Substance Misuse Rough Sleeper/ Outreach Nurse
Change Grow Live is one of the UK’s leading health and social care charities and the Substance Misuse Nurse role is a varied one. You will be supporting people with multi-faceted issues related to the impact of substance use on their physical and mental health.
Nurses are an integral member of our multidisciplinary teams, offering specialist clinical interventions to people who use our services. Every person who comes into our service is treated as an individual, so understanding the importance of a whole person approach along with being curious, a good listener, a clinically robust practitioner and having a flexible approach are essential skills.
At Change Grow Live we want to support you to recognise and achieve your goals:
* We hold regular national nurse and HCA forums, and you will have regular 1:1s and appraisals.
* We actively support our nurses to revalidate with protected continuing professional development time, which totals up to 6 days per year.
* We also have a wide range of educational opportunities including free access to the RCNi learning platform and we pay for your NMC fee.
* We offer you the opportunity to use the government backed Apprenticeship Levy fund to develop nursing practice in line with your specific role.
* All our staff are encouraged to take a wellbeing hour every week and access personal well-being resources.
Main duties of the job
Our Assertive Outreach Nurses play an integral part in Change Grow Live's mission to help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, they offer specialist clinical interventions to people who use our services.
The post holder will be supporting our hard-to-reach clients with dual needs, helping them to access the mental health support and treatment they need alongside addressing their housing and substance misuse issues.
The Assertive Outreach Nurse role is a varied one, the successful candidate will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team, offering specialist clinical interventions to people who are homeless and/or find it difficult to engage with services.
In this role no two days are the same. Every person who we come into contact with is treated as an individual, so understanding the importance of a whole person approach along with being curious, a good listener, a clinically robust practitioner and having a flexible approach are essential skills.
About us
Believe in people
At Change Grow Live, above all else we believe in people. It's the one thing that acts as a foundation for all our work.
If you use our services: we understand what you're going through. We won't judge. We believe you can make positive changes in your life.
If you work or volunteer for us: we believe in your potential. We believe you can do brilliant, life-changing work.
Our mission and vision
Our mission is to help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
The vision we're working towards is to develop, deliver and share a whole person approach that changes society.
We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work.
The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.
Job responsibilities
Your role includes:
* Using your nursing skills/knowledge to carry out physical and psycho-social assessments for the homeless population.
* Providing clinical/therapeutic treatments based on best possible evidence that will improve health outcomes for the homeless population.
* Provide screening for blood borne viruses (BBV), through dry blood spot testing.
* Working within and consolidating integrated care and treatment pathways for individuals infected with BBV/s (Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and/or HIV). Provide Hepatitis A and/or B vaccinations when indicated.
* Working in partnership with other community teams/voluntary organisations to ensure the seamless delivery of care to the homeless population.
* Acting as an advocate for people experiencing homelessness, supporting the individual's own choices regarding their care whilst promoting independence and self-care.
* To contribute to CGL Naloxone Strategy by training staff and individuals in the use of naloxone.
* Offer wound care assessment and basic wound dressing to individuals who use our services. Organise signposting to other services as required and ensure clear pathways into other treatment arenas as appropriate.
What we will give to you:
* 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each year’s service capped at 30 days.
* Paid Wellness hour each week along with a Wellness hub and Employee Assist Programme.
* Contributory pension scheme.
* Annual reimbursement of your NMC fee.
* Dedicated and protected professional development time.
* Access to excellent training programmes including the RCNi learning platform.
* A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
* A friendly and supportive team.
* Protected monthly CPD.
* Refer a friend scheme and receive £250 in vouchers if candidate is successful.
* Our nursing pay is competitive with the NHS Agenda for Change pay bands.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* First level registered nurse with a current PIN.
* Trained in phlebotomy. Qualification in substance misuse.
Experience
* A clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services. Sound and demonstrable knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions. Ability to assess and co-produce recovery plans with the individual using our services, and formulate written reports, as necessary. Maintain professional boundaries and work effectively with partnership agencies. Communicate confidently and effectively, verbally and in writing. Respond flexibly to the demands of the post. Show a capacity to work alone and the ability to keep calm under pressure. Employ a professional, empathetic, and non-judgmental attitude towards individuals who use our services and all stakeholders. Show commitment to facilitating positive outcomes for individuals who use our services. Ability to travel between services. A commitment to engaging with, understanding, and promoting CGL’s values and vision. An understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best practice. An understanding of the importance of professional integrity in relationships with individuals who use our services, peers, and other relevant professionals. A responsibility for your own health, safety, and wellbeing as well as those around you e.g., colleagues and individuals using our services. An understanding of, and commitment to, treating all information acquired through the course of your employment as confidential. An understanding of information governance processes and a commitment to follow and apply all necessary safeguards. A commitment to seek learning opportunities to improve and broaden your own professional knowledge and skills and to contribute to and where relevant oversee the learning of others.
* Relevant recent experience of working within drug and alcohol treatment. Sound and demonstrable knowledge of clinical prescribing issues. Knowledge of the issues facing substance misusers including appropriate medical interventions, social care, and health issues. Experience of contributing to project development. Knowledge of local services and geography. Motivational interviewing techniques. Clinical auditing skills to inform evaluation of the service and identify areas for development.
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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