Sanctuary Personnel – Ref: 216325 - Band 6 Addictions Nurse
Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews has a locum Band 6 Addictions Nurse role available in Twickenham.
Location: Twickenham
Type of Contract: Locum, 3-Months
Hourly Rate: £34 per hour (assignment rate)
Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week
Benefits of working with us:
- Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
- Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
- Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious Substance Misuse Nursing roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
- Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
- Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a Substance Misuse Nurse and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many Nurses you can refer.
- Professional Development: Working as a locum Substance Misuse Nurse provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Duties:
- Be a core member of the multi-disciplinary team, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning, treatment and support of people with drug and alcohol issues to promote health, independence and recovery
- Discharge professional responsibilities under the Mental Health Act (1983) and revised subsequent act Mental Capacity Act (2005) and the NMC Professional Code of Conduct and SLaM commitments
- Be accountable and responsible for a defined caseload that reflects the priorities of the local population and carry responsibility for the assessment of care needs; under the supervision of the Clinical Lead
- Develop, implement and evaluate evidence based programmes of care; set standards of care and liaise with other agencies
- Take on the role of care co-ordinator to service users, participating in the multi-disciplinary assessment of physical, psychological, mental health and social care needs and offering care to individuals with substance use issues living in the community, by providing nursing skill, perspective and expertise, and promoting the recovery model to service users and their carers
- Ensure that a risk assessment and management plan is completed for service users, especially if there is a history of, or a potential for risk
- Ensure that BBV testing, treatment and where appropriate naloxone are offered to service users at first contact
- Effectively implement recovery based care-plans in collaboration with service users so their needs are best met within the treatment system which may include a successful transfer to the team or site that best meets the service user’s needs
- Help develop and maintain effective joint working arrangements with colleagues in the community mental health services, residential services, primary health care, social services and voluntary services, thus facilitating the co-ordination and comprehensiveness of provision of care, and to provide high quality nursing advice and consultation to colleagues, community groups and organisations
- Participate in the Consortium’s Group Training Program, SLaM mandatory training and the Consortium Duty and Triage rotas as required
- Act in a manner to respect the customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs, actively supporting the individual to fulfil these, and to adhere to all registration professional standards
- Lead the clinical management of a care package to individuals who use our services, as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person centred healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using complex clinical decision making where appropriate and responding to changes in presentation/ situation appropriately
- Promote shared decision making with service user/relatives/carers, as appropriate, in terms of involvement in all aspects of their care
- Deliver individual and group therapy utilising CBT skills
Requirements of the Addictions Nurse:
- Relevant nursing qualification and an active NMC Registration
- Be aware of the potential for vulnerability to abuse amongst the service users/families, and use of the local policy to inform appropriate personnel in line with safeguarding vulnerable adults and children and SLaM
- Registered Nurse with considerable post qualification experience which would include lengthy clinical experience working with people with substance misuse related problems and evidence of commitment to harm reduction interventions)
- Evidence of continuing professional development and training (band 6: relevant to substance misuse work and harm reduction activity)
- Willingness to work towards an NMP qualification if not yet achieved
- Experience and evidence of ability to produce formal written reports, presentations and draft policies for consultation
- Experience of supervising staff or students
- Experience of using word processing and database use as well as a willingness to improve existing skill base
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of liaison with statutory and non-statutory services
- A thorough understanding of harm reduction in relation to injecting behaviour as well as safer sexual practices
- Knowledge of potential physical, psycho-social problems among this client group and appropriate interventions to address them
- Knowledge of crack/stimulant interventions
- Knowledge of PIEDs interventions
- Knowledge of NPS/”club drugs” interventions
Contact:
This Addictions Nurse job is advertised by Jack Dobrucki; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Substance Misuse Nurses who meet the above requirements.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Substance Misuse Nurse role as we need to meet our clients requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
