Job summary
Make a real difference at the front line of public health.We are offering an exciting opportunity for a committed and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our internationally recognised Find&Treat outreach team. This is a unique and rewarding role supporting people experiencing homelessness and other vulnerable groups across London through mobile outreach immunisation and screening services.
About the RoleAs an Immunisation Nurse within the Find&Treat service, you will work within a highly multidisciplinary team delivering community-based healthcare directly from our mobile health unit. You'll support a nurse- and peer-led model of care, engaging with patients on the ground, providing vaccinations, and facilitating access to wider screening and treatment pathways.
Who We're Looking ForWe're seeking a Band 6 Registered Nurse who is:
- Highly motivated, flexible, and resilient.
- Experienced in working with vulnerable or hard-to-reach groups, particularly in community or hospital settings.
- Able to work autonomously as well as within a team.
- Passionate about health equity, inclusion, and tackling barriers to healthcare access.
Main duties of the job
TheFind&Treat team is a specialist outreach service that collaborates with over 200 NHS and third-sector organisations to tackle infectious diseases such as Tuberculosis (TB) among people who are homeless, use drugs or alcohol, are vulnerable migrants, or have experience of the criminal justice system. Our multidisciplinary team includes peer advocates with lived experience, nurse specialists, radiographers, outreach workers, and expert technicians.
Our mission is to take healthcare directly into the community--preventing infection through vaccination, identifying active disease early, and ensuring individuals are supported throughout their treatment journey to achieve full recovery.
Additional Information:
- The role requires regular travel across London.
- Flexibility to work outside of standard office hours may occasionally be needed.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:o University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)o National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgeryo Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitalso University College Hospital Grafton Way Buildingo Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicineo University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centreo The Hospital for Tropical Diseaseso University College Hospital at Westmoreland StreetWe are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job description
Job 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?
Job description
Job 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
Qualifications/Experience
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Teaching/Assessment programme
- Minimum 3 years' relevant post registration experience in same specialty (HLP2), (FO)
- Completed/completing Masters Degree (HLP2) (FO)
- Minimum 2 years' relevant post registration experience in same specialty (HLP1), (SO)
- Honours Degree in Nursing, midwifery, research or ethics (HLP1), (SO)
Desirable
- Relevant post-registration programme
- Completed/completing Masters Degree
- Honours Degree in Nursing, midwifery, research or ethics
- Leadership development programme
- Management development programme
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant post registration experience in same specialty
- History of working with inclusion health populations
- Experience of outreach working
Desirable
- Experience of training, managing, and supporting people with lived experience to deliver healthcare
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to complete a health and social assessment to a cohort of individuals with multiple complex need.
- Provide vaccinations to eligible individuals
Communication
Essential
- Be able to liaise with a network of clinical and third sector partners to develop partnership working
- Be able to present activity of the team on behalf of the Trust to internal and external teams and organisations
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Development of new interventions, appropriate protocols and SOPs to drive innovation of the teams' activities.
- Identify learning needs in research skills as relevant to the role
- Mentor and support clinical and non-clinical colleagues in their career development
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:
Essential
- Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
- Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
- Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
- Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Be willing to work flexibly such as early mornings and evenings and out of London work
- Be willing to travel across London on public transport or on one of our vehicles to provide healthcare in the community
Desirable
- Lived experience of an inclusion health group
Person Specification
Qualifications/Experience
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Teaching/Assessment programme
- Minimum 3 years' relevant post registration experience in same specialty (HLP2), (FO)
- Completed/completing Masters Degree (HLP2) (FO)
- Minimum 2 years' relevant post registration experience in same specialty (HLP1), (SO)
- Honours Degree in Nursing, midwifery, research or ethics (HLP1), (SO)
Desirable
- Relevant post-registration programme
- Completed/completing Masters Degree
- Honours Degree in Nursing, midwifery, research or ethics
- Leadership development programme
- Management development programme
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant post registration experience in same specialty
- History of working with inclusion health populations
- Experience of outreach working
Desirable
- Experience of training, managing, and supporting people with lived experience to deliver healthcare
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to complete a health and social assessment to a cohort of individuals with multiple complex need.
- Provide vaccinations to eligible individuals
Communication
Essential
- Be able to liaise with a network of clinical and third sector partners to develop partnership working
- Be able to present activity of the team on behalf of the Trust to internal and external teams and organisations
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Development of new interventions, appropriate protocols and SOPs to drive innovation of the teams' activities.
- Identify learning needs in research skills as relevant to the role
- Mentor and support clinical and non-clinical colleagues in their career development
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:
Essential
- Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
- Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
- Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
- Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Be willing to work flexibly such as early mornings and evenings and out of London work
- Be willing to travel across London on public transport or on one of our vehicles to provide healthcare in the community
Desirable
- Lived experience of an inclusion health group
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University College London Hospital
235 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BU
Employer's website
https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
