Substance Misuse Nurse- GP Shared Care
Location
Brighton, East Sussex | United Kingdom
Job description
Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.
Our Nurses play an integral part in Change Grow Lives mission to help people change the direction of their lives, to grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you would offer specialist clinical interventions to people who use our services.
This is an excellent opportunity for an energetic and passionate Substance Misuse Nurse to help shape our vision in how we provide clinical services to individuals whose lives have been affected by drugs and alcohol.
Where: Brighton
When: We’re looking to get the right people into the team ASAP
Hours: 37.5hrs per week
Salary : 36,635.38 - 42,743.46 CGL Points 33 to 39 dependent on experience
The GP shared Care Substance Misuse Nurse role is a varied one, the successful candidate will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team, offering specialist clinical interventions to people who use our services. For information on GP shared care role specifics, please see attached information.
About the role:
- Undertake physical and mental health assessments for people who access our services when indicated by clinical need and ensure appropriate sign posting/referral to primary care or appropriate secondary health care services for identified health issues
- Work with the Shared Care GP to support service users to achieve
sustainable recovery - Provide education, health promotion and screening for blood borne viruses (BBV). Provide Hepatitis B vaccinations when indicated
- Contribute to CGL’s Naloxone Strategy by training staff and service users in the use of Naloxone. Ensuring Naloxone is distributed to service users at every opportunity
- Communicate with local GPS’s where applicable in relation to
substance misuse treatment in Primary Care. - Ensure that procedures are constantly reviewed to promote best practice and evidenced based practice in accordance with UK Guidelines on Clinical Management, NICE guidance, and CGL clinical protocols and procedures
- Provide harm reduction advice to injecting service users, providing information and equipment and ensure all equipment is disposed of safely
- Record and input client data and information in order that the service operates within contractual, administrative, and financial requirements
About you:
- First level registered nurse with recent relevant post qualification experience and a current PIN
- Relevant recent experience of working within drug and alcohol treatment (desirable but not essential)
- Sound and demonstrable knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions
- Ability to assess and recovery plan service users and formulate written
reports, as necessary - Clinical auditing skills to inform evaluation of the service and identify areas for development
- Employ a professional, empathetic, and non-judgmental attitude towards
service users and all stakeholders - An understanding of the importance of professional integrity in relationships with service users, peers, and other relevant professionals
In our services no two days are the same. Every person who comes into our service is treated as an individual, so understanding the importance of a whole person approach along with being curious, a good listener, a clinically robust practitioner and having a flexible approach are essential skills.
Please see job description and role specifics for more details
We want to support you to recognise and achieve your goals:
- We hold regular national nurse and HCA forums, and you will have regular 1:1s and appraisals
- We actively support our nurses with revalidation with protected continuing professional development time, which totals up to 6 days per year.
- We also have a wide range of educational opportunities including free access to the RCNi learning platform and we pay for your NMC fee
- We offer you the opportunity to use the government backed Apprenticeship Levy fund to develop nursing practice in line with your specific role
- All our team members are encouraged to take a wellbeing hour every week and access personal well -being resources
- Our nursing pay is competitive with the NHS Agenda for Change pay bands.
We always keep the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to the active involvement of service users in their care and service delivery.
Our values are to be open, be bold and be compassionate. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you so click apply.
Please note that this vacancy may close earlier than planned depending on the volume of applicants.
We only accept direct applications for this post.
CGL points 33 to 39 (£35,226.32 - £41,099.48)
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
8/4/2024
1/4/2024
Claire Lennard |
[email protected] | 07870949375
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
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