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Job overview

We are offering a unique opportunity to join our Trust as a NMC Registered Band 6 Specialist Nurse within our Asylum Seeker and Refugee Service.

In this exciting role you can make a real positive impact by supporting newly relocated Asylum Seekers and Refugees by offering Physical Health Screening, specifically Tuberculosis, and signposting where appropriate, to Primary Care Services.  Patients Include Families and Children, as well as adults.

This opportunity would be suited to someone with a Health Visiting background, interested in supporting displaced peoples where English is not the primary language. 

This role is highly rewarding and includes working in partnership with local Charities and Groups for people seeking asylum and refugees, and will include attending these groups. 

The role is for 30 hours per week. We may be able to offer some consideration to flexible working and can be discussed during the interview process.

Main duties of the job

As a specialist practitioner in this role you will focus on Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health and Tuberculosis (TB) for adults and children, hence the position being of interest to Health Visiting.

As well as being caring and empathetic in this role, you will be expected to be:

• Skilled in the provision of health assessment and treatment; including aspects of mental and physical health.
• A skilled practitioner in the assessment of complex/specialist care/support needs who can undertake healthcare screening of asylum seeker and refugee population to include TB screening and sexual health screening. This may include identifying any mental health needs referring on to the Specialist Mental Health Nurse/ Mental Health Practitioner within the team, as required.
• A practitioner who can provide a culturally sensitive service to meet the health needs of the Asylum Seeker and Refugee community.
• Have ability to manage time and caseload effectively.
• Hold excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by; 

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.