Job summary
The Nurse for Homeless & Vulnerable Adults works with Abertawe Medical Partnership to provide a high quality comprehensive specialist nurse service for homeless people throughout Swansea.
The Nurse aims to assist homeless and vulnerable people to access mainstream health services as appropriate. The post holder will be employed to independently provide accessible nursing clinics in a variety of venues including outreach, hostels, supported housing and day centres.
As a clinical specialist, the post holder will be able to autonomously manage clients with a variety of undifferentiated conditions at the point of access, providing expert support and healthcare co-ordination of patients with highly complex needs, will provide specialised assessment, and individually planned packages of care to support patients within other care environments.
Main duties of the job
To act as care co-ordinator to the services patients. This includes the assessment of treatment and care needs, and the planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
To work within a philosophy of harm reduction utilising a hierarchy of drug treatment related goals moving from an improvement in the health and social needs of the patient towards abstinence.
To assertively engage patients in treatment by working in a flexible manner.
Develop and maintain effective liaison with other agencies.
Frequently manages extremely distressing situations involving demonstrating skills in interacting therapeutically with distressed and disturbed individuals.
Offer effective interventions for patients with a forensic history including the ability to liaise with the criminal justice system.
Offer harm reduction advice and support to patients with blood borne viruses.
Ability to work with patients with a history of abuse.
About us
Large MDT comprising of 5 partner
practice, 2 salaried Drs, 4 part time PNs, Cluster Pharmacist, Cluster Paramedic
with additional support from the Mental Health team and the Community Outreach
Mental Health Homeless Nurse. Based on
two sites.
Abertawe
Medical Partnership is proud to deliver the Healthcare for Homeless People
service in Swansea. We are a committed, hardworking team of health
professionals and surgery staff that provide care through flexible
opportunistic engagement, non-judgemental attitudes and a pro-active approach
towards hard to reach people with multiple, complex needs. It is because we are
challenged every day by the issues that we have grown to understand and
respect the complexities of living on the streets. We see holistic treatment as
being vital to successful long-term outcomes for our patients.
As
a member of our team you will be valued, supported and developed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide opportunistic nurse-led clinics in a
variety of venues, including outreach, hostels and supported housing.
To diagnose, prescribe and implement a range of care interventions
for clients presenting with undifferentiated complex physical, drug and alcohol
and mental health conditions within those clinics
To provide direct nursing interventions when needed e.g. wound
dressings, injections
To refer clients to other services, and follow up on clients as
appropriate.
To recognize problems in relation to failing treatment and
non-concordance, and liaise appropriately with voluntary and statutory workers
to solve or assist, whilst maintaining any necessary confidentiality
Raise concerns about Safeguarding Issues Child Protection &
Protection of Vulnerable adults and refer as appropriate
To use the SBUHB Patient Group Directions to supply immediate and
necessary treatments as appropriate
To support other nursing staff in the delivery of clinical
services, by guiding and mentoring their practice and act as clinical
supervisor and clinical back up
To provide opportunistic Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV testing
and onward referral of those with positive blood test results
To undertake routine blood tests and vaccination programmes for
homeless and vulnerable patients.
To ensure the provision of clinical care complies with NHS and
Trust standards, and clinical governance
To use extended nursing skills as appropriate, to meet the needs
of the client group
To think from a clients perspective, and ensure feedback is
incorporated into new procedures and standards, as well as in agreed client
care plans
To consistently meet national and local targets for the service,
and review services as and when needs change
To undertake formal health promotion initiatives
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide opportunistic nurse-led clinics in a
variety of venues, including outreach, hostels and supported housing.
To diagnose, prescribe and implement a range of care interventions
for clients presenting with undifferentiated complex physical, drug and alcohol
and mental health conditions within those clinics
To provide direct nursing interventions when needed e.g. wound
dressings, injections
To refer clients to other services, and follow up on clients as
appropriate.
To recognize problems in relation to failing treatment and
non-concordance, and liaise appropriately with voluntary and statutory workers
to solve or assist, whilst maintaining any necessary confidentiality
Raise concerns about Safeguarding Issues Child Protection &
Protection of Vulnerable adults and refer as appropriate
To use the SBUHB Patient Group Directions to supply immediate and
necessary treatments as appropriate
To support other nursing staff in the delivery of clinical
services, by guiding and mentoring their practice and act as clinical
supervisor and clinical back up
To provide opportunistic Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV testing
and onward referral of those with positive blood test results
To undertake routine blood tests and vaccination programmes for
homeless and vulnerable patients.
To ensure the provision of clinical care complies with NHS and
Trust standards, and clinical governance
To use extended nursing skills as appropriate, to meet the needs
of the client group
To think from a clients perspective, and ensure feedback is
incorporated into new procedures and standards, as well as in agreed client
care plans
To consistently meet national and local targets for the service,
and review services as and when needs change
To undertake formal health promotion initiatives
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications
- Registered Nurse RGN
- Post qualifying experience of working with substance misusers and/or homelessness
- Experience of working with patients with a forensic history
- Experience of post qualifying case load management
- Evidence of post qualifying study in the area of substance misuse treatment
- Experience of managing staff within clinical setting.
- Ability to delegate to team members
- Full current driving licence
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications
- Registered Nurse RGN
- Post qualifying experience of working with substance misusers and/or homelessness
- Experience of working with patients with a forensic history
- Experience of post qualifying case load management
- Evidence of post qualifying study in the area of substance misuse treatment
- Experience of managing staff within clinical setting.
- Ability to delegate to team members
- Full current driving licence
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
