Recovery Nurse or Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP) - Roads to Recovery
Non-Medical Prescriber Nurse (NMP) - Up to £57,874 DOE
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Recovery Nurse or Non-Medical Prescriber Nurse (NMP) to join Turning Points CQC Outstanding rated Substance Use Service.
Our Oxfordshire Roads to Recovery Service is an integrated community drug and alcohol service that offers support to individuals across the county. Our Recovery Hubs are based in Oxford, Banbury, Witney and Didcot, and we also deliver services within Shared Care GP Practices across the County. You will work within a supportive multi-disciplinary team with Doctors, Nurses, Clinical Psychologists, Support Workers, Counsellors, and Peer Mentors to improve the well-being of a wide range of service users. We have a large nursing team led by our Nurse Manager, and we are committed to ongoing professional CPD across our services.
Running health facilities and services on a not-for-profit basis, we invest every penny back into our care and our people. If you're ambitious and focused on substance use, progress a Nursing career with real value.
Main Duties of the Job
Working together with a team of Recovery Workers, you will prescribe for service users in receipt of opiate substitute medication and manage community alcohol detoxes. As a Recovery Nurse, you will deliver wellbeing clinics in the community, providing Blood Borne Virus testing and vaccination, supporting the management of community detoxifications, and other harm reduction and well-being interventions. In addition to running clinics, you will lead a multi-disciplinary meeting with the Recovery Workers within your team, providing robust governance and supporting their learning and development. A fortnightly prescribers meeting, 1:1 clinical supervision, access to a National Prescribers and Clinicians meeting, and allocated time for continuous professional development will support your learning.
As an employee, you will have access to RCNi to assist with revalidation, indemnity insurance, and support from the Clinical Operations Manager, Clinical Lead (Consultant Psychiatrist), and Turning Points National Chief Pharmacist.
About Us
As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer. Across the varied regions, sectors, and settings we operate within, our organisation is held together by a shared vision and our people are connected by the same values. These include belief in potential, confidence in communication, embracing positive change, and always treating each other as individuals.
We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.
Our people bring our vision to life. If you are enthusiastic, motivated, and committed to supporting others to fulfill their potential, here at Turning Point, we don't just offer you a job; we offer you a career.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
Job Responsibilities
(Please see attached Role Profiles)
What Benefits Will I Receive?
We know reward looks different to each person, and so whether it's ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career, we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:
* 25 days paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following the link in the supporting link section to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council or a qualified Non-Medical Prescriber Nurse (NMP). You will need to be confident managing prescribing for opiates and managing alcohol detoxifications within our Nursing Teams.
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.
Depending on experience: £45,473 to £57,874 (DOE)
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