Job description
As a substance misuse nurse you will manage a clinical caseload of men who misuse substances ensuring appropriate assessment and treatment interventions are provided and SMART goals are agreed.
You will:
Plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and/or treatments when there are complex issues and/or serious illness. You will discuss the treatment plan and the related needs with the service user and the wider team and will understand his / her own role in delivering interventions and / or treatments within the plan.
To work closely with the Primary Care Team, Mental Health team and all other health providers to ensure the delivery of a fully integrated service.
Identify any specific precautions or contra-indications to the proposed interventions /treatments and take the appropriate action.
Support and monitor patients throughout, promptly alerting the line manager when there are unexpected changes in individuals' health and wellbeing or level of risk.
Provide information to the SMS team on how individuals' needs are changing and feedback on the appropriateness of the individual's treatment plan when there are issues.
Respond to, record and report any adverse event or incident relating to the intervention /treatment with an appropriate degree of urgency.
Main duties of the job
Good communication skills are vital as the role will include the direct management of service users on their treatment pathway, you will need to provide a holistic service and ensure that management plans are specific to individuals needs and delivered in a way which the patient understands.
You will be expected to attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings and liaise with community teams so establishing good working relationships with both the prison and community services will be vital.
Our aim is to identify staff with a strong belief in recovery, it is important that you have good understanding of caring for patients from all backgrounds including an awareness of mental illness and substance misuse to identify risky behaviours.
You will be joining a team committed to improving the health and wellbeing of patients under our care so you will need to be approachable, energetic, resilient and adaptable to an ever-changing environment.
In addition, we are keen to develop employees and offer excellent progression through various career pathways.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RGN, Associated Professional Qualification
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Post Graduate Education in a relevant area
* Nurse Prescribing or willing to undertake
* Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practise RCGP certificate in substance misuse part 1 or equivalent recognised qualification
Experience
* Demonstrable experience at Band 5. Proven experience in a supervisory or management role
* Experience of planning, delivering and evaluation care plans in response to complex needs
* Nursing in a secure environment
* Experience of developing policies and protocols
Please note that any offer of employment will be subject to the successful receipt of a DBS and prison vetting clearances.
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.
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