Health and Wellbeing Nurse

NHS; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Health and Well-being Nurse in Harrogate, where you'll support individuals with addictions. In this pivotal role, you'll deliver evidence-based care, assess health needs, and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to provide excellent support and intervention for recovery.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension

Annual leave on your Birthday

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

Qualifications

• Previous experience in addictions.
• Engagement in clinical supervision.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality evidence-based care.
• Conduct nursing health assessments for service users.
• Develop and implement nursing care plans.

Skills

Ability to prioritize and organize own workload

Wound care knowledge

Experience of handling and administering Controlled drugs

Job description

Do you want to be part of something special? Do you want to make a big difference to the lives of individuals who are experiencing multiple disadvantages? Then come and join our Outstanding in all areas service - CQC 2019.

Whilst working as a Health and Well-being Nurse you will be working as part of multi-disciplinary team, delivering high quality specialist treatment to service users, in line with NICE-based protocols for the management of substance misuse.

The post holder will support community detoxes for both alcohol and opiate, enabling Service Users (SU) to gain recovery and exit treatment.

The post holder will be expected to deliver health and well-being reviews, harm reduction interventions, health promotion and be an advocate for SU to access long term condition support. They will promote active recovery and better health for all.

The post holder will assist in BBV screening and Hepatitis B vaccinations of SU, as part of the district wide harm reduction strategy, and assist in the development and targeted nursing interventions that aim to improve the management of long term conditions among this specific population. They will promote opportunities for recovery-based outcomes and sustained recovery from dependent and problematic substance misuse

The Health and Wellbeing Nurse will act as a liaison resource and provide support to colleagues in the delivery of alcohol or substance misuse interventions and treatments. Alongside championing public health initiatives.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver high quality evidence based care.
• Assess, plan, implement, evaluate care for SU.
• Involvement in multi-disciplinary / inter-agency care planning to support care provision for those identified with complex health needs.
• Support coordination of primary care, mental health and substance use services for the SU to empower their recovery
• Conform to NMC professional codes of conduct.
• To engage in Safeguarding as required.

Communication and Relationships

• Maintain patient records in line with NHS standards.
• Provide appropriate clinical information and assessment to support SU.
• Work collaboratively with Waythrough staff to deliver a recovery package for SU and enable progression in treatment and detoxes both alcohol and opiate.

  Analytical, Planning and Organisational

  • Respond effectively to emergency situations which require a rapid nursing response intervention.
  • Analyse investigative results provide judgement on clinical problems which require further investigation, treatment or referral and develop appropriate treatment plans with SU.
  • Assess and support a SU who expresses suicidal ideation, liaise with appropriate services to support SU.
  • Determine appropriate response to crisis situations.
  • Manage competing priorities and react to unforeseen circumstances, incidents, and emergency situations.
  • Work within a demanding and high emotion environment with challenging patients which requires compassion and empathy.
  Participate in audits.

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
• 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

We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.

We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

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.

Job responsibilities

The Health and Wellbeing Nurse will complete a nursing health assessment on all SU accessing support and treatment from NYH. This will include collecting information, completing investigations, interpreting results and liaising with others as deemed required.

Long term health conditions may require the Nurse devising and implementing a nursing care plan with the SU, with regular planned reviews.

The nurse will be provided with specialist CPD to gain competencies in alcohol detoxification and will play a key part in the monitoring of medicated detoxes.

The nurse will also be pivotal in the role out of depot opiate substitute medication ensuring it is administered in line with CD governance.

The nurse will be a pivotal member in the completion of fibroscanning for liver disease and support the HCV Lead in providing Hepatitis C treatment across Harrogate and Northallerton.

The nurse will work closely with the wider clinical team within NYH but also key healthcare partners - GP's, acute trust, Specialist nurses and EOL care to ensure safe, effective care is provided to our SU.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Previous experience in addictions

Knowledge

• Awareness of clincial governance
• Demonstrates skills in identifying and managing risk
• Understanding of health inequalities and how it impacts health outcomes
• Understanding local and national key documents and their impact on health care delivery

Skills

• Ability to prioritse and organise own workload
• Wound care knowledge
• Experience of handling and administering Controlled drugs

Experience

• Engages in clinical supervision
• Experience of working as part of a multiple discioplinary team.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Working to PGD's
• Chronic disease/minor injuries experience

Other requirements

• Pleasent professional attitude
• Holds a UK driving license
• Ability to work in a choallenging environment
• Flexibility in being able to travel between hubs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.