Senior Support Worker - Frailty Virtual Ward | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 18 Awst 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £33,094 - £36,195 per annum inc |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 17 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | London, E1 1FR |
| Cwmni: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7426207/259-7426207RLH |
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We are excited to be able to recruit a Senior Frailty Support Worker to join our existing teams in the delivery of the Royal London Hospital’s Frailty service.
The Senior Frailty Support Worker will support with the delivery of care for older adults with frailty under the care of the Tower Hamlets Frailty Virtual Ward. This fixed term post will include weekend working therefore the postholder must be available to work within a flexible rota.
As part of your role, you will be visiting patients in their own home to take blood tests and observations. You will support the Frailty Practitioners in carrying out follow-up reviews and treatments plans under the direction of the team. You will support patients and their families by managing health records, arranging transport and appointments, managing referrals and completing other administrative tasks as required. You will take part in regular MDT meetings where you will take notes and document plans and actions.
This post forms part of the expansion of the Frailty Team within Older Peoples Services at the Royal London Hospital. The team includes doctors, specialist nurses and therapists who care for frail and elderly patients in the Emergency Department, the Acute Admissions Unit and throughout the hospital as well as in their own home
We are looking to recruit a Senior Support Worker to join our existing team of Specialist Frailty Practitioners (nurses and therapists) in delivery of the Royal London Hospital’s virtual and inpatient frailty services. This is a fixed term post that includes weekend working and the postholder must be available to work within a flexible rota.
The Virtual Frailty Ward supports older patients living in the borough of Tower Hamlets in their own homes. You will be working alongside the Band 7 Frailty Practitioners, the GP’s and Consultant Geriatricians. You will take part in regular MDT discussions. You will be supported in your learning and development by an expert team.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025