Job summary
- Main area
- Community Substance Misuse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: This is a new post funded through the SSMTRG funding which currently runs until March 2025
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 9.00 - 17.00)
- Job ref
- 847-CW-24-V284
- Employer
- Spectrum Community Health CIC
- Employer type
- Public (Non NHS)
- Site
- South Tyneside Adult Recovery Service
- Town
- South Shields
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Nurse - Alcohol
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
We have an opportunity through reinvestment moneys from OHID to engage a band 6 alcohol nurse within the South Tyneside Adult Recovery Service (STARS). The post will work closely with the acute services and our Recovery Worker to promote access to alcohol treatments. They will act as a clinical link to the ACT service in the acute setting to ensure that we see better compliance with transfer to community services and continuation of detox prescribing.
The post will both develop and support community alcohol detoxifications so that our Service Users have access to their goals of both reduced drinking and abstinence.
The role will liaise with primary care and acute services to promote the reduction in alcohol related issues and raise awareness among professionals and the public.
We see the role supporting acute service to identify those service users already in treatment with STARS whilst taking an advocate role to engage new SU to the service.
There will be a training element to the role to heighten Recovery Workers knowledge and skills around alcohol and enable early access to community detoxification plans. Lead on community detox planning once the SU has engaged with the alcohol pathway.
Provide health and wellbeing assessment in the alcohol pathway to highlight early need of access to detox or inpatient detox.
They will need a reasonable knowledge of opiate prescribing and be a breast of current substances of abuse and trends.
Main duties of the job
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Undertake assessment of clients’ prescribing needs and contribute in recovery care planning. |
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To provide independent prescribing for substance misuse clients in line with a recovery plan. |
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To communicate treatment and recovery plans to the service user, carer and relevant professionals. |
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To ensure clients receive regular medical reviews in accordance with the joint case management review procedure for the integrated treatment system. |
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To support and help motivate clients through all stages of their individual recovery journey. |
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Contribute to the maintenance of client clinical databases and / or written clinical journal. |
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Work in conjunction with acute services and GPs in developing and delivering prescribing treatment modalities for clients. |
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Prescribe cost effectively and according to best practice and practice policy. |
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Be familiar with and adhere to in-house and statutory service guidelines. |
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Deliver health promotion and harm reduction interventions in a client-centred manner. |
Working for our organisation
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team
We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we’ve got a role for you!
- Access to NHS Pension
- Annual leave on your Birthday
- Welcome payment for some posts
- Refer a friend scheme
- Training and Development opportunities
- Flexible Working
- Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
- Up to 33 days annual leave
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people – our patients, service users, staff and partners.
We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the advertised role, please see attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Nurse
Desirable criteria
- • The post holder holds a qualification of Non Medical Prescriber (or willing to work towards)
- • Specific misuse qualification (certificate in addiction studies, certificate in management of substance misuse)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lewis Walmsley
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 917 1160
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