Independent Prescriber - Substance Misuse
If you are a first level Registered Nurse or a Registered Pharmacist who thrives working in a community setting, assessing and supporting people with their healthcare issues, this might be just the role for you.
Main Duties of the Job
You will be eager to keep up to date with developments in the treatments that you are prescribing and help develop, implement, and evaluate the interventions we use with our clients. These include:
1. Harm reduction
2. Providing support and advice in relation to substance misuse clinics, where we assess and review prescribed treatment plans
3. Advise on detoxification
4. Vaccination and blood testing programmes
It's not just about those people who actively engage with our service though - you will also be reaching out to those in our communities to offer proactive support and education.
About Us
Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol, or mental health. At We Are With You, we work with people on their own goals, whether that's staying safe and healthy, making small changes, or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. We give people support in a way that's right for them, either face to face in their local service, community, or online. We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year. We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol, and mental health so that more people can get support.
Job Responsibilities
An exciting opportunity has arisen to expand our large clinical team and help us reach underserved communities struggling with substance misuse in Rotherham. We welcome applications from prescribers with a passion for working with our client group, including those with backgrounds in other specialities, as full training and induction would be provided. Most of our work is face-to-face with our clients, and therefore we require the successful candidate to be on-site; however, we are open to flexible working options. If you would like to discuss the role or arrange an informal visit, please contact us.
With You is all about working with our clients to find the right path for them to get back to where they want to be, and you will play an important role in that journey. You'll work closely with the Operational & Clinical Leadership along with our Recovery Workers to ensure that the clinical and psychosocial needs of the individual are met and that prescribing is safe, effective, and in accordance with best practice whilst meeting the individual needs of the client. This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference to the most vulnerable in our society. Working within one of our services is always busy, sometimes challenging, but always rewarding.
Benefits
* 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
* An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
* Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
* 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
* Auto-enrollment into We Are With You's pension scheme
* Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
* Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
* We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period
Additional Information
Please note that this role may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised. As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages, and armed forces veterans.
As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability who meet all the essential criteria for a role. If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia, or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered General Nurse, Registered Mental Nurse, or a Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
* Successfully completed the supplementary/independent prescriber course and hold an appropriate entry on the NMC register or GPhC register
Experience
* To be effective in this job you will:
* Be able to demonstrate OST prescribing experience
* Be able to evidence your continuous professional development
* Have a successful track record of delivering nursing interventions in a community setting
* Be able to demonstrate your experience of healthcare assessments, care planning, and key working
* Be able to evidence peer working or working within a multi-disciplinary team, and collaborating with external agencies
* Have knowledge of the issues affecting substance misusers, including the impact on their wider health
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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