Substance Misuse Practitioner

Northamptonshire Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust

East Midlands

Presencial

GBP 32.000 - 39.000

Jornada completa

Hace 9 días

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Descripción de la vacante

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Band 5 role within Integrated Substance Misuse Services in a secured setting. You will deliver psychosocial interventions, support harm reduction and work closely with prescribers to optimise patient care in a prison environment.

You will assess needs, formulate care plans, participate in reviews and contribute to training junior staff while maintaining high standards of documentation and safety.

Formación

Evidence of required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards.
Experience delivering structured psychosocial and clinical interventions.
Experience working in prison or secured settings.
Ability to deliver structured group-based interventions.
Excellent communication, record-keeping and documentation skills.

Responsabilidades

Carry a psychosocial caseload with assessment, care-planning, implementation and evaluation.
Lead or co-facilitate group work related to substance misuse and offending behaviour.
Liaise with internal and external services within prison and community for through-care.
Assist dispensing as second check for controlled drugs in substance misuse.
Support Peer Mentor scheme through supervision and training involvement.

Conocimientos

CBT

Motivational Interviewing

RCGP1

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

Descripción del empleo

Closing date: 02 November 2026

Job summary

To participate in providing the successful and effective delivery of the Integrated Substance Misuse Services within Secured Services, delivering best practice psychosocial interventions to support the patients' recovery journey.

To provide high quality patient care with a strong focus towards harm reduction and health promotion / recovery agendas through comprehensive assessment, care-planning, implementation and evaluation of care for people with substance misuse problems.

Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.

Main duties of the job

To carry a psychosocial caseload with responsibility for assessing, care-planning, implementing and evaluating patient care.
To undertake comprehensive assessment of patients needs following referral to the service and completion formulations to advise patient care.
To lead/co-facilitate group work relevant to substance misuse and offending behaviour.
To effectively liaise and develop links with services, both internal and external, within the prison setting and in the community to establish effective through care and after care pathways.
To act as a second check and signatory in the dispensing of controlled drugs in relation to substance misuse.
To aid and support the Peer Mentor scheme through supervision of the peer mentors and involvement in recruitment and training.
To provide information and advice about drugs, alcohol, smoking cessation and related issues, to include blood-borne viruses and safer sex.
To work in conjunction with the prescriber, attending 13 week reviews and SMS complex case meetings to ensure appropriate patient clinical care.
To devise care plans, formulating from assessment and implement and review on a regular basis, in-line with patient needs.

About us

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

Details

Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year pa pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 270-TH456-HMPRAN

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for a caseload of patients with a diverse range of substance misuse treatment needs, and to provide a comprehensive package of care that includes reference to both psychosocial and pharmacological treatments including Methadone, Espranor, Buvidal, Naltrexone, Acamprosate and Disulfiram.
To work within an wider integrated healthcare team to ensure the best standards of care for patients. This includes joint working with primary care, mental health and pharmacy colleagues.
To ensure continuity of case by effectively plan for patient discharge and prison transfer and/or release in conjunction with community services. To ensure appropriate transfer of patient information and management of highlighted patient risks including facilitating take-home naloxone training.
To obtain clinical observations on patients to support safer prescribing decisions and monitor withdrawal. This includes obtaining urine drug samples and screening for blood-borne viruses.
To provide information, advice and guidance on a range of issues relating to substance misuse, including overdose and tolerance, harm reduction, specific substance awareness and safer injecting.
To plan, deliver and train junior staff in evidence-based psychosocial interventions via one-to-one and group sessions.
To be actively involved in appraisal systems, clinical and managerial supervision, and be active in identifying aims and objectives for personal development to meet department objectives. This includes remaining up-to-date with any and all mandatory and role-specific training.
To assess and respond to patients at risk of suicide using the appropriate interventions, including the prison service's ACCT process.

Person Specification

Essential

The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards
Evidence of equivalent training and experience within in the provision of structured psychosocial and clinical interventions, including CBT, Motivational Interviewing skills, RCGP1, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy etc
Appropriate years' experience in prison or community related substance misuse multi-disciplinary work. This could include substantial voluntary work
Experience of delivering structured group-based interventions
Experience of working in a prison or other secured setting
Understanding of the clinical guidelines regarding substance misuse treatment in prisons
Able to assess and evaluate risk in relation to substance misuse and mental health-related needs
Excellent level of communication skills, including written and verbal communication, record-keeping and accurate documentation
Able to manage a personal caseload of patients with diverse substance misuse, physical and mental health needs
Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, including with healthcare, prison and community partners

Desirable

Experience of supporting administration of medication as a second signatory
Understanding of a range of treatment options available, including knowledge of evidence-based approaches to Psychosocial Interventions
Either a current professional registration e.g. O.T, Social Work, Counselling and/or relevant experience in Drug and Alcohol Counselling

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.

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