Clinical Nurse Specialist (Homeless Intermediate Care Team)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
Candidates needing sponsorship are encouraged to apply.
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“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.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role is for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Homeless Intermediate Care Team at UCLH. You will support vulnerable patients experiencing homelessness, helping them navigate their healthcare journey from admission to discharge and providing community follow-up. The position involves working closely with clinical teams, local authorities, and community services to ensure person-centred transitions. You will also line manage a team of clinicians and non-clinicians, focusing on staff development and continuous service improvement.
Key responsibilities
- Line manage 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 NCL acute hospital trusts in supporting homeless patients from admission to discharge.
- Provide education/teaching to acute trusts about homelessness and hospital procedures.
- Manage a caseload of complex patients both in hospital and in the community across NCL.
Essential criteria
- NMC adult registered nurse
- Knowledge of the particular issues that characterise the provision of health services to vulnerable groups and homeless persons
- Substantial experience managing complex caseloads of a team
- Experience working in the homelessness sector
- Experience of line management and leadership of teams and services
- Proven ability to develop effective working relationships with members of multidisciplinary teams and staff at all levels across networks
- Ability to work autonomously and independently
- Committed to personal and professional development.
- Ability to respond to change
- Evidence of ability to work on own initiative.
- Confident and articulate, able to get across own point and negotiate in complex situations
- Ability to form excellent relationships with a wide stakeholder base
- Good organisational skills and abilities
- Strong political awareness, and evidence of working well within highly sensitive environments
- Passion for working with people who are experiencing homelessness
- Displays enthusiastic and tenacious nature
- Ability to build and develop sustainable partnership relationships
- Demonstratable understanding of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualification
- Service development and quality improvement
- Demonstrate knowledge of complex discharge procedures and flow
- Experience working with people with co-occurring mental health and substance misuse problems and physical health
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Homeless Intermediate Care Team)
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
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 workingclosely 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.
Main duties of the job
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.
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