Non Medical Prescriber

Livewell Southwest; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Plymouth seeks a Non-medical Prescriber to join their substance use service. Candidates must be registered nurses with experience in non-medical prescribing and a strong understanding of substance misuse treatments. This role involves assessing client needs, prescribing medication, and supporting service development. Competitive salary offered.

Benefits

Protected CPD time

Training pathways

Funding for qualifications

Qualifications

• Experience of Non-medical prescribing.
• Evidence of managing team members.
• Knowledge of substance misuse work.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate a prescribing caseload.
• Assess, diagnose, and implement prescribing interventions.
• Support the service manager in running the service.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Good time management

Flexibility

Expert clinical community nursing skills

Management of Change

Education

Registered Nurse

Nurse Prescriber

Degree or Diploma

Teaching qualification

Tools

Budgetary awareness

Job description

Livewell community substance use services are seeking to recruit a Non-medical prescriber to joinour team of prescribers working within Livewell southwest in partnership withHarbour Drug and Alcohol services. This is an exciting opportunity to develop knowledge and skills of working in a specialist fieldoffering prescribing for clients who use drugs and alcohol. There has been considerable investment in substance use services enabling the service to develop our offer, including psychological and pharmacological treatments, including Buvidal.

Working within a team of specialist doctors, non-medicalprescribers, community pharmacists and Harbour staff, the role will involve assessments of prescribingneeds within the field of drug and alcohol work. It will also include beingable to assess and prescribe where appropriate, opiate substitute treatments(OST) interventions but also benzodiazepine reductions and opiatedetoxifications and relapse prevention medications in line with medications inRecovery.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will prescribe for clients open to Harbour with a keyworker, working closely with Harbour to achieve best treatment outcomes and to maintain safe prescribing and reduce substance misuse related harm. The post will require service development and leadership skills.

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route; please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values, kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Job responsibilities

TheNon-Medical prescriber will form part of the prescribing team at Harbour as partof Livewell services. Their role will be to manage andcoordinate a Prescribing caseload within the complex lives system. To beresponsible for assessing, diagnosing, implementing and planning a prescribingintervention, ensuring both psychical, mental health, social needs are assessedalongside psycho-social intervention and, to provide expert advice and clinicalsupport whilst promoting the effective and efficient delivery of high-qualityservice within the local community

The role will involve supporting the service manager in the running ofservice. To manage and prioritise a defined caseload anddelegate where appropriate.In the absence of the Clinical lead/ Head of service,has a responsibility to Co-ordinate the wider team.To participate in policy development throughprofessional forums and implement in practice ensuring the clinical practicereflects national and local drivers.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Nurse Prescriber
• Degree or Diploma
• Teaching qualification or
• evidence of teaching at this level.
• Sign off mentor

Experience

• Evidence of managing team members, undertaking line management.
• Experience of Non-medical prescribing
• Budgetary awareness
• experience of working in substance use

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of CQC
• Understanding of community networks and MDT working
• Evidence of Recent study
• Knowledge of substance misuse work

Skills

• Working in substance misuse services, or a good awareness of substance use treatments.
• Good time management
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Prioritisation
• Flexibility
• Expert clinical community nursing skills
• Evidence of using initiative to put innovation into practice.
• Management of Change

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.

Livewell community substance use service manager