Medical Nurse Practitioner - Frailty

Job summary
We are looking for a Medical Nurse Practitioner or Advanced Care Practitioner with a passion for Frailty, to join our new Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Service and OPU team.

This is an exciting development for the RUH, creating a unique opportunity to make real change and impact at the front door.

You will work closely with consultants, advanced clinical practitioners, nursing and therapy colleagues in our new Frailty Same Day Emergency Care Service, where we link in with the Emergency Department to deliver multi-disciplinary, patient-centred care, advising on discharge or admission with the complex caseload this interesting group provides.

You will be supported with teaching and development skills and opportunities to build your own knowledge and skills, helping to shape your future pathways in this area, as we move towards an integrated front door.

Main duties of the job
To hold responsibility for own case load and provide a high standard of assessment, diagnosis and planning for:

• Frailty - a dynamic team of geriatricians, medical nurse practitioners and occupational therapists and physiotherapists providing early assessment and intervention in FSDEC and the emergency department to those patients living with frailty.
• Linking in with the Older People Unit Short Stay (OPUSS) ward and frailty assessment areas which are our short-stay, older people's inpatient ward for our patients who require a bed for less than 72 hours.
• Core wards - Combe and Waterhouse
• Provide clinical support, teaching and education to colleagues and families
• Support with future planning and management of Frail patients
• Represent MNPs and work with other members of MDT to support service improvement and best practice.

About us
At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in thetop 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Registered Nurse Part 1, 1,12
• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Relevant clinical supervision training and experience
• Registered Non-Medical Prescriber

Desirable

• ILS/ALS course
• Recognised leadership course

Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Minimum one years' experience as a Nurse Practitioner at Band 7
• Evidence of autonomous practice Management of Patients with complex needs
• Knowledge of local and national health policy
• Ability to implement and manage change effectively
• Knowledge of Clinical governance issues in secondary care
• Evidence of CPD relevant to role

Desirable

• Clinical leadership experience
• Evidence of research involvement

Values
Essential

• Values and respects others, treats everyone as an individual, is non-judgemental.
• Compassionate and caring
• Works well with colleagues
• Takes responsibility and willing to learn

Specific Skills
Essential

• Demonstrate evidence of autonomous clinical practice
• Able to advise on and implement improvements to quality and efficiency of care of patients in the service
• Investigation skills to deal with complaints
• Strong organisational skills - Able to organise the workload of self and others. So that any workload is completed in the most efficient & effective way
• Able to communicate highly complex information to a range of people - including staff, patients and relatives
• Takes responsibility for own professional development
• Demonstrates ability to apply research-based practice and advocate it to improve the quality & efficiency of the service

Desirable

• Able to develop services from research and best practice guidance
• Able to identify changes required at local level following national guidance
• Able to delegate duties effectively
• Able to manage staffing rotas and act as a resource across the speciality

Phsical skills and emotional effort
Essential

• Able to work and cope with rotating shift patterns over 7 days of the week.
• Able to sensitively communicate with patients/relatives and staff on emotional and complex issues such as: - diagnosis and treatment - ceiling of treatment - end of life - complaints; investigation and resolution
• Conflict - Ability to deal with conflict in the clinical environment Ability to challenge practice, lead others and justify changes
• Dexterity to undertake specific clinical procedures

Working Environment
Essential

• Involves direct contact with body fluids, products, blood, sputum and vomit, foul linen etc on a number of occasions per shift
• Involves risk of verbal and physical aggression from patients and relatives

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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