Job summary
Alliance for Better Care CIC is a GP Federation that unites 47 NHS GP practices across 12 Primary Care Networks in Sussex and Surrey. We support our Primary Care colleagues as well as their patients, to transform how healthcare is managed within the community. As a membership organisation, our focus is to work in partnership with our members and help them to improve the provision of General Practices in the local area. We work with and listen to our GP Practices, PCNs, Hospitals, Community Organisations and the Third Sector. These vital partnerships ensure that, together, we deliver a truly integrated approach that offers the support and expertise needed to effectively serve our communities.
We are proud of our equity work to date and this is an exciting time to join our friendly equity team who deliver services to the underserved parts of our communities.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be part of a team that focuses on delivering services for people who face additional barriers to accessing health care. You will be responsible for delivering a growing range of services such as health assessments, immunization, health checks, opportunistic wound dressings, health promotion and prevention of ill health. The aim is to reduce inequity for vulnerable cohorts and communities who haven't previously engaged with primary care.
You will be required to visit people at home, specific sites and community-based settings. Cohorts included are Rough Sleepers, Homeless, Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Gipsy, Roma and Travelers and other underrepresented Ethnic minorities.
The service is responsive to the needs of vulnerable population identified by core20plus5 and Public Health data and is delivered predominantly around East Surrey and West Sussex but also includes services across wider Surrey. To learn more about this service visit our website https://allianceforbettercare.org/ourequityprogramme/
About us
The role is offered on a full-time (37.5 hours per week) or part time (22.5 hours per week across regular days) basis and is funded until end January 2025. The role offers clinicians the opportunity to develop additional skills and experience working with vulnerable cohorts with multidisciplinary needs. Successful candidate might be offered further job opportunity at end of the covid program, working in our refugee and asylum seeker service and equity service. Mileage is reimbursed at the maximum rate of 45p per mile.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary duties and areas of responsibility:
- Carry out opportunistic and planned health screening programmes to meet identified needs for vulnerable cohorts, including Covid-19 Vaccination, health checks and health promotion/advise.
- Work collaboratively with the team, to provide a person-centred care plan for advice.
- Liaise closely with partners, making referrals, signposting and supporting access to local health services, including access to social prescribers, maternity, mental health and primary care.
- Provide information, advice and support to vulnerable cohorts on issues relevant to social, physical and mental health wellbeing.
- Participate in the identification of safeguarding and adhere to ABCs processes and Surrey/Sussex Safeguarding Adults and Childrens procedures.
- Document where safeguarding concerns have been identified, and make referrals as required.
- Assist in the delivery of specific groups if required, to promote access to healthcare and public health initiatives such as womens health sessions.
- Calibrating and safe handling of any health equipment used by team.
- Attend all designated statutory and mandatory training and additional training provided to upskill team and provide shadowing for new staff and trainees.
- Participate in the orientation and induction of new staff and promote good interpersonal relationships within the team.
- Ensure all practice is evidence based.
- Attend Equity meetings as appropriate.
- Maintain standards and practice in relation to professional records/ record keeping
- Adhere to all professional, clinical policies within ABC as well as regulatory bodies.
- Be prepared to work flexibly, to travel across east Surrey/Sussex to deliver this service
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary duties and areas of responsibility:
- Carry out opportunistic and planned health screening programmes to meet identified needs for vulnerable cohorts, including Covid-19 Vaccination, health checks and health promotion/advise.
- Work collaboratively with the team, to provide a person-centred care plan for advice.
- Liaise closely with partners, making referrals, signposting and supporting access to local health services, including access to social prescribers, maternity, mental health and primary care.
- Provide information, advice and support to vulnerable cohorts on issues relevant to social, physical and mental health wellbeing.
- Participate in the identification of safeguarding and adhere to ABCs processes and Surrey/Sussex Safeguarding Adults and Childrens procedures.
- Document where safeguarding concerns have been identified, and make referrals as required.
- Assist in the delivery of specific groups if required, to promote access to healthcare and public health initiatives such as womens health sessions.
- Calibrating and safe handling of any health equipment used by team.
- Attend all designated statutory and mandatory training and additional training provided to upskill team and provide shadowing for new staff and trainees.
- Participate in the orientation and induction of new staff and promote good interpersonal relationships within the team.
- Ensure all practice is evidence based.
- Attend Equity meetings as appropriate.
- Maintain standards and practice in relation to professional records/ record keeping
- Adhere to all professional, clinical policies within ABC as well as regulatory bodies.
- Be prepared to work flexibly, to travel across east Surrey/Sussex to deliver this service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse (Adult and Child), Registered Midwife (Adult and Child) or Registered Paramedic with a minimum 5 years' experience.
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Community Experienced nurse/paramedic
- Experience of working in primary or urgent care
- Experience with Safeguarding processes
- Experience of working with vulnerable client groups
- Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions as typically seen through primary care and/or urgent care
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to organise workload, prioritise and work autonomously
- Broad range of clinical skills
- Good knowledge of safeguarding
- Good understanding of primary care and urgent care presentations
- Valid licence to drive in the UK with access to a car for business use
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
- Sensitive and empathetic and resilient in distressing situations to the needs of vulnerable cohorts
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
Desirable
- Good knowledge of current health issues for refugees and asylum seekers, Gipsy Roma and Travellers and BAME population.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse (Adult and Child), Registered Midwife (Adult and Child) or Registered Paramedic with a minimum 5 years' experience.
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Community Experienced nurse/paramedic
- Experience of working in primary or urgent care
- Experience with Safeguarding processes
- Experience of working with vulnerable client groups
- Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions as typically seen through primary care and/or urgent care
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to organise workload, prioritise and work autonomously
- Broad range of clinical skills
- Good knowledge of safeguarding
- Good understanding of primary care and urgent care presentations
- Valid licence to drive in the UK with access to a car for business use
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
- Sensitive and empathetic and resilient in distressing situations to the needs of vulnerable cohorts
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
Desirable
- Good knowledge of current health issues for refugees and asylum seekers, Gipsy Roma and Travellers and BAME population.
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).
