Homeless Health GP: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

NWL has the largest homeless population in London. This population faces fundamental inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access – with multiple, long term, under-treated health needs and do not always get the care they need from the health and care system.

People experiencing homelessness have six times more A&E presentations, are admitted to hospital four times more often, and stay three times as long as the general population.

In hospital, they are likely to be poorly identified, experience delays once medically fit for discharge, and are at high risk of discharge to the street, readmission and poor overall health outcomes.

We have received confirmation from the NWL ICB that a business case has been approved to fund a new specialist hospital Homeless Health team up until 31st March 2029.

The Homeless Health team works in close partnership with the wards to identify people experiencing homelessness whilst they are in hospital, build therapeutic relationships with them, assist the ward multidisciplinary team to maximise the benefit of these admissions, and then support these vulnerable patients during and after discharge – ensuring that they are fully linked in to all the health care and support services they need when the team finally discharges them.

The GP role works to improve the care for homeless patients in hospital, to drive up the quality of the care they receive during a hospital stay, and to improve their quality-of-life following discharge.

Main duties of the job

Working with the rest of the Homeless Health team, the GP role works to improve the care for homeless patients in hospital, to drive up the quality of the care they receive during a hospital stay, and to improve their quality-of-life following discharge. The key responsibilities of the role are to:

To clinically lead, support and promote the specialist homelessness team in the hospital.

To work collaboratively to improve health and social outcomes for people who are homeless.

To promote and lead weekly multi -disciplinary team meetings for hospital, primary care and voluntary sector staff working with the most challenging patients.

To offer clinical judgment/expertise on how best to address complex issues among this patient group, particularly with reference to the tri -morbidity of substance misuse, mental illness and physical health problems.

The successful post holder will have substantial personal experience of working with people who are homeless and will have a demonstrable special interest in:

Working with people experiencing drug or alcohol dependence or/and domestic violence including substitute prescribing.

Experience of working in or with the wider statutory and charitable homelessness sector.

• Experience of mental illness particularly working with patients with complex psychological trauma/diagnosed with personality disorder
• Sexual health.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• On GMC’s register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
• On GMC’s Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration.
• Appropriate Royal College Membership
• Qualified general practitioner.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Good working knowledge of secondary care environments.
• Commitment to the development of integrated care pathways.
• IT Skills and computer literacy

Leadership/ Management skills

Essential

• Ability and commitment to leading a multidisciplinary team and multidisciplinary team meeting.
• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority.
• Management of staff
• Knowledge of finance/budgets
• Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.

Teaching and Training

Essential

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff

Audit

Essential

• Good understanding of the role of clinical governance in maintaining high quality clinical care standards
• Understanding of principles of clinical audit

Academic achievement

Essential

• Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Language

Essential

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Closing Date: 20 September 2026