Our Stoke Community Drug and Alcohol service are recruiting for an experienced Non Medical Prescriber (NMP) to join them in providing high quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are a 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.
Please note that you must have successfully completed the supplementary/independent prescriber course to be eligible for this role.
Main duties of the job
You will be used to working effectively as a healthcare professional, as part of a team and collaboratively with other social care contacts to deliver the best outcomes for clients. 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.
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. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a highly rewarding sector with some truly inspirational patients and colleagues.
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. If you think this could be the career for you, take the first step and apply now to join our amazing team.
Job responsibilities
As a Non Medical Prescriber, you will be responsible for carrying out clinical assessment, diagnosis and clinical management in line with both With You and National regulations, policies and procedures. You will be eager to keep up to date with developments in the treatments that you are prescribing and help With You to develop, implement and evaluate the interventions we use with our clients.
These include:
1. Harm reduction; providing support and advice in relation to substance misuse.
2. Clinics; where we assess, screen and triage clients, advising on detoxification where appropriate.
3. Vaccination and blood testing programmes.
Essential Skills
To be effective in this role you will:
* be at first level Nurse registration OR a Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
* have successfully completed the supplementary/independent prescriber course and hold an appropriate entry on the NMC register or GPhC register
* 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 multidisciplinary team
* have knowledge of the issues affecting substance misusers, including the impact on their wider health
* be able to work effectively in a team environment, using collaborative and supportive approaches to your work
* have strong organisational/time management skills, able to manage competing and conflicting demands
* be comfortable and confident using IT packages
* be able to accurately gather and maintain records and information
Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do, with a positive and engaging approach to our clients and staff.
A full job description and person specification is available on request.
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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