Homeless Health Nurse Practitioner

An exciting opportunity for a compassionate and dynamic nurse to join a well-established nurse‑led service that delivers health care to people experiencing homelessness in North West London.

Role Details

Full‑time position, 8 months, supporting the Borough of Westminster. The role focuses on post‑discharge care from hospital into accommodation settings, improving community health of those with complex needs, and preventing readmission.

Responsibilities

• Support people experiencing homelessness on discharge from hospital into various accommodation settings.
• Provide clinicians care to those with complex needs to improve health in the community and prevent hospital admissions.
• Work closely with specialist hospital inclusion health teams, hostel staff, outreach services, and day‑centre staff.
• Deliver person‑centred care, identifying unmet health needs and supporting individuals to meet those needs.
• Use advanced nursing skills to conduct autonomous holistic assessment, diagnosis, and management of homeless patients with acute or undiagnosed conditions, injuries, complex health needs, and long‑term conditions.
• Provide complete episodes of care within clinical guidelines, using expert judgement where necessary.
• Deliver advanced nursing care in clinic settings and during outreach to street or other locations.
• Partner with other community teams and voluntary organisations to ensure seamless delivery of care and proactive engagement with underserved groups.
• Advocate for people experiencing homelessness, assist patients to overcome barriers, support their care choices, and promote independence and self‑care.
• Manage a caseload and provide hands‑on care as appropriate.

Qualifications & Experience

• Registered nurse with clinical skills suitable for providing hands‑on care.
• Non‑judgemental, skilled, dynamic, with a commitment to high‑standard care for a vulnerable group.
• Excellent problem‑solving, flexible, able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills; experience working in the community is beneficial.
• Ability to work Monday to Friday.
• Experience in advanced nursing practice preferred (not mandatory).

Benefits

Competitive employment package and support from an experienced nursing team, lead nurse practitioners, and a Nurse Consultant.

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