Job Description

This is a newly created substantive opportunity at SWBH Department of Elderly Care Medicine. As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP), you will form part of the frailty intervention team (FIT), working collaboratively with the MDT (Elderly care, acute/emergency medicine, therapies, general practice, social care and intermediate care) to meet the needs of patients from our local population. As an ACP in this team, you will have a fundamental role in the delivery, leadership and expansion of our local frailty service. With the completion of our new hospital (MMUH) imminent, we recognise the importance of ongoing professional development and the critical role ACPs will have in our future services.

FIT Statement:

The frailty service aims to provide a proactive and person-centred approach to older people living with frailty. We believe that frailty can be improved, and that frailty care needs to be individualised, multidisciplinary led and have a 'home first' mind-set. We aim to drive collaborative commissioning and teamwork across organisational boundaries to ensure care is easily accessible, sustained, co-ordinated and robust - with the individual's needs and wishes at the very heart of the decision making process. We believe that care should start and end in the individual's home wherever possible, and that managing frailty is everyone's business.

Key Responsibilities:

Undertake comprehensive clinical assessment of a patient's condition and need advanced and comprehensive health assessment based on a specialist body of knowledge.



Deliver and participate in the clinical care of Frail and complex patients who present at the AMU, ED or SDEC Unit through the (FIT)



Appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose and treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations.



Provide accurate and effective clinical handovers



Provide professional leadership and support within a multidisciplinary team



Work autonomously in recognised situations



Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge across a range of subject areas relevant to the field of frailty within an emergency and acute care setting



Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise different sources of information for the purpose of assessing and managing frailty



Apply the principles of therapeutics and safe prescribing



Understand the professional accountability and legal frameworks for advanced practice



Apply the principles of evidenced based practice to the management of a frail older adult



Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery.



Provide clinical supervision, identifying training and development needs, developing and implementing strategies to facilitate knowledge skills advancement.



Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.



We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.



Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.



Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population . " It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.



We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.



Please see attached and Person Specification for the main duties and responsibilities.