This one-year fixed-term post sits within the Hounslow Homeless Health Outreach Service, run by Little Park Surgery, an NHS GP practice, in partnership with Hounslow Council. The work is street-based clinical care for people sleeping rough, in homelessness or facing severe social exclusion, covering assessments, wound care and bloods. Flexible outreach across varied community sites and trauma-informed practice set it apart. Applicants need nurse or paramedic registration with at least a year post-registration, plus the right to work in the UK.
What the job involves
- Provide first point of clinical contact for patients with immediate and necessary needs
- Carry out holistic health assessments for people sleeping rough or experiencing homelessness
- Deliver flexible outreach-based healthcare in a range of community locations
- Provide wound care, infection management, physical health monitoring and health screening
- Carry out health observations, blood testing and basic clinical investigations
- Support people with complex physical, mental health, neurodiversity, substance misuse and safeguarding needs
- Build trusted relationships with people who have experienced trauma, stigma and exclusion from services
- Help people navigate health and care systems, engaging them earlier to prevent deterioration and avoidable admissions
- Request and chair multi-disciplinary meetings
- Contribute to developing an integrated inclusion health model with local partners
Registration & licences
- Registration as a paramedic, nurse or relevant clinical professional
- At least one year post-registration
Experience
- Management of patients with common acute medical conditions
- Management of patients with long-term conditions
- Management of patients with complex needs
- Experience of preventative medicine
- Experience of wound care
- Experience working with patients in marginalised groups
Skills & knowledge
- Advanced clinical practice skills
- Clinical examination skills
- Knowledge of the NHS
- Understanding of current issues facing primary care and the homeless population
Checks & eligibility
- Right to work in the UK at the point of employment
Other
- Ability to work flexibly for the Hounslow Homeless Health Outreach Service
- Interest and enthusiasm for inclusion health and working with marginalised populations
- Written answers to four application questions on the criteria and motivation
Nice to have
- Minor illness certification and evidence of continuing professional development
- Prescribing certification
- Basic Life Support
- Diploma in Primary and Urgent Care
- Recent outreach or general practice experience
- Experience of trauma-informed care, and of mental health or substance misuse management
- Experience managing conditions affecting rough sleeping and homeless populations, and working to standards and targets
- Experience of SystmOne or ICE clinical systems, and bi- or multilingual ability
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
