Peripatetic Nurse (Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist) in Fulham inFulham PUBLISHED THU 5 JUN 2025 Jump to job information section

The purpose of this role will be imperative in improving integrated pathways to prevent fragmented services that are efficient and effective. The role is specific to support those to improve health outcomes especially for those who continually consume alcohol where traditional structured treatment will not be appropriate. The role will require a peripatetic nurse led general health clinics within hostels, supported through general practice. 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, and to address the physical and mental health of hostel residents. The service will provide essential health promotion to increase the number of residents engaging with services to address their health and wellbeing. Furthermore the aim of the service will be to reduce alcohol related hospital admissions, health inequalities and improve pathways with community and hospital services. The service should increase access to preventative and non-emergency health care; this will include health promotion, health checks and accessing mainstream services.

The team provide health and wellbeing assessments (H&WB) including a range of interventions to address health and well-being needs plus referral and facilitation into primary care and specialist services. The service also aims to provide training to hostel staff as well as offering client's health promotion and general health screening.

The Peripatetic Nurses target drop-in/day centres/churches within the borough, providing a much-needed community and health screening service to the homeless, deprived and vulnerable people.

A large part of the health assessment delivered by the Peripatetic Nurse focusses on understanding the clients' lifestyle and practices. Therefore, providing health promotion information and advice represents a considerable part of the work undertaken. The Peripatetic Nurse works within a motivational framework to assist clients in thinking about adopting healthier behaviours.

The nurse visits local hostels and does health and wellbeing nursing assessments with informed written consent from the client. The health and wellbeing assessments are given to the client/GP etc. highlighting concerns of health and appropriate referrals/ appointments made on the client's behalf.

About us

The aim is to provide a service specific to the homeless, rough sleepers and hostel residents that reside in the Milton Keynes. The role will include a range of activities addressing the residents health and well-being, the development of pathways into specialist services, training of hostel staff to managed residents out of hours, and improve the overall health inequalities via;

• Health promotion
• General Health screening
• Engagement in Primary Care services and facilitate access to organised health care
• The purpose pathways to prevent fragmented services that are efficient and effective.
• The role is specific to support those to improve health outcomes especially for those who continually consume alcohol where traditional structured treatment will not be appropriate.
• The role will require a peripatetic nurse led general health clinics within hostels, supported through general practice.
• 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, and to address the physical and mental health of hostel residents.
• The service will provide essential health promotion to increase the number of residents engaging with services to address their health and wellbeing.
• Furthermore the aim of the service will be to reduce alcohol related hospital admissions, health inequalities and improve pathways with community and hospital services.
• The service should increase access to preventative and non-emergency health care; this will include health promotion, health checks and accessing mainstream services.
• To ensure that the delivery of the care and management of this client group is done in compliance with HCC Quality Standards.