Health & Wellbeing Nurse

2 weeks ago

Gloucester, United Kingdom Via Full time

Job summary

ViaGloucestershire are expanding our clinical team and hiring Health and WellbeingNurses.

TheRole

We arelooking to recruit Registered Nurses with a passion for working with people whouse substances. Flexible work and job share solutions are available to supportwork life balance and Via offer a host of great, sector leading benefits,including payment for professional registration fees.

We have afull time and part time post, working Monday to Friday in our busy communityservices, providing front line clinical care to people who access treatment.

Main duties of the job

Working withindividuals who use alcohol or drugs offers you the opportunity to make a realdifference in the lives of individuals who are often some of the mostvulnerable and stigmatised people in our communities. No two days are the same,you will work with creative and passionate colleagues focused on supportingpeople in their recovery journey.

Theclosing date for applications is Sunday 8 December at midnight. However, we are reviewing applications on arolling basis and encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

About us

Adult Drug and AlcoholServices across Gloucestershire transferred to Via on 1stApril2024. The role is part of Vias structure and provides a great opportunity tobuild on existing service strengths, drive new developments and make a positiveimpact as part of this new contract.

Location

The full-timepost will be based at Gloucester, and the part time post at Cheltenham however,there is some flexibility for the right candidate as there is a requirement tocover other hubs/satellites.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role Purpose

To deliver excellent drug and alcohol services to those who use our services and theirsignificant others, including family members friends and carers, to facilitate positive outcomes.

Where indicated, undertake community alcohol detoxification, support Opiate detoxification and titration in the community and refer for specialist inpatient services including liaising with hospital and inpatient unit staff.

Support outreach work across the borough, particularly around alcohol misuse.

Lead on Harm Reduction approaches within the service, including helping to reduce the spread of BBVs via testing and immunization schemes.

Deliver general healthcare support, including Wound Care, ECGs, healthcareassessments, and other similar activity.

Undertake basic life support and anaphylaxis training so you are confident and competent to manage a medical emergency including the administration of emergency drugs.

Key duties and activities of the role

Provide high quality, person centred, low threshold services, responding to the individual and diverse needs and preferences of people and their significant others.

Deliver evidence-based clinical and psychosocial one-to-one and group interventions as part of an effectively integrated care package. Take an assertive approach toservice user disengagement.

Deliver harm reduction advice, guidance and education. To include blood borne virus interventions screening, vaccination and treatment access, and overdose prevention including naloxone programs, health and wellbeing screening brief and facilitated signposting and referral to partner services, including primary care.

Enable people to access education and employment services and health, wellbeing and recovery support activities and to signpost to other available services.

Support students, volunteers, peer mentors and service user representatives to take an active part in Via services.

Identify risks and take appropriate action in accordance with local, national and organisational Safeguarding policies, contributing to multi-disciplinary review meetings.

Maintain accurate and timely records using the designated case management system in compliance with Via Information Governance policies and procedures.

Work flexibly, including across multiple sites and peripatetically when required.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Passion for and understanding of working with substance misuse services or with other socially excluded or vulnerable groups. With a proven ability to meet deadlines, record information accurately and in a timely way and to work calmly under pressure. Great team working, communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrating a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues and the whole team to deliver Service objectives, as well as in working directly with people and their significant others. Demonstrable ability to deliver an excellent quality level of service to people with complex needs. This includes the ability to work with people on a one-to one basis or to facilitate group sessions, to be able to complete assessments, care and support plans, risk assessments and to complete case recording to a high standard and in a timely way. Good IT skills including use of Microsoft Office programs and digital meeting platforms and Case Management Systems like Nebula, System One or Theseus. A demonstrable understanding of the Health and Social Care regulatory requirements of the Care Quality Commission - CQC, National Institute for Clinical Excellence standards for Health and Social Care and any other relevant bodies. Demonstrable commitment to working in partnership with other professionals such as criminal justice agencies, community groups and other stakeholders to achieve good outcomes for people. The ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in different settings, written, spoken, presented, etc and to different groups of people.

Qualifications

Essential

Registered nurse (RMN, RGN or Learning Disabilities Nurse) with a current active PIN number.

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