Palliative Care Frailty Nurse Coordinator
| Posting date: | 03 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £38,906.00 to £46,850.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38906.00 - £46850.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 March 2026 |
| Location: | York, YO24 1GL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0343-26-0007 |
Summary
The Palliative Care Frailty Nurse Coordinator will work at the interface between frailty, primary care and specialist palliative services to: Achieve early identification of frail patients approaching the end of life Reduce crisis-driven hospital admissions Enable anticipatory care planning Support patients to die in their preferred place The role combines proactive identification and planning with responsive crisis coordination, focusing particularly on addressing the inequity of access for people with advanced frailty and dementia. Key Responsibilities Clinical Practice 1. Assess frail patients who may be approaching the end of life and make clear plans to meet their needs. 2. Lead and support advance care planning conversations including ReSPECT documentation. 3. Prescribe in line with the scope of professional practice. 4. Coordinate community services by liaising with system partners to prevent avoidable hospital admissions. 5. Provide responsive input for patients deteriorating in the community by the provision of specialist nursing support. 6. Support the delivery of multi-disciplinary care to enable home deaths where this is aligned with patient preferences. 7. Maintain accurate, legible documentation and communicate necessary information to all relevant team members. System Collaboration and Leadership 1. Identify high-risk patients using frailty scores, clinical intelligence, and MDT discussion to proactively provide support. 2. Work closely with an extended multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to embed anticipatory approaches to palliative provision for frail patients. 3. Support earlier ceilings-of-care discussions in patients with recurrent admissions, enabling home focus where this is the patients preference. 4. Act as the palliative care link within the Frailty Hub MDT and develop strong working relationships with community service providers alongside specialist palliative care teams. Education and Governance 1. Provide education, training and support to the wider workforce. 2. Promote the embedding of advance care planning discussions within mainstream clinical practice across the Hospices network. 3. Contribute to audit and evaluation of service outcomes. 4. Participate in clinical governance structures within the Hospice.