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Job overview

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Frailty therapist to join our friendly Frailty team as a Band 7 Specialist.  This is a fulltime post of 37.5 hours. The post holder will be working in a newly established frailty service at the Oldham Care Organisation, set up within the hospital. It is envisaged the post holder will support the same day turn around for our frail patients, by supporting them back into the community with appropriate resources.

 This role of a frailty therapist is part of a national development in delivering specialised frailty service set out by NHS England.   It requires the commitment to provide clinical support to patients, their families/carers and health professionals involved across the Frailty Pathway.  The post holder will use their clinical experience, expertise and enhanced clinical competencies to assess and treat patients. 

The role requires understanding of the particular requirements of elderly, frail patients within an acute setting and the knowledge and skills to assess patients with Frailty Syndromes.

The candidate would be expected to collaborate on team and individual goals and liaise with other departments to convey Frailty knowledge to a wider audience.

Main duties of the job

·         Working as a Senior Frailty Clinician within an Acute Frailty Service, facilitating efficient, effective and coordinated assessment and treatment of frail older adults in the Emergency Department, on the Frailty SDEC Unit and across the Acute Frailty Pathway. ·         To participate in daily operational activities and management. ·         Be involved in the planning and development of the Frailty team, in conjunction with the clinical lead. ·         To provide professional support to qualified staff, students and support staff. ·         The post holder will require highly skilled time management and priority skills due to frequent interruptions of job tasks during the working day and balancing of clinical and operational duties, including service development. ·         Ensure clinical effectiveness of therapy intervention, incorporating evidence based practice and professional standards. ·         To work with the multidisciplinary team to provide early and pro-active Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) to patients who meet the referral criteria. The holistic assessment will include clinical, social, functional, emotion and cognitive elements as documented within the CGA. ·         To utilise the CGA knowledge gained to initiate and facilitate early discharge plans in collaboration with community services, ensuring that patients’ needs are met and likelihood of unnecessary readmission is reduced.

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Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.