Homeless Health GP

Working with the rest of the Homeless Health team, the GP role works to improve the care for homeless patients in hospital, to drive up the quality of the care they receive during a hospital stay, and to improve their quality-of-life following discharge. The key responsibilities of the role are to:

To clinically lead, support and promote the specialist homelessness team in the hospital.

To work collaboratively to improve health and social outcomes for people who are homeless.

To promote and lead weekly multi -disciplinary team meetings for hospital, primary care and voluntary sector staff working with the most challenging patients.

To offer clinical judgment/expertise on how best to address complex issues among this patient group, particularly with reference to the tri -morbidity of substance misuse, mental illness and physical health problems.

The successful post holder will have substantial personal experience of working with people who are homeless and will have a demonstrable special interest in:

Working with people experiencing drug or alcohol dependence or/and domestic violence including substitute prescribing.

Experience of working in or with the wider statutory and charitable homelessness sector.

Provide high quality care to patients under the Homeless Health Service

To offer clinical judgment/expertise on how best to address complex issues among this patient group, particularly with reference to the tri -morbidity of substance misuse, mental illness, and physical health problems.

To act as the clinical/professional interface between the Homeless Health Team and hospital consultants and other medical team members.

Research, teaching and training.

To promote the education of hospital staff regarding issues related to homelessness and Inclusion Health.

To support joint learning and development activities with the other NWL Homeless Health teams.

To ensure collection of robust monitoring and performance data, and to participate in research activity in collaboration with other NWL Homeless Health teams.

Strategy and business planning

To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings.

Leadership and team working

To clinically lead, support and promote the specialist Homelessness team in the hospital.

To lead regular ward rounds in the hospital attending all homeless patients admitted.

To promote and lead weekly multi -disciplinary team meetings for hospital, primary care and voluntary sector staff working with the most challenging patients.

To foster and maintain staff commitment to the core ethos of compassionate care, and integrated patient-centred medicine.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

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