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CNS for Inclusion Health (Rough Sleeping Outreach)

Job details
Posting date: 14 May 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £51,488 - £57,802 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 13 June 2024
Location: London, NW1 2PG
Company: University College London Hospital
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 6303632/309-UCLH-4392

Summary

A Vacancy at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join our Inclusion Health Team. The postholder will work with the current team to assess and support all Inclusion Health patients as inpatients, in the Emergency Department or Rough sleeping on UCLH premises with immediate health needs as well as access to longer term support and housing.

This may include GP registration and access to further healthcare, substance misuse services and other homeless and health support services internally and externally to UCLH.

We are seeking a flexible, innovative, and motivated individual who will provide effective wraparound, trauma-informed health interventions for Inclusion Health patients at UCLH. The postholder will be required to work closely with multiple stakeholders both internal and external to continue developing effective collaborations to provide care to the Inclusion Health patients across NCL.

These include the existing members of the Inclusion Health team, the wider Integrated Care Operations teams including the Integrated Discharge Service, and the Head of Integrated Care Operations at UCLH, substance misuse services, street outreach teams, and other outreach homeless services across the integrated care system.

The post holder will need an understanding and appreciation of the barriers faced by Inclusion Health patients, especially homeless and rough sleeping populations, and the ability to adapt practice to best meet the needs of this population in a psychologically informed way. The post holder will also need a thorough understanding of acute inpatient settings and patient flow to help support the safe timely discharge of clients.

This post is fixed term for 2 years due to grant funding.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.  


We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:  

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street


We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineand pathology. 


We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.


For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.


Come and bea part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*


UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! :University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


*In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.


UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! :University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.



This advert closes on Wednesday 29 May 2024

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