Addiction Specialist Doctor

2 weeks ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Humankind Charity Full time

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join Humankind Charity as an Addiction Specialist Doctor. As a key member of our team, you will play a crucial role in delivering and maintaining excellent clinical practice in addiction services.

Main Duties of the Job

  • Work in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team in developing and delivering prescribing treatment modalities for service users.
  • Prescribe cost-effectively and according to best practice, providing prescribing information and advice to Pharmacists, Shared Care GPs, and hospital teams.
  • Support colleagues through individual clinical reviews as requested, to support discussion and the development of a safe and effective treatment plan.
  • Deliver health promotion and harm reduction interventions in a client-centred manner, including safer sex, contraception, nutrition, and healthy living.
  • Liaise with all agencies delivering services to or sharing care of clients, including sharing care with GPs for Service Users in Shared Care Services.
  • Lead on complex, appropriately assigned alcohol detoxification assessments for individuals who have decompensated liver disease and tolerance to diazepam.
  • Provide prescribing information and advice to Pharmacy and Shared Care GPs.
  • Review service users with complex physical co-morbidities, including decompensated liver disease, the older population, end-stage COPD, and end-of-life care, working with wider partnerships in outside specialist services.
  • Participate in external and internal subgroups, taking responsibility for the production or co-production of plans and reports as requested.
  • Work with service users with complex polypharmacy usage, including illicit, over-the-counter (OTC), and prescription-only medication (POM).
  • Undertake doctor-only specific clinics as needed for the service, including the oversight and of prescribing for those presenting with complexity, and off-formulary prescribing.
  • Undertake the initial review, triage, and ongoing support of complex dual diagnosis/presentation, including pregnancy and young people.
  • Provide specialist advice in the management of misuse of POM opioid analgesia to primary care colleagues and wider internal clinical teams.

About Us

Humankind is one of England's most successful home-grown charities. We provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential.

Person Specification

Experience

  • Addiction Specialist Doctor with extensive experience in addictions, with either completed training in general practice or psychiatry.
  • Experience of assessing, diagnosing, and clinically managing the needs of people using substances, to include meeting the clinical and psychosocial needs according to best practice and organisational policy.
  • Experience of carrying out general healthcare, including BBV, phlebotomy, health promotion/harm reduction interventions, advice, and information.

Qualifications

  • Registered with a license to practice on the GMC register.

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