Southend Medical Centre are looking for a motivated individual who has a passion on tackling health inequalities, and particularly an interest in healthcare for the homeless population. We are seeking an experienced prescribing paramedic or nurse on an 11 month maternity contract, commencing in August, on a part-time basis for 22.5 hours a week, working over 3 days. Hours and working pattern can be negotiable for a suitable candidate.
Reporting to a GP clinical lead, previous experience of working with this population group is desired but not essential.
Southend Integrated Healthcare for the Homeless (SIHH) provides a service specific to homeless individuals within Southend on Sea. The role will include a range of activities addressing the individual health and wellbeing, the development of pathways into specialist services, caring for the homeless and improve the overall health inequalities by:
- Health promotion
- General health screening
- Engagement in primary care services and facilitate access to organised health care
- Integration of the service with secondary care services, mental health services and local drug and alcohol services
- Working closely with local voluntary providers involved in looking after the local homeless population.
The purpose of this role will be imperative in improving integrated pathways to prevent fragmented services to become efficient and effective. The role is specifically to support those to improve health outcomes. The collective aim of the service is to help those with a range of health needs including drug and alcohol to access the appropriate treatment, to provide clinical assessment and treatment in the community along with signposting clients to GP services, secondary care, drug and alcohol services.
Main responsibilities include:
- Work as a member of the multidisciplinary team in the management and treatment provision. General health assessment, wound assessment and management, lifestyle assessment and physical health assessment.
- Promote health and wellbeing and improve health inequalities by completing a range of health checks including a review of systems to include, neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, lymphatic, reproductive health and musculoskeletal.
- Assess general health and provide early intervention treatment, sign posting and referral to organised health services.
- Develop and maintain pathways into specialist services to ensure the health and well-being of residents is met, including back into primary care services, secondary care, mental health, drugs and alcohol and voluntary sector.
- Provide regular drop-in clinical sessions at various locations of homeless support organisations.
- To actively promote female health screening.