Overview
Location: Sittingbourne
Salary: A GBP 46,148 - A GBP 52,809 per annum plus benefits
Vacancy Type: Permanent, Part Time
Closing Date: 31st October 2025
Responsibilities
The post holder will contribute to, and be responsible for, ensuring the most effective and best use of staff and all clinical and non-clinical resources. The post holder will be responsible for the delivery and monitoring of high standards of nursing care to patients assessed and admitted to the service according to their clinical needs, and in accordance with up-to-date evidence-based practice and relevant clinical protocol and policies, in particular the Medically Assisted Treatment Service. The post holder needs to be thoroughly familiar with all aspects of security and safety consistent with working within a custodial framework. The post holder will also have responsibility to implement and monitor comprehensive assessments for those patients admitted to the service with substance misuse issues. Ensure reduced waiting times and improve access throughout this prison population for all patients in need of a substance misuse treatment/psychosocial programmes and ensuring continuity of care when discharged back into the community in line with local and national guidelines. You will manage a specialist substance misuse prescribing service and offer nursing advice regarding substance misuse related issues to nursing colleagues in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the plan of care for patients referred to this specialist service. This includes advice on treatment options including the full array of substitute prescribing, symptomatic management, the management of alcohol withdrawals and detoxification, advice on titration, dispensing of medication including controlled drugs, and managing all aspects of clinical safety e.g. potential overdose, pertinent to a high-risk environment. You will be responsible for contributing to the targets set by Forward Trust and the local commissioners, providing supervision. One of the key targets will be measuring outcomes, so cooperative working relationships with other partner agencies is vital to this role. Some flexibility of delivery may be required to enable continuity of care for the client group. There will be occasions when the post holder will be expected to cover for the SMS Manager in his/her absence. This post holder will also be responsible for nurturing the culture of continued learning and service development.
Role details
Please note this is a part time role of 21 hours.
The Ideal Candidate
Essential
Qualifications
* RMN or RGN at degree level (or equivalent) with Current UK Registration
* Evidence of continuing personal development/Revalidation and post-registration
* Training in the nursing care, assessment and treatment of substance misuse clients
* Evidence of Health Service Management
Skills
* Ability to work with minimal supervision.
* Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
* Sound clinical knowledge.
* Ability to lead and develop teams.
* Ability to provide and coordinate clinical and management supervision
* Ability to lead and facilitate decision-making processes
* Organisational skills
* Assessment skills, including an understanding of risk assessments.
* Ability to work within a Recovery model.
* Understanding of relapse prevention model.
* Ability to work in partnership with other agencies.
* 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.
* Flexibility to travel to other sites
Knowledge/ Experience
* Experience and understanding of the substance misuse sector.
* Awareness of health issues relating to substance misuse.
#J-18808-Ljbffr