Description
Harrow East Primary Care Network (PCN) is seeking an enthusiastic, experienced and highly motivated Advanced Frailty Practitioner (Advanced Nurse Practitioner or Advanced Paramedic Practitioner) to join our established multidisciplinary team.
This is an exciting opportunity for an autonomous clinician with a passion for frailty care, proactive case management and improving outcomes for older and vulnerable patients.
The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering our frailty service across three GP practices, providing comprehensive clinical assessments, personalised care planning and timely interventions to support patients in remaining safe, independent and well within their own homes and communities.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work autonomously within their professional scope of practice, providing advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management for patients with frailty, multiple long-term conditions and complex health and social care needs.
Key responsibilities include:
- Undertaking comprehensive frailty assessments, conducting home visits, developing personalised care plans and proactively case managing patients at risk of deterioration or hospital admission.
- Independent prescribing, where clinically appropriate, and working closely with GPs, community services, hospitals, social care professionals and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure coordinated, effective and responsive patient care.
- Supporting the assessment and management of minor illnesses and long-term conditions, contributing to multidisciplinary team discussions and supporting the ongoing development and improvement of our frailty service.
About us
Harrow East Primary Care Network is a collaborative network of three GP practices dedicated to delivering accessible, innovative and high-quality healthcare to our local population.
We offer a supportive and collaborative working environment, access to established clinical systems including EMIS Web, Docman and AccuRx, and opportunities to contribute to service development and quality improvement.
Benefits
- Competitive salary: £50,000 a year
- Permanent, full-time position
Job responsibilities
- Advanced clinical assessment and management
- Frailty and proactive case management
- Home visits and community-based care
- Multidisciplinary working and care coordination
- Clinical governance and patient safety
- Service development and improvement