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Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to support some of the most vulnerable patients within our healthcare system.
Based at UCLH and across NCL, you’ll be part of a small, dedicated homeless intermediate care team working across our NCL acute hospital trusts, P2 beds and community to support patients experiencing homelessness and social exclusion.
You will play a key role in helping patients navigate their health and discharge journey from admission to discharge and in community follow up working closely with clinical teams, local authorities, and community services to ensure safe, appropriate, and person-centred transitions from hospital to community care.
You will also line manage a team of clinicians and non-clinicians in supporting our patients, focusing on staff improvement and wellbeing as well as continuous service improvement for our patients.
If you are motivated by reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for marginalised groups, we welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
Line managing a team of clinicians and non-clinicians in the homeless intermediate care team
Support the band 8a clinical operations manager in service improvement and continuous development of the team.
Work with the NCL acute hospital trusts in supporting homeless patients in their journey from admission to discharge
Education/teaching to acute trusts about homelessness and the procedures from hospital
Manage a caseload of complex patients both in hospital and in the community across NCL
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH 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 third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- • Substantial experience managing complex caseloads of a team
- • Experience working in the homelessness sector
- • Experience of line management and leadership of teams and services
Desirable
- • Demonstrate knowledge of complex discharge procedures and flow
- Experience working with people with co-occurring mental health and substance misuse problems and physical health
Communication
Essential
- • Ability to form excellent relationships with a wide stakeholder base
- • Good organisational skills and abilities
- • Strong political awareness, and evidence of working well within highly sensitive environments
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- • Proven ability to develop effective working relationships with members of multidisciplinary teams and staff at all levels across networks
- • Ability to work autonomously and independently
- • Committed to personal and professional development.
- • Ability to respond to change
- • Evidence of ability to work on own initiative.
- • Confident and articulate, able to get across own point and negotiate in complex situations
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Willingness to work flexible hours
- Willingness to travel to different sites across North Central London and sometimes outside of this catchment area
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- • NMC adult registered nurse
- • Knowledge of the particular issues that characterise the provision of health services to vulnerable groups and homeless persons
Desirable
- • Leadership qualification
- • Service development and quality improvement
Personal and People Development
Essential
- • Passion for working with people who are experiencing homelessness
- • Displays enthusiastic and tenacious nature
- • Ability to build and develop sustainable partnership relationships
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Demonstratable understanding of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
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This advert is for Clinical Nurse Specialist (Homeless Intermediate Care Team) with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 Per annum inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is Fixed term: 7 months (Limited Funding Until 31-03-2027). The application deadline is 06 Aug 2026.
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