating onward referral to specialist teams as appropriate.

To provide expert clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis and advanced decision-making skills. To lead as a driver for change, to monitor and improve standards through supervision, evidence-based practice, clinical audit, research and education.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.