Job overview
Bexley Community Drug and Alcohol Service (Pier Road Project) are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, caring, and creative nurses from any discipline to come and join us. You will be working within an exciting and fast paced environment that provides high quality addictions and recovery care to a diverse service user group. The service is a partnership between NHS and voluntary services, and we work as a single service to get the highest quality of outcomes for residents over the age of 18 in Bexley.
We are looking to recruit a Band 5 or experienced Band 6 nurse of any discipline to be core members of the multi-disciplinary team, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning, treatment, and support of people with drug and alcohol issues to promote health, independence, and recovery.
Main duties of the job
To lead the clinical management of a care package to individuals who use our services, as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person-centred healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using complex clinical decision making where appropriate and responding to changes in presentation/ situation appropriately. To promote shared decision making with service user/relatives/carers, as appropriate, in terms of involvement in all aspects of their care.
To deliver individual and group therapy utilising CBT skills.
To ensure provision of the necessary physical care to help people who use our services i.e.: alcohol assessments, BBV interventions, pabrinex, medication administration physical observations.
Harm reduction interventions
Working for our organisation
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.
SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Richmond and Wandsworth
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered Nurse any discipline (for band 6- with considerable post qualification experience which would include lengthy clinical experience working with people with substance misuse related problems and evidence of commitment to harm reduction interventions
2. Evidence of continuing professional development and training (band 6: relevant to substance misuse work and harm reduction activity
Desirable criteria
3. Diploma or degree level qualification in addictions or related area of practice such as CBT, dual diagnosis, etc
4. Non-Medical Prescriber A/I
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Experience and evidence of ability to produce formal written reports, presentations and draft policies for consultation
6. Experience of using word processing and database use as well as a willingness to improve existing skill base
7. Experience of liaison with statutory and non-statutory services
Desirable criteria
8. Experience of working in the community
9. Experience of the management of clients with complex needs
knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
10. A thorough understanding of harm reduction in relation to injecting behaviour as well as safer sexual practices
11. Knowledge of potential physical, psycho-social problems among this client group and appropriate interventions to address them
12. Strong understanding of harm reduction, and relapse prevention in relation to substance misuse and planning recovery
13. Ability to be flexible and thrive in a rapidly changing environment
14. Ability to work autonomously and lead on development and maintenance of different areas of practice within the service
Desirable criteria
15. Experience of and skills in delivering training
16. Experience of supervising/managing junior staff and students