Housebound Frailty Practitioner
| Posting date: | 23 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 January 2026 |
| Location: | Wallsend, NE28 7PD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A0007-25-0014 |
Summary
The post holder will play a crucial role in supporting Wallsend residents with frailty and complex health needs. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team within primary care, the role involves providing expert care, assessing frailty levels, implementing person-centred care plans, and promoting proactive and preventative healthcare approaches. Working with individuals, families and wider community to reduce frailty through thorough assessments and care plans which include education and signposting eg around reducing falls risks with simple exercises, assessing bone density, reducing isolation, regular vision, dental and hearing check, ensuring regular structured medication reviews. The post holder will be an experienced nurse/paramedic practitioner (or equivalent) and will provide care for the patient including initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of their care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the Wallsend community. The postholder will be a valuable team member who is able to work well with various teams within the PCN. The post holder will be working with the Patients of Wallsend Primary Care Network and based at Wallsend Health Centre. Given the nature of the Frail population, the majority of contacts will be in the patients' own homes. They will also be welcomed into the practices and be expected to become integrated into all three practice teams.