Exciting opportunity to join a new Drug and Alcohol Care Team (DACT) providing in-reach support to adult mental health inpatients in County Durham / Darlington. Team to develop a holistic and proactive partnership approach to support those experiencing mental ill health and drug and/or alcohol issues.
Reinvestment monies from OHID will provide a band 6 MH nurse with substance misuse knowledge and understanding to work with the acute service in Durham/Darlington, the established Alcohol Care Team within the local hospital, and community substance misuse services. Support ward staff enabling continuity of care for opiate replacement therapies and alcohol dependent users. Advise on induction, continuation regimes and facilitating continuation of community detoxes once discharged. Promote engagement with SM Services within the SU local area.
Cover MH hospitals in Durham. The role will liaise between acute and community services promoting recovery and engagement.
Provide professional advice, promote community provision to the service users to promote engagement. Deliver after care interventions and supporting service users on the ward and once back in the community.
The role will perform a level of education and training to share best practice and increase acute services understanding of substance misuse needs and treatment options.
Please note funding for this position currently ends on the 31st March 2025 with a hope of future funding into 2025/26 for a minimum of 12 months.
1. Provide professional advice to colleagues within the acute services.
2. Promote engagement with OST or alcohol treatments.
3. Enhance delivery of community detox options.
4. Promote after care medications and engagement with aftercare medications.
5. Liaise between acute and community service to enhance service delivery.
6. Promote alcohol knowledge and harm reduction with service users and professionals.
7. Community detox preparation and engagement, with support from acute and community services.
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team. We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we’ve got a role for you!
* Access to NHS Pension
* Annual leave on your Birthday
* Welcome payment for some posts
* Refer a friend scheme
* Training and Development opportunities
* Flexible Working
* Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
* Up to 33 days annual leave
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people – our patients, service users, staff and partners.
We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.
Our Mission
Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities.
Our Vision
Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people’s lives, regardless of circumstances.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andy Pearson Job title: Drug and Alcohol Relationship Manager Email address: andy.pearson@spectrum-cic.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07802875801
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