We have an exciting opportunity to support some of the most vulnerable patients within our healthcare system.
Based at UCLH and across NCL, you’ll be part of a small, dedicated homeless intermediate care team working across our NCL acute hospital trusts, P2 beds and community to support patients experiencing homelessness and social exclusion.
You will play a key role in helping patients navigate their health and discharge journey from admission to discharge and in community follow up working
closely with clinical teams, local authorities, and community services to ensure safe,
appropriate, and person-centred transitions from hospital to community care.
You will also line manage a team of clinicians and non-clinicians in supporting our patients, focusing on staff improvement and wellbeing as well as continuous service improvement for our patients.
If you are motivated by reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for marginalised groups, we welcome your application.
Line managing a team of clinicians and non-clinicians in the homeless intermediate care team
Support the band 8a clinical operations manager in service improvement and continuous development of the team.
Work with the NCL acute hospital trusts in supporting homeless patients in their journey from admission to discharge
Education/teaching to acute trusts about homelessness and the procedures from hospital
Manage a caseload of complex patients both in hospital and in the community across NCL
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:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We 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.
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?
