Homeless Hospital Discharge Team Lead

Are you a motivated, dynamic, and enthusiastic registered nurse or occupational therapist with significant experience of working with people that are homeless or rough sleeping?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to be involved in our specialist Homeless Health team working with a diverse client group across three hospital sites. We have two Band 7 posts within the service, a part time GP, a team-leader and 3 homeless health housing coordinators.
The Homeless Health Service provides enhanced inpatient care, and ensures safe, and sustainable hospital discharges that meets the needs of patient’s currently experiencing homelessness.
The Service Aims To

• Increase GP registration amongst the homeless population thereby reducing delayed discharges and improving access to primary healthcare.
• Increase the number of homeless people able to understand and manage their health and wellbeing independently, through improved co-ordination, access to education and prevention and the encouragement of self-care.
• Increase the number of service users with deteriorating conditions who are recognised early and linked into primary care and other services.
• Reduce homeless service users being admitted/re-admitted to hospital.
• Decrease A&E attendance and hospital admission for “hard-to-reach” homeless people and frequent attenders.
• Reduce LLOS for homeless people through early identification and expert case management.
• You will contribute senior clinical knowledge and expertise in this specialist area through your clinical practice and through education and training.
• You be a role model for inclusion health practice in the organisation.
• You will line manage the Housing Officers in the team.
• A strong understanding of how self-neglect is part of homelessness, safeguarding and the complexities of undertaking mental capacity assessments in inclusion health groups is desirable.
• Experience within drug and alcohol services would also be beneficial.
• A positive, can do ‘attitude’, a commitment to changing care for this extremely vulnerable patient group, and a desire to communicate with a wide variety of partners and stakeholders is essential.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values – expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Harriet Neuberger Job title: Homeless Health Team Lead Email address: Telephone number: 07760513680 #J-18808-Ljbffr