Inclusion Health Senior Nurse

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse with an interest in Homeless Health to join our specialist Homeless Pathway Team here at LNWH. for a 7 month Secondment. You will be part of an established and supportive team, working with people experiencing homelessness within the hospital to improve their health outcomes, patient experience, and to work alongside our partners to support the flow of discharge into the community., The successful candidate will use expert clinical skills in assessing and creating treatment plans. This includes referring and signposting to the relevant clinical and non-clinical areas including liaising with our health, social, housing, and specialist (such as substance misuse) partners, amongst others in the third sector. They will manage a caseload and use their skills in active listening to engage and advocate for the patients. This position requires being a role model; teaching and advising other staff and partners and working collaboratively with patients who may have highly distressing personalcircumstances.This includes leading the team and having oversight of the caseload, providing expert advise and offering regular supervision and training to other staff members, including students. Other responsibilities include timely and accurate documentation, data entry and collection into various clinical systems. The post holder will be expected to lead on the delivery of specific service targets e.g. GP registration for patients, attend multi-agency meetings as required and lead as necessary.There will be opportunity to assist in producing ad hoc reports and in project work.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.