Job summary
Devonshire Green Medical Centre in
partnership with Sheffield City Council and Primary Care Sheffield are looking
to recruit a Street Outreach Nurse/Health Care Professional for a fixed term of
twelve months.
This is a full-time position with
flexibility around working hours and is an excellent secondment opportunity.
Salary is Band 6, point dependent on
experience.
The role is primarily street outreach
based, with office space at Framework Rough Sleeping Outreach Service and
Devonshire Green Medical Centre. The Street Outreach Nurse will work across
Sheffield to provide a high-quality comprehensive specialist nurse service for
rough sleepers who have difficulty accessing primary care services. They aim to
assist these clients to access mainstream health services. The post holder will
provide the services to clients directly at their sleep site, demonstrating
expert engagement practices, along with rapid and flexible skills for
delivering the care.
Main duties of the job
Assistance
with GP registration
Health
screening ie blood born virus screening sexual health screening, baseline
routine blood tests
Comprehensive
health assessment
Minor
illness injury management
Chronic
disease management
Harm
reduction work
Basic
wound care
Case
management of complex clients
Referral
to other services as appropriate
About us
We
provide excellent primary care and innovative services to a diverse city centre
patient population of around 9,000 patients. Our practice is a supportive place
to work, and we value our dedicated team which currently consists of four GP
Partners, two Salaried GPs, a Physicians Associate, Clinical Pharmacist,
Physio, Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistant plus our management and admin
team. We are active members of our Primary Care network. We work with people
experiencing homelessness and there are opportunities to develop skills working
to tackle health inequalities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Description Street Homeless Outreach Nurse/Healthcare Professional
General Information
JOB TITLE: Homeless
Street Outreach Nurse/Healthcare Professional
SALARY: Depending on experience.
RESPONSIBLE TO: Devonshire Green Medical Centre
LOCATION: Primarily street outreach
based, with office space at Framework Rough Sleeping Outreach Service and
Devonshire Green Medical Centre
Job
Context:
We are looking to recruit a Street Outreach
Nurse for a fixed term of one year. The Street
Outreach Nurse will work across Sheffield to provide a high quality
comprehensive specialist nurse service for rough sleepers who have difficulty
accessing primary care services. They aim to assist these clients to access
mainstream health services. The post holder will provide the services to
clients directly at their sleep site, demonstrating expert engagement
practices, along with rapid and flexible skills for delivering the care.
Key
services provided are:
Assistance with GP registration,
Health screening (i.e. blood born virus
screening, sexual health screening, baseline routine blood tests)
Comprehensive health assessment
Minor illness/ injury management
Chronic disease management
Harm reduction work
Basic wound care
Case management of complex clients
Referral to other services as
appropriate
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Description Street Homeless Outreach Nurse/Healthcare Professional
General Information
JOB TITLE: Homeless
Street Outreach Nurse/Healthcare Professional
SALARY: Depending on experience.
RESPONSIBLE TO: Devonshire Green Medical Centre
LOCATION: Primarily street outreach
based, with office space at Framework Rough Sleeping Outreach Service and
Devonshire Green Medical Centre
Job
Context:
We are looking to recruit a Street Outreach
Nurse for a fixed term of one year. The Street
Outreach Nurse will work across Sheffield to provide a high quality
comprehensive specialist nurse service for rough sleepers who have difficulty
accessing primary care services. They aim to assist these clients to access
mainstream health services. The post holder will provide the services to
clients directly at their sleep site, demonstrating expert engagement
practices, along with rapid and flexible skills for delivering the care.
Key
services provided are:
Assistance with GP registration,
Health screening (i.e. blood born virus
screening, sexual health screening, baseline routine blood tests)
Comprehensive health assessment
Minor illness/ injury management
Chronic disease management
Harm reduction work
Basic wound care
Case management of complex clients
Referral to other services as
appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications and Experience
- Criteria
- RequirementMeasurement/ Testing Method
- Registered Nurse RGNDesirableEvidence of NMC registration
- Post qualifying experience of working in A&E, minor illness/ injury or practical nursing roleEssentialApplication/ interview
- Advanced Clinical Skills QualificationEssentialApplication/ interview
- Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning (PACR/ APACS) qualificationDesirableApplication/ interview
- Experience of working with clients with mental ill healthDesirableApplication/ interview
- Experience of working with clients with a forensic historyDesirableApplication/ interview
- Evidence of post qualifying study in the area of substance misuse treatmentDesirableApplication/ interview
- Full current driving licenceEssentialApplication
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications and Experience
- Criteria
- RequirementMeasurement/ Testing Method
- Registered Nurse RGNDesirableEvidence of NMC registration
- Post qualifying experience of working in A&E, minor illness/ injury or practical nursing roleEssentialApplication/ interview
- Advanced Clinical Skills QualificationEssentialApplication/ interview
- Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning (PACR/ APACS) qualificationDesirableApplication/ interview
- Experience of working with clients with mental ill healthDesirableApplication/ interview
- Experience of working with clients with a forensic historyDesirableApplication/ interview
- Evidence of post qualifying study in the area of substance misuse treatmentDesirableApplication/ interview
- Full current driving licenceEssentialApplication
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).