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Job overview
The aim of this role is to deliver an extended Addictions Service for street homeless individuals within the community. The post will focus on improving health and wellbeing, developing pathways into specialist and primary care services, and supporting partnership working.
This nurse-led role will provide general health clinics within hostels and for those who are street homeless, supporting individuals for whom traditional structured treatment may not be suitable. The service will strengthen integrated pathways to prevent fragmented care and ensure a more coordinated and effective approach.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist drug and alcohol outreach clinics for local hostels, street homeless, GP surgeries, and community health settings. Work collaboratively with the GP Complex Patients Management team and multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver assessment, intervention, harm minimisation, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, and general health screening.
Develop pathways to specialist and primary care services, ensure risk assessments, case manage complex clients, and coordinate care across agencies. Deliver training for hostel and primary care staff on brief interventions and out-of-hours support.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* RMN / RN
* Evidence of continuing personal development and post-registration training in the nursing care, assessment and treatment of substance misuse clients.
* Diploma in Drugs and Alcohol Studies or equivalent qualification
* Training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
* Completed the Motivational Interviewing Training Module
Previous Experience
* Post-registration experience in Mental or general Health
* Experience in senior role and managing staff
* Experienced in the supply and administration of Hepatitis vaccines
* Experienced and competent in the supply and administration of CNWL Trust Hepatitis Patient Group Directions
* Extensive clinical experience
* Experience in undertaking Risk Assessments and Risk Management
* Teaching and Assessing qualification ENB 998 / SLICE or equivalent eg: mentorship
* Community Nursing Experience
* Experience of working in and delivering services to injecting drug users/street homeless clients
* Experience of teaching others and willingness to undertake Teaching and Assessing qualification within six months of commencing post.
Skills and knowledge
* Sound clinical knowledge and understanding of current NHS policies and national drug issues/policies.
* Good verbal, written and presentation skills
* Good interpersonal skills in order to communicate and negotiate effectively, both inside and outside the Trust.
* Ability to work independently and to prioritise effectively
* Ability to assess and treat people with dual diagnosis
* Evidence of effective leadership and organisational skills.
* Evidence of the ability to work in a changing and stressful situation
* Evidence of ability to teach/disseminate knowledge and skills
* Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person.
* Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills
* IT literate: competent using Microsoft Word and able to report clinical activity data on patient information systems
* Experience of working with stimulant users and people with alcohol problems.
* Experience of group facilitation
* Experience of managing a caseload within the community
* Awareness/knowledge of research skills
* Awareness of counselling models
* Motivational Interviewing skills / Relapse Management skills
* Committed to multidisciplinary team work
* Committed to User involvement
* Flexible & responsive to a developing service.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
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