Independent Prescriber

**Job Reference**

JOB00000540

**Location**

Northwich, Cheshire

**Salary**

£40,151 - £48,172 per annum

**Vacancy Type**

Permanent/Full Time

**Working Hours**

37.5 hours per week - Part time and job share considered

**Application Deadline**

Sunday, June 16, 2024

**Job Summary**

**Are you passionate about joining a high quality and performing service?**

**The Role**

The Medical/ independent prescriber is an important role within the service, providing some leadership, coordination, and delivery of the prescribing and clinical elements within this integrated substance use service.

You will be a registered doctor (Speciality Doctor/ independent prescriber) and will have experience in providing support to ensure that we are consistently offering a high quality, clinically excellent, recovery-focused service to people with problematic substance use.

The doctor in this role should be registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a licence to practice and in good standing. It is not essential for the doctor to have a membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrist for this role. The independent prescriber needs to be registered with their relevant regulatory (NMC or GPhC).

You will provide clinical support to the Via CWAC service staff, and clinical supervision to healthcare staff within the service. You will also provide clinical link and support to GPs and pharmacies involved in the provision of treatment services to people who use substances within CWAC.

You will be an active part of the local management team and contribute to the overall performance of the service to ensure that contractual output targets are achieved. This role is also supported by Via’s central clinical department, for example to receive clinical supervision.

**The Service**

Via CWAC is a fully integrated adult substance misuse service, providing clinical and psychosocial interventions across three treatment hubs located at Chester, Ellesmere Port and Northwich.

This service is an established Community Integrated service that is well performing and highly functioning. It is CQC registered to provide a range of clinical interventions including blood borne virus and other holistic health interventions, opioid substitute treatment, and community detoxification, alongside a comprehensive psychosocial, harm reduction and recovery focused model.

The team actively supports individuals that are directly and indirectly affected by substance use, working with the local community to improve the health, wellbeing and functioning of CWAC residents, irrespective of circumstance.

We have an exciting Medical/ Independent prescribing role for a suitably experienced prescriber to help us to provide specialist, tailored support, for some of the most vulnerable people within our community. This role will allow you to play a key role in developing the specialist substance use clinical treatment offer in CWAC and become an integral part of the local team.

**Location**

Doctor’s with special interest, can apply.

Please note, this is a full-time post, but we would consider part time/job share for the right person/people.

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities - visit our Benefits Package

Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.