Band 7 Non Medical Prescriber

Location: Sittingbourne

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum plus benefits

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Part Time

The post holder will contribute to, and be responsible for, ensuring the most effective and best use of staff and all clinical and non-clinical resources. The post-holder will be responsible for the delivery and monitoring of high standards of nursing care to patients assessed and admitted to the service according to their clinical needs, and in accordance with up-to-date evidence-based practice and relevant clinical protocol and policies, in particular the Medically Assisted Treatment Service. The post holder needs to be thoroughly familiar with all aspects of security and safety consistent with working within a custodial framework. The post holder will also have responsibility to implement and monitor comprehensive assessments for those patients admitted to the service with substance misuse issues. Ensure reduced waiting times and improve access throughout this prison population for all patients in need of a substance misuse treatment/psychosocial programmes and ensuring continuity of care when discharged back into the community in line with local and national guidelines.

He/she will manage a specialist substance misuse prescribing service and offer nursing advice regarding substance misuse related issues to nursing colleagues in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the plan of care for patient referred to this specialist service. This includes advice on treatment options including the full array of substitute prescribing, symptomatic management, the management of alcohol withdrawals and detoxification, advice on titration, dispensing of medication including controlled drugs, and managing all aspects of clinical safety e.g. potential overdose, pertinent to a high-risk environment.

You will be responsible for contributing to the targets set by Forward Trust and the local commissioners, providing supervision. One of the key targets will be measuring outcomes, so co-operative working relationships with other partner agencies is vital to this role. Some flexibility of delivery may be required to enable continuity of care for the client group. There will be occasions when the post holder will be expected to cover for the SMS Manager in his/her absence. This post holder will also be responsible for nurturing the culture of continued learning and service development.

Please note this is a part time role of 21 hours.

The Ideal Candidate

Please see below a list of skills and experience needed for this role.

Essential:

Qualifications

• RMN or RGN at degree level (or equivalent) with Current UK Registration
• Evidence of continuing personal development/Revalidation and post-registration
• training in the nursing care, assessment and treatment substance misuse clients
• Evidence of Health Service Management.

Skills:

• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Sound clinical knowledge.
• Ability to lead and develop teams.
• Ability to provide and co-ordinate clinical and management supervision
• Ability to lead and facilitate decision-making processes
• Organisational skills
• Assessment skills, including an understanding of risk assessments.
• Ability to work within a Recovery model.
• Understanding of relapse prevention model.
• Ability to work in partnership with other agencies.
• Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally
• sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person.
• Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good
• communication skills.
• Flexibility to travel to other sites

Knowledge/ Experience:

• Experience and understanding of the substance misuse sector.
• Awareness of health issues relating to substance misuse.
• 5 years post-registration experience
• 2 years in Substance Misuse at minimum band 6 level
• Experience of working within prison/secure setting.
• Experience of key working and care planning.
• Experience of managing multidisciplinary staff.
• Experience in multi-agency working and training
• Experience of health service management
• Experience of reporting maintenance requirements

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits:

• Flexible working
• Training and development opportunities
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays 
• Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter 
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) 
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

https://careers.forwardtrust.org.uk/vacancies/224/band-7-non-medical-prescriber--sittingbourne.html

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