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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Erith; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for Community Addictions Nurses to join the Bexley Community Drug and Alcohol Service. Roles include leading care package management, coordinating person-centred care, and delivering CBT-based therapy to adults with drug and alcohol issues.

Development posts at Band 5 with progression to Band 6 are available, with core competencies and preceptorship; training toward Addiction-related and Non-Medical Prescribing may be provided.

Qualifications

• Nurse from any discipline eligible for development/ Band 5 post.
• Band 5 development posts may progress to Band 6 with core competency training.
• Willingness to undertake Addiction-specific training and potential Non-Medical Prescribing training.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical management of care packages for service users.
• Coordinate and monitor delivery of person-centred healthcare.
• Deliver individual and group CBT-based therapy.
• Provide physical care including alcohol assessments, BBV interventions, pabrinex and medication administration.
• Incorporate harm reduction interventions and collaborate with multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Nursing

Community health

Flexibility

Education

Nurse registration (RN)

Job description

Community Addictions Nurse | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: development post, salary dependant on experience and knowledge

Bexley Community Drug and Alcohol Service (Pier Road Project) are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, caring, and creative nurses from any discipline to come and join us. You will be working within an exciting and fast paced environment that provides high quality addictions and recovery care to a diverse service user group. The service is a partnership between NHS and voluntary services, and we work as a single service to get the highest quality of outcomes for residents over the age of 18 in Bexley.

We are looking to recruit a nurses from any discipline into a Band 5 developmental post or experienced Band 6 to be core members 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.

TheBand 5 posts are development posts and are not solely restricted to mental health background, we welcome applications from nurses of any discipline and have worked in for example general medicine, GP surgeries, learning difficulties, sexual health etc at band 5 or higher to apply. Subject to meeting core competencies and completing where appropriate our preceptorship programmes we would look to support the post holder to transition to a Band 6 role with the expectation that they then continue their professional development with Addiction specific training and moving towards undertaking Non-Medical Prescribing Training.

To lead the clinical management of a care package to individuals who use our services, as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.

To 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. To promote shared decision making with service user/relatives/carers, as appropriate, in terms of involvement in all aspects of their care.

To deliver individual and group therapy utilising CBT skills.

To ensure provision of the necessary physical care to help people who use our services i.e.: alcohol assessments, BBV interventions, pabrinex, medication administration physical observations.

Harm reduction interventions

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust(SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Richmond and Wandsworth

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust