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Job Title: Street Outreach NurseSpecialism: Outreach / Homeless Health ServicesLocation: Waltham Forest & Newham, UKSalary: £33 per hourSalary Type: HourlyContract Type: Locum, Full-Time (4-Month Block Booking)

This is a rewarding opportunity for a Street Outreach Nurse to work across Waltham Forest and Newham, delivering frontline healthcare to individuals experiencing homelessness. This full-time locum role offers the chance to make a genuine community impact while benefiting from the flexibility and competitive pay that locum work provides. You will be part of a dedicated outreach team addressing complex health needs directly on the streets, where your skills will truly matter.

• Full-Time Stability: Enjoy the consistency of full-time hours combined with the flexibility of locum work.

• Competitive Pay: Earn £33 per hour in recognition of your expertise and commitment.

• Block Booking Opportunity: Secure a 4-month placement, giving you greater certainty and control over your schedule.

• Professional Growth: Gain experience across diverse healthcare settings, enhancing your clinical skills and career progression.

• Meaningful Community Impact: Make a real difference by improving health outcomes for vulnerable individuals within their community.

• Work as a Street Healthcare Outreach Nurse alongside homelessness outreach professionals to address complex health needs.

• Carry out dynamic risk assessments to ensure personal and partner safety in line with organisational policies.

• Build therapeutic relationships using trauma-informed approaches to enable effective assessment and treatment.

• Deliver advanced homeless healthcare, making autonomous clinical decisions and complex interventions when required.

• Act as a health case manager, setting and achieving health outcomes for individuals with high unmet needs.

• Conduct holistic health assessments, identifying physical, mental health, addiction, safeguarding, housing, and social care needs.

• Carry and utilise clinical equipment during street shifts to provide immediate care.

• Identify and respond to clinical risks, including escalation to emergency services or prescribing where appropriate.

• Complete mental capacity assessments and manage care refusals in line with organisational policy.

• Provide primary care treatments on the street and support integration into mainstream healthcare services.

• Deliver wound care, dressings, and treatments under Patient Group Directions, maintaining communication with healthcare partners.

• Advocate for access to primary care, reduce reliance on emergency services, and address safeguarding concerns.

• Support housing pathways by working closely with outreach workers and partner agencies.

• Establish and maintain partnerships with health, housing, and social care services to ensure coordinated care.

• Facilitate case conferences and information sharing in line with governance and data protection principles.

• Deliver health screenings, vaccinations, and support integrated care pathways for communicable diseases.

• Safely perform phlebotomy and ensure appropriate handling and follow-up of results.

• Promote health education, harm reduction, and preventative care, inc