Bank Substance Misuse Nurse/hospital DACT

3 weeks ago

Bishop Auckland, United Kingdom Spectrum Community Health CIC Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join a new Drug and Alcohol Care Team (DACT) providing in-reach support to adult mental health inpatients in County Durham / Darlington. Aim of the team is to develop a holistic and proactive partnership approach to support those experiencing mental ill health and drug and/or alcohol issues.

Through reinvestment moneys from OHID able to engage a bank band 6 substance misuse nurse to work with the acute service in Durham, established Alcohol Care Team within the local hospital and community substance misuse services. Support ward staff to enable continuity of care for both opiate replacement therapies and alcohol dependent users. Advise on induction, continuation regimes and facilitating continuation of community detoxes once discharged. Promote engagement with substance misuse services within the SU local area.

Cover three hospitals in Durham, in charge of a small team of clinical staff and service user experience workers. The role will form liaison between acute and community services promoting recovery and engagement.

Provide professional advice, promote community provision to the service users to promote engagement. Deliver after care interventions and supporting service users on the ward and once back in the community.

The role will perform a level of education and training to share best practice and increase acute services of substance misuse needs and treatment options.

Main duties of the job

Provide professional advice to colleagues within the acute services.

Promote engagement with OST or alcohol treatments

Enhance delivery of community detox options

Promote after care medications and engagement with aftercare medications

Liaise between acute and community service to enhance service delivery

Promote alcohol knowledge and harm reduction with service users and professionals

Community detox preparation and engagement, with support from acute and community services.

About us

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.

Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you

Access to NHS Pension Annual leave on your Birthday Welcome payment for some posts Refer a friend scheme Training and Development opportunities Flexible Working Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes Up to 33 days annual leave

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.

We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.

Our Mission

Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities

Our Vision

Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people's lives, regardless of circumstances.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the advertised role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RNA/RNMH/RNLD

Desirable

Educated to diploma level or above Specific misuse qualification (certificate in addiction studies, certificate in management of substance misuse) The post holder is required to be a qualified NMP.

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness of social context of substance misuse Awareness of the principles of audit Up to date knowledge of relevant prescribing guidelines Understanding of complexities of recovery-oriented substance misuse treatment and the constrictions and opportunities inherent in the primary care sector Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

Understanding of substance misuse services available in the local public and voluntary services.

Experience

Essential

Previous experience of working with substance misusing clients Previous experience of assessing clients and prescribing safely and effectively and to best practice to meet clinical and psychosocial need Previous experience of carrying out general health care assessments, and delivering health promotion/harm reduction interventions, advice and information. Experience of clinical supervision

Desirable

Previous experience of entering information onto an electronic / clinical database. Experience of audit. Multi-agency working within the public and voluntary sector.

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