RTAdvanced Practitioner - Community Frailty and Prevention

Overview

Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Services help people from all walks of life, as well as their families or carers. Are you interested in being part of the Community Care Team Integrated Team based at Cowal Community Hospital, Dunoon? If so this is the post for you. Our overriding aim is to support individuals to maintain their independence at home and support people to regain independence after they have left hospital.

We are looking for highly skilled, motivated & enthusiastic individuals who will be part of a multidisciplinary team working with patients/clients within their own homes/homely setting to provide holistic assessment and care planning/delivery. The post holder will support the development of MDT working across primary, secondary and independent care sectors with a key focus on frailty, prevention and early supported discharge.

The post holder needs to be flexible and able to use their own initiative as well as provide high standards of patient care in support of the team to ensure delivery of a high quality service to the local community.

• driving licence is essential for this post and applicants should have access to their own vehicle for work purposes. Pool care use may be considered on an ad-hoc basis.
• This is a fixed-term post, working from 9am to 5pm over 5 days on a rota basis in line with service requirements.

Please see the

Job Description for full detail of duties. Contact for informal enquiries:
Emma King-Venables at emma.king-venablest