Frailty Nurse Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Acp) in Christchurch

A Frailty Nurse Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) is required to join the established PCN Frailty Team on a full-time basis at The Grove Surgery in Christchurch, working across the South Coast Medical Group PCN. This role involves providing proactive, high-quality care to frail and predominantly housebound patients.

Main duties of the job:

• Undertaking comprehensive, person-centred and holistic frailty assessments, predominantly within patients' own homes.
• Independently assessing patients and developing appropriate treatment and management plans within your scope of practice.
• Proactively managing frail patients with complex needs and long-term conditions, including diabetes, COPD, hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
• Undertaking comprehensive care planning, including advance care planning and Emergency Health Care Planning.
• Prescribing and reviewing medication as an Independent Non-Medical Prescriber.
• Requesting and interpreting appropriate investigations and acting on results.
• Recognising deterioration or changes in a patient's health and taking appropriate clinical action.
• Supporting proactive and early case management to help prevent avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions.
• Supporting patients and carers with health promotion, prevention of ill health and self-management.
• Communicating effectively with patients, families and carers, including when discussing complex or sensitive information.
• Maintaining clear, concise and accurate clinical documentation.
• Working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure coordinated and effective patient care.
• Providing clinical leadership, support and guidance to colleagues within the Frailty Team.
• Contributing to audit, quality improvement, service development and evidence-based practice.

Person Specification:

We are looking for an experienced, compassionate and motivated clinician who has a genuine interest in frailty and supporting patients with complex healthcare needs. The successful candidate will ideally have:

• Current NMC registration.
• An Advanced Clinical Practitioner qualification at Master's level or equivalent.
• An Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification.
• Advanced clinical assessment and diagnostic skills.
• Experience of managing patients with complex needs and/or long-term conditions.
• Experience or a strong understanding of frailty, older people's care and the needs of housebound patients.
• Excellent clinical judgement and decision-making skills.
• The confidence and competence to work autonomously within professional boundaries.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• A commitment to evidence-based practice, clinical governance and continued professional development.
• The ability to effectively manage and prioritise your own workload.
• The ability to travel to patients' homes and other SCMG sites as required.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.