Recovery & Harm Reduction Specialist

North London NHS Foundation Trust; Enfield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

North London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated team member to support a multidisciplinary drug treatment service in Enfield. You will assess, manage risks, and co-produce care plans with service users, including those on opioid substitution therapy, while liaising with pharmacies and GP practices.

The role emphasizes safeguarding, collaboration with partner agencies, and delivering person-centred care across treatment pathways to improve health outcomes.

Responsibilities

• To work as a member of a multidisciplinary team actively participating in team meetings, group supervision and clinical team meetings.
• To manage a caseload of service users with complex needs, completing comprehensive assessments, risk management and treatment plans, as well as co-produced care plans with service users.
• To work with service users who are in Opioid Substitute treatment substitute and non opiate. This includes testing service users for illicit drug use, liaising with pharmacies regarding dispensing and supervised consumption, GP liaison and producing/issuing prescriptions under the supervision of a medical prescriber.
• To adhere to local safeguarding protocols to safeguard children and vulnerable adults, including the completion of safeguarding assessment tools, referrals to social services and producing reports.
• To work effectively with partner agencies and other professionals to ensure a joined up approach to treatment and care planning, We find the time to listen and talk when it is needed, make the effort to understand and get on and do the small things that mean so much - not because we are asked to but because we care.
• Improving lives We strive to improve health and well-being and people's experiences of the NHS. We value excellence and professionalism wherever we find it - in the everyday things that make people's lives better as much as in clinical practice, service improvements and innovation.
• To work as an effective member of the multidisciplinary team actively participating in team meetings, group supervision and clinical team meetings
• To manage a caseload of service users with complex needs, completing comprehensive assessments, risk management and treatment plans, as well as co-produced care plans with service users.
• To work with service users who are in Opioid Substitute treatment substitute. This includes testing service users for illicit drug use, liaising with pharmacies regarding dispensing and supervised consumption, GP liaison and producing/issuing prescriptions under the supervision of a medical prescriber.
• To adhere to local safeguarding protocols to safeguard children and vulnerable adults, including the completion of safeguarding assessment tools, referrals to social services and producing reports
• To work effectively with partner agencies and other professionals to ensure a joined up approach to treatment and care planning<br/>We earn the trust that is placed in us by insisting on quality and striving to get the basics right every time - safety, confidentiality, professional and managerial integrity, accountability, dependable service and good communication. We welcome feedback, learn from our mistakes and build on our success.

Job description

North London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated team member to support a multidisciplinary drug treatment service in Enfield. You will assess, manage risks, and co-produce care plans with service users, including those on opioid substitution therapy, while liaising with pharmacies and GP practices.

The role emphasizes safeguarding, collaboration with partner agencies, and delivering person-centred care across treatment pathways to improve health outcomes.