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Senior Clinical Homeless Outreach Nurse | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 pa inc HCAS pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 June 2025 |
| Location: | Harlesden, NW10 3RY |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7195698/333-D-AD-0522-A |
Summary
The primary goal of this homeless outreach service is to extend healthcare support to hostels and street homeless residents within the London Borough of Brent. The role focuses on improving clients' health and well-being through various activities, including:
• Health Promotion: Educating clients on healthy living practices.
• General Health Screening: Conducting routine health checks to identify and address health issues early.
• Engagement in Primary Care and Drug and Alcohol Services:Facilitating access to organised healthcare services.
• Develop pathways into specialist services for clients.
• Train hostel and partnership outreach staff to manage residents outside regular hours.
• Conduct nurse-led general health clinics within hostels and for street homeless individuals.
• Support clients, particularly those with alcohol dependency, where traditional treatment methods may not be suitable.
CNWL- Addictions and Offender Care Directorates
CNWL Addictions is a well-established NHS provider offering a wide range of high-quality drug and alcohol treatment interventions to the diverse and multicultural population across Ealing, Brent, Hillingdon, and Hounslow. We also have the tri-borough Club Drug Clinic and our National Problem Gambling Service.
The service is committed to a harm minimisation philosophy and to partnership work. Our main partners are primary care services, social services, and the third sector.
Treatments are provided across all our clinical centres. The Clinical Governance framework is well established, and the service prides itself on its continuous development towards becoming a learning organisation.
Service Objectives:
• Improve integrated healthcare pathways to prevent fragmented services.
• Enhance health outcomes for clients with a range of health needs, including drug and alcohol issues.
• Address both clients' physical and mental health concerns.
• Increase client engagement with health services to improve overall well-being.
• Reduce alcohol-related hospital admissions and health inequalities.
• Improve access to preventative and non-emergency healthcare services.
This advert closes on Thursday 22 May 2025
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