Community Addictions Nurse

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a band 5 or 6 nurse in the Wandsworth Community Drug and Alcohol Service. This role focuses on providing high-quality recovery-oriented care in a dynamic environment, supporting clients with addiction issues. The Trust offers excellent career progression opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Generous pay, pensions and leave

Flexible working options

Career development programmes

Keyworker housing available

NHS discounts on retail brands

Counselling services

Wellbeing events

Long service awards

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Childcare vouchers

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a focus on drug and alcohol recovery.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary team settings is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Case management and key-working with clients facing drug and alcohol issues.
• Conduct ongoing assessments and develop care plans.

Skills

Motivation

Caring

Creativity

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Job description

You will work within the Wandsworth Community Drug and Alcohol Service (WCDAS) to case manage and key-work a defined caseload of clients presenting with any drug or alcohol problem within the Borough and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of clinical care through individual care-planning and in liaison with the multidisciplinary team.

This is a consortium partnership comprised of We Are With You, St Mungo's, CDARS and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) with SLaM being the lead agency in this model. This is a cross-borough contract since 1st April 2020 covering Richmond and Wandsworth with shared leadership and specialist roles as well as local core services.

We provide an excellent and first-class range of drug and alcohol treatment options to residents of Wandsworth and Richmond. Our services are busy and dynamic, with a strong recovery focus. We currently operate across several sites in the two boroughs plus various satellites including in primary care.

About The Team

Wandsworth Community Drug and Alcohol Service is part of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), within the Addictions Clinical Academic Group. The Trust provides recognised high-quality learning and development opportunities as well as offering the chance to be involved in research projects through the Institute of Psychiatry and globally respected Addictions Department.

About The Role

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, caring and creative people to come and join us and work within an exciting and fast paced environment that provides high quality addictions and recovery care to a diverse service user group. We are looking to recruit a band 5 or 6 nurse to 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.

Some Of Our Benefits Are Highlighted Here

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
  
  

Other Benefits Include

• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants
  
  

We look forward to receiving your application

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Naomi Leist Job title: Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02032281777