Dual Diagnosis Nurse

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom North East London NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Dual Diagnosis Nurse - WF Single Point of Assessment

Employer North East London NHS Foundation Trust Location London Salary £43,742 to £50,056 a year pa (plus HCAS) Closing date 13 May 2024

Specialist Health/Social Care Dual Diagnosis Worker

An opportunity has arisen for a specialist post working across health and social care with clients presenting with complex health and social care needs often with multifactorial diagnoses. You will be based across several teams and deliver high quality care to the wider community. This will mean producing high quality work in terms of the Care Act Assessment, an understanding of CPA as well as associated legislation. You will be assisting worker mangers and senior staff with challenging cases in terms of dual diagnoses and the ability to respond promptly to crises as well as hospital discharges. You will need excellent clinical case management skills and may have to carry a small caseload of highly challenging and often risky cases.

Reporting to a Team Manager you will help reshape the way we deliver services to our clients in a post COVID world. This will involve working to improve the life chances of those with complex needs in terms of employment, accommodation, meaningful activities as well as person centred services utilising best practise. You will have excellent communication skills. This will include producing high quality care plans and working with families and networks against a backdrop of competing demands.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to:
  • Submit brief monthly reports to demonstrate progress/outcomes and highlight issues
  • Work across mental health and substance misuse treatment, linking in with housing teams and CGL ( Change Grow Live)to provide a mental health element to the wrap around support for patients
  • Outreach element with 1-2 days doing home visits with police officers
  • 1 day a week at police station with IOM colleagues
  • 1 day a week at mental health Single Point of Access to do assessments to improve engagement into treatment and early intervention.
  • Supporting into combined mental health and substance misuse treatment and linking in with adult social care, housing, rough sleepers teams as needed to provide a mental health element to the wrap around support for the individual.
  • Significant liaison with adult care management
  • No caseload (or very small focused caseload if decided to be achievable) - scope will be initial engagement and brief intervention and then passing onto teams/key workers
  • Attend monthly partnership meetings to review progress
  • Element of training and teaching

About us

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to attached Job Description and Person Specification

These posts are available for one year.

About you

These roles require an experienced individual, with a proven track record of delivering outstanding care in a pragmatic and sensitive way that matches the needs of a multi-cultural community. Your knowledge of relevant legislation, guidance and procedures will be second to none.

We want people who are team players and can work effectively under pressure. Youll have outstanding communication skills and the ability to engage service users, colleagues and third parties alike.

Were looking for people who want to be part of a leadership team in the adult health and social care service delivering improved life chances for our residents.Do you relish a challenge and the chance to work in new innovative and imaginative ways to ensure our residents are resilient, independent, safe and well? If the answer is yes then wed encourage you to apply

About us

The London Borough of Waltham Forest is fiercely ambitious. We want to make sure each and every one of our residents enjoys a good quality life. Over the past few years, the borough has changed significantly for the better. Good schools, great parks, excellent culture facilities, mass regeneration and budding community entrepreneurship are making it a place that people want to call home..

In line with our ambitions, the Adult Social Care service in Waltham Forest and NELFT has plans to progress to excellence. We want the service to enable the most vulnerable residents to be resilient, independent, safe and well.

High Cost Area Supplement Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of 4,313 and a maximum payment of 5,436).

COVID-19 Vaccination

We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.

Person Specification

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Experience within specific Drugs and alcohol experience

Desirable

  • At least 2 years post qualification

Teaching experience

Essential

  • Evidence of working in mental health settings

Desirable

  • Evidence of teaching experience in Drugs and Alcohol

A.C. as per Person Spec

Essential

  • Experience
  • Skills / Abilities
  • Knowledge
  • Registered / Qualification

Desirable

  • Experience (Desirable)

Pst Experience

Essential

  • Able to work across various services

Desirable

  • Evidence of professional development

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Jane Atkinson Centre

714 Forest Road Walthamstow

London

E174AD

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