Frailty and Urgent Care – Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Overview

As a Frailty and Urgent Care Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will provide expert clinical leadership and advanced care for older adults with frailty and complex needs within General Practice. You will deliver frailty assessments, proactive care plans, urgent care interventions, and same-day services, working with a multidisciplinary team to improve access and reduce unnecessary hospital visits. You’ll support home visiting, care homes, and patients at risk of deterioration while driving evidence-based practice and service improvements.

Pay / Benefits

• NHS Pension Scheme
• Incremental annual leave scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS discount scheme
• Comprehensive induction and training plan
• CPD support

Responsibilities

• Deliver advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of frailty, multi-morbidity, acute illness and urgent care needs
• Independently manage same-day urgent care clinics for undifferentiated presentations
• Undertake home visits, care home reviews and urgent community assessments
• Provide rapid assessment and intervention to prevent deterioration and admission
• Conduct triage and consultations via telephone, digital and in-person modes
• Refer patients to internal/external services for timely specialist access
• Support and educate the multidisciplinary team in advanced clinical practice and frailty management
• Participate in MDT meetings, case reviews and care planning discussions
• Perform comprehensive frailty assessments and develop personalised care plans
• Deliver proactive case management for housebound and care home residents with moderate to severe frailty
• Prescribe safely within scope of practice and interpret investigations
• Coordinate care across primary, community, secondary, social care and voluntary sectors
• Enhance access and manage clinical demand in collaboration with GPs and the team
• Provide specialist clinical leadership and advice to colleagues, patients and carers
• Contribute to safeguarding, governance, audit, and evidence-based practice

Key requirements

• Self-directed practitioner with experience in Frailty and Urgent Care
• Ability to work collaboratively and build therapeutic relationships
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Flexibility, adaptability and good workload prioritisation
• Enthusiasm, motivation and team player
• Continual Professional Development evidence/portfolio
• Confidentiality and professional judgement
• UK professional registration

• team player
• strong communication
• relationship-building
• advanced clinical assessment
• frailty assessment
• urgent care management

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