Street Outreach Nurse

JOB-20240909-f9129149

Job Title: Street Outreach Nurse
Specialism: Outreach / Homeless Health Services
Location: Waltham Forest & Newham, UK
Salary: £33 per hour
Salary Type: Hourly
Contract Type: Locum, Full-Time (4-Month Block Booking)

This is a rewarding opportunity for a Street Outreach Nurse to work across Waltham Forest and Newham, delivering frontline healthcare to individuals experiencing homelessness. This full-time locum role offers the chance to make a genuine community impact while benefiting from the flexibility and competitive pay that locum work provides. You will be part of a dedicated outreach team addressing complex health needs directly on the streets, where your skills will truly matter.

Perks and benefits:

• Full-Time Stability: Enjoy the consistency of full-time hours combined with the flexibility of locum work.

• Competitive Pay: Earn £33 per hour in recognition of your expertise and commitment.

• Block Booking Opportunity: Secure a 4-month placement, giving you greater certainty and control over your schedule.

• Professional Growth: Gain experience across diverse healthcare settings, enhancing your clinical skills and career progression.

• Meaningful Community Impact: Make a real difference by improving health outcomes for vulnerable individuals within their community.

What you will do:

• Work as a Street Healthcare Outreach Nurse alongside homelessness outreach professionals to address complex health needs.

• Carry out dynamic risk assessments to ensure personal and partner safety in line with organisational policies.

• Build therapeutic relationships using trauma-informed approaches to enable effective assessment and treatment.

• Deliver advanced homeless healthcare, making autonomous clinical decisions and complex interventions when required.

• Act as a health case manager, setting and achieving health outcomes for individuals with high unmet needs.

• Conduct holistic health assessments, identifying physical, mental health, addiction, safeguarding, housing, and social care needs.

• Carry and utilise clinical equipment during street shifts to provide immediate care.

• Identify and respond to clinical risks, including escalation to emergency services or prescribing where appropriate.

• Complete mental capacity assessments and manage care refusals in line with organisational policy.

• Provide primary care treatments on the street and support integration into mainstream healthcare services.