Sherborne PCN Frailty Nurse

We are seeking to recruit a Health Care Practitioner specialising in Older People to join our friendly team in the lovely town of Sherborne.

You will be joining our existing Frailty Nurse providing a proactive role within the Sherborne Area PCN MDT, to identify and support the holistic assessment of our elderly patients. Working collaboratively to provide the best care for frail older adults, helping them to live independently in their own homes.

With a caring and compassionate outlook, you will be responsible for delivering effective comprehensive geriatric assessment. Compiling Personalised Care Plans, helping patients to manage their long-term conditions and general health and wellbeing, and supporting patients discharged from secondary care.

Although based at The Grove Medical Centre, your role will involve meeting patients in their own homes and possibly working from our other two practices:
The Apples Medical Centre and Yetminster Health Centre.

This is a part-time position, for 30 hours per week. There is a degree of flexibility regarding days and hours worked.

A current driving licence and vehicle will be required.

Working closely with GPs, nursing teams and other staff of the MDT across three practices, and in the community. Supporting vulnerable older adults and their families, acting as the link between the MDT, patients, and their relatives and carers.

Utilising excellent communication skills to manage a case load of patients, promote collaborative working, and adapt to an ever-changing environment.

The post holder will use specialist knowledge and skills to support the delivery of specialist nursing care, to help create an educative and supportive framework for geriatric care.

Working alongside our established Frailty Nurse, the PCN Clinical Director and GP Lead, to support the PCN with the continued development of our frailty service.

Planning and providing anticipatory and current care for identified patients from one or two practices in the PCN. Including treatment, preventative care, screening, future planning, and patient education. Usually in the patients home, in the practice, in one of our local care homes, or whilst working at an outreach or PCN event.

To act as a focal point of communication between patients and members of our primary healthcare team, Dorset Healthcare, and other services in the community.

Establish a collaborative working relationship with the Care Homes allocated to the PCN, colleagues within Secondary Care, and other aligned services.

Manage own case load, working independently and as part of the PCN wide team, continuing to deliver excellent healthcare to our 25,000 patients.

• Registered General Nurse Qualifications/Certificates or equivalent, in wound management, adult vaccinations and immunisations, phlebotomy.
• A demonstrable commitment to professional development.
• Qualifications/Certificates in the management of one or more long term conditions.

• Experience of working in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct (2002) and The Scope of Professional Practice (1992) or equivalent.
• Experience of Microsoft Office software.
• Experience of dealing with the public/patients.
• Completing personalised care plans.
• Experience of TPP Systm One clinical system and Ardens.
• Experience of working in primary care within an MDT.
• Liaising with local organisations and other agencies.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense. Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities.
• Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team.
• Pleasant and articulate.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Able to work in a changing environment.
• Able to use own initiative.
• Evidence of participating in and/or running clinical audit.
• Reviewing and making clinical decisions.
• Ability to plan, implement and review health improvement care programmes and individual care plans.

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.