Please Note: A Full UK Driving License and Access to a Vehicle is an Essential Requirement.
At Turning Point, we have been supporting people for over 60 years.
As a community based Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP) or Pharmacist Prescriber at our Wiltshire Recovery team, Connect, youll make a real difference by empowering and enabling people to change. Passionate about people, youll receive support to enhance your own life too, as you make the role your own in a friendly and multidisciplinary team.
Our integrated community drug and alcohol service offers support to individuals across Herefordshire in the West Midlands. You will work within a busy prescribing service under the supervision of our Clinical Services Manager and Clinical Lead, alongside our Clinical Team, Team Leaders, specialist Recovery Workers and Volunteers to improve the wellbeing of a wide range of individuals.
Role Responsibility
* Involved with opiate substitute treatment (OST) interventions, alcohol and opiate detoxifications, and relapse prevention medications.
* Providing support for health care assessments, administering detoxification medication and IM thiamine, completing detoxification assessments.
* Providing Blood Borne Virus (BBV) screening and vaccinations, and working closely with mental health, physical health and social care services.
* Leading the prescribing of Injectable buprenorphine throughout Wiltshire.
* Creating a collaborative approach linking Turning Point with outside professionals and agencies.
* Attending local prescriber meetings, one-to-one clinical supervision, and national prescriber/clinician meetings for learning and professional development.
Full training and supervision is provided by our Clinical Services Manager and Clinical Lead. You will have the opportunity to help shape service delivery and contribute to delivering clinically excellent services.
As an employee you will have access to RCNi for revalidation, indemnity insurance and support from the Clinical Lead, Clinical Services Manager, Turning Points Head of Nursing and Head of Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy Services.
Qualifications
Registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council or qualified Pharmacist and already a qualified independent prescriber. Confident managing all aspects of prescribing for opiates and managing alcohol detoxifications.
Excellent communicator, highly organised, able to develop support packages that are creative, flexible, and tailored. Can stay on top of a busy service and use resources and support around to achieve great outcomes.
Must be able to run planned clinics and deliver interventions throughout various Wiltshire locations and outreach activities, including some out of hours. Ability to work flexibly, own a car and travel is essential.
Benefits
We provide 33 days paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 35 days. Option to buy additional holidays.
Other benefits include access to RCNi, indemnity insurance, and ongoing professional development support.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
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