NHS
Nurse / Paramedic - Refugee and Asylum Seeker Service
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Job Description
- Req#: B0141-25-0046?language=en&page=675&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Experienced nurse/paramedic
- Experience of working in primary or urgent/emergency care
- Experience with Safeguarding processes
- Experience of working with vulnerable client groups
- Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions as typically seen through primary care and/or urgent care
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to organise workload, prioritise and work autonomously
- Broad range of clinical skills
- Good knowledge of safeguarding
- Good knowledge of current health issues for refugees and asylum seekers
- Good understanding of primary care and urgent care presentations
- Valid licence to drive in the UK with access to a car for business use with appropriate insurance
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations to the needs of refugees and asylum seekers
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- Registered General Nurse qualification, (Adult) certificate/degree or registered paramedic- minimum 5 years current or recent experience
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
- Vaccinator
- Phlebotomy certification
- Experienced nurse/paramedic
- Experience of working in primary or urgent/emergency care
- Experience with Safeguarding processes
- Experience of working with vulnerable client groups
- Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions as typically seen through primary care and/or urgent care
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to organise workload, prioritise and work autonomously
- Broad range of clinical skills
- Good knowledge of safeguarding
- Good knowledge of current health issues for refugees and asylum seekers
- Good understanding of primary care and urgent care presentations
- Valid licence to drive in the UK with access to a car for business use with appropriate insurance
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations to the needs of refugees and asylum seekers
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- Registered General Nurse qualification, (Adult) certificate/degree or registered paramedic- minimum 5 years current or recent experience
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
- Vaccinator
- Phlebotomy certification
Job summary
The service reflects the needs of refugee and asylum seekers and is delivered across an increasing number of hotels predominantly around in west sussex. Because this service spans across Surrey and Sussex staff may need to travel some distance on occasions to see patients in hotels.
This post is offered as a fixed term contract offers clinicians the opportunity to develop additional skills and experience the physical and mental health needs of refugees and asylum seekers.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be part of a team that provides an urgent primary care response 7 days a week 0800-20:00 to refugee and asylum seekers accommodated in hotels in Sussex and Surrey, as well as responsibility for various assessments including health checks/TB checks/ and vaccination programmes as required by Public Health to ensure that health needs of refugees and asylum seekers are met.
About us
Alliance for Better Care (ABC) is a GP Federation uniting 77 NHS GP member practices across 98 sites within 24 Primary Care Networks in Sussex and Surrey. We support our Primary Care colleagues - and their patients - to transform how healthcare is delivered in their communities.
We work closely with GP Practices, PCNs, Hospitals, Community Organisations, and the Third Sector. These vital partnerships enable us to deliver a truly integrated approach that offers the support and expertise needed to effectively serve our populations.
More about our organisation: www.allianceforbettercare.org
Our Values
We innovate
We are honest
We care
We are inclusive
We deliver
Services that ABC Provide
Anti-Viral COVID medication (nMABs)
Anticipatory Care
ARI Peads Hubs
BP At Home
COVID At Home
eHubs
Enhanced Access
Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support
Urgent Primary Care Support
Vaccination Programme
Wound Care Service
Supervision
Regular supervisions on a one-to-one basis including an annual formal appraisal will be held with a line manager. If you are in a patient-facing role, you will also receive regular Clinical Supervisions with a Clinical Supervisor.
Details
Date posted
19 June 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£42,592.33 a year This will be pro rata according to hours agreed
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
B0141-25-0046
Job locations
Horley Health Hub
120 Victoria Road
Horley
Surrey
RH1 1EB
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Responsible to: Nurse/Paramedic - RASS
Proposed salary: Band 7.1 on the ABC pay scale, which is equivalent to £42,592.33 (£21.84 per hour) annum dependent on experience (pro rata)
Hours of work: Fixed term contract until September 2026 (shifts 0800-20:00)
Tenure: Part time/full time
Base: Horley Health Hub/Hybrid- a Sussex base
Primary duties and areas of responsibility
Work collaboratively with the team, to provide an urgent primary care response to refugees and asylum seekers accommodated in the hotels.
Carry out opportunistic and planned health screening programmes to meet identified need for refugees and asylum seekers living in hotels, including TB checks/health checks and vaccination.
Liaise closely with partners, making referrals, signposting and supporting access to local health services, including access to maternity, mental health and primary care.Provide information, advice and support to refugees and asylum seekers on issues relevant to physical and mental health.
Provide information, advice and support to refugees and asylum seekers on issues relevant to physical and mental health.
Participate in the identification of safeguarding and adhere to ABCs processes and Surrey/Sussex Safeguarding Adults and Childrens procedures.
Document where safeguarding concerns have been identified, and make referrals as required.
Assist in the delivery of specific groups if required, to promote access to healthcare and public health initiatives such as womens health sessions e.g., health screening.
Attend all designated statutory and mandatory training and additional training provided to upskill team in issues specific to the needs of refugees and asylum seekers.
Participate in the orientation and induction of new staff and promote good interpersonal relationships within the team.
Ensure all practice is evidence based.
Attend RASS meetings as appropriate
Maintain standards and practice in relation to professional records/ record keeping
Adhere to all professional, clinical policies within ABC as well as regulatory bodies.
Be prepared to work flexibly, to travel across east Surrey/Sussex to deliver this service
Job responsibilities
Responsible to: Nurse/Paramedic - RASS
Proposed salary: Band 7.1 on the ABC pay scale, which is equivalent to £42,592.33 (£21.84 per hour) annum dependent on experience (pro rata)
Hours of work: Fixed term contract until September 2026 (shifts 0800-20:00)
Tenure: Part time/full time
Base: Horley Health Hub/Hybrid- a Sussex base
Primary duties and areas of responsibility
Work collaboratively with the team, to provide an urgent primary care response to refugees and asylum seekers accommodated in the hotels.
Carry out opportunistic and planned health screening programmes to meet identified need for refugees and asylum seekers living in hotels, including TB checks/health checks and vaccination.
Liaise closely with partners, making referrals, signposting and supporting access to local health services, including access to maternity, mental health and primary care.Provide information, advice and support to refugees and asylum seekers on issues relevant to physical and mental health.
Provide information, advice and support to refugees and asylum seekers on issues relevant to physical and mental health.
Participate in the identification of safeguarding and adhere to ABCs processes and Surrey/Sussex Safeguarding Adults and Childrens procedures.
Document where safeguarding concerns have been identified, and make referrals as required.
Assist in the delivery of specific groups if required, to promote access to healthcare and public health initiatives such as womens health sessions e.g., health screening.
Attend all designated statutory and mandatory training and additional training provided to upskill team in issues specific to the needs of refugees and asylum seekers.
Participate in the orientation and induction of new staff and promote good interpersonal relationships within the team.
Ensure all practice is evidence based.
Attend RASS meetings as appropriate
Maintain standards and practice in relation to professional records/ record keeping
Adhere to all professional, clinical policies within ABC as well as regulatory bodies.
Be prepared to work flexibly, to travel across east Surrey/Sussex to deliver this service
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Experience
Essential
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
Personal Attributes
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Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
Personal Attributes
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Alliance for Better Care CIC
Address
Horley Health Hub
120 Victoria Road
Horley
Surrey
RH1 1EB
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Alliance for Better Care CIC
Address
Horley Health Hub
120 Victoria Road
Horley
Surrey
RH1 1EB
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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