Registered General Nurse (Hard to Reach Homeless Community)

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team making a real difference in the lives of homeless individuals in Reading. This role offers a unique opportunity to work flexibly, engaging with vulnerable clients through outreach and clinic services. You will play a crucial role in providing compassionate care, ensuring that diverse communities receive the support they need. With a focus on teamwork and effective communication, you will help navigate complex situations while fostering a sense of belonging for all clients. This position not only promises personal growth but also the chance to contribute to innovative solutions in community health.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave

Career development opportunities

Cycle to Work scheme

Access to wellbeing tools

Discounts at retailers

Staff networks for diversity

Generous leave policies

Free parking

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with recent primary care experience.
• Experience working with minority groups and mental health settings.

Responsibilities

• Establish therapeutic relationships with clients for effective assessment.
• Liaise with NHS agencies for continuity of care.

Skills

Communication Skills

Crisis Management

Adaptability

Teamwork

IT Skills

Education

Registered Nurse

Health Promotion Experience

Teaching / Assessing Qualification

Tools

RIO

Job description

Registered General Nurse (Hard to Reach Homeless Community)

Band 5

Main area HOLT Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 371-MHS674-B

Site Prospect Park Hospital Town Reading Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/05/2025 23:59

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly motivated team working with the homeless, hard to reach and difficult to engage clients in Reading. The team provides a range of services via drop-in clinics to clients at a variety of venues including hostels, specific women’s services, health screening at probation (offenders), and work closely with the Reading Street Outreach team (St Mungo’s) actively going out on the street to engage people rough sleeping. This job will require one morning a week, in a two to four week rotation with the team, working the early morning outreach shift and flexible working shifts 5pm-7pm on a Monday and Thursday as required. Excellent communication skills are essential and a background working within mental health is desirable but not essential.

Apart from client contact the role includes office-based functions such as IT skills and the ability to use local electronic systems such as RIO to document client information. Good organisation skills, the ability to work independently as well as working as a team player is essential.

Main duties of the job

Establish effective therapeutic relationships with Clients that enables assessment, communication and the sharing of complex and sensitive information.

Liaise with NHS and other agencies to obtain relevant medical information on clients to ensure continuity of care; this can involve communicating with clients, staff, hostel managers, key workers support workers and other professions

To ensure services are delivered in a manner that is appropriate , relevant and respectful to all communities, recognising the diversity of ethnicity, culture, belief, privilege and capacity of service users and carers

To share information within the team and to accept support when required and to respond to advice given.

Respond to any changes in presenting or service need and can organise own work as appropriate or when directed by senior staff

Demonstrate knowledge, awareness and skill in the management of crisis situations.

To undertake early morning outreach with St Mungo’s, one morning a week on a one in two to four week rotation with the other members of the team, and flexible working shifts 5pm-7pm on a Monday and Thursday as required .

Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust site

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

• Physical and mental health experience (both areas can be developed).
• Desire to work with a complex client group who need support.
• Compassion and offer trust to our homeless and vulnerably homed clients in Reading andWest Berkshire.
• Ability to ‘think on your feet and adapt to the situation’.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Amanda Mageeon 07827 255931or email:[e-mail] who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

• Registered Nurse
• Recent experience of working in a primary care setting
• Health Promotion Experience

Continuous Professional Development

• Willingness to undertake further training and development
• Evidence of on-going professional development

Previous Experience

• Working with minority groups, homeless/mental health/substance misuse settings
• Knowledge of primary care
• Chronic disease management experience
• Audit knowledge
• Family planning experience
• Teaching / assessing qualification

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Enthusiasm to engage with and meet the needs of this client group
• Adaptable to situations and non-judgemental towards clients displaying challenging behaviours
• Strategic Vision
• Motivating and enabling skills
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships within and across organisations
• Communication Skills
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of public health and promotion of self-care
• Able to demonstrate use of own initiative and ability to work alone

Additional Requirements

• Able to drive to multiple sites

These are the values that we live by atBerkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.

At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.

We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.

Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.

Once you have applied, please check your email regularly for updates. All appointments are subject to NHS Employment Checks, and false information may result in withdrawal of offers. For information on how we store your information, please review our privacy statement .

No agencies, please.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.