Employer: Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services
Employer type: NHS
Site: HMP Stoke Heath
Town: Market Drayton
Salary: £28,407 - £34,581 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/11/2024 23:59
Substance Misuse Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Are you a Registered Nurse looking to widen your experience working within a prison? An exciting opportunity has become available within the Inclusion Clinical Substance Use & Mental Health team at HMP Stoke Heath.
HMP Stoke Heath is a Category C prison for men and young offenders located in the village of Stoke Heath in Shropshire.
The team is multi-disciplinary, comprising RMNs, Psychiatry, Psychology, Learning Disability nurse, NMP and Healthcare support workers who work together to deliver Recovery focused care.
We are looking for a Registered Nurse to work within the Clinical Substance Use element of the Service and someone who is able to provide and deliver high quality clinical and psychosocial interventions to patients in our care. Come and join our team where you will be supported to develop your existing skills and benefit the lives of others!
Main duties of the job
Working effectively within the team you will provide evidence-based interventions. You will manage a caseload of patients and will be required to undertake assessments and reviews.
The role will require you to be a reflective practitioner, eager to work collaboratively with patients, carers and team members to contribute to the delivery of an effective, dynamic, integrated specialist clinical substance use and mental health service.
You will work with individuals from initial assessment through to discharge, whilst working with a variety of agencies in the Offender Health Pathway. You will help to rehabilitate and support service users to live hopeful and fulfilling lives as members of the community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. Here is a summary:
* Deliver high quality clinical and psychosocial interventions to patients and their families and carers.
* Act as named nurse to a group of patients under the direction/supervision of the person identified with continuing responsibility.
* Assess, care plan and conduct treatment reviews with people who have diverse and complex needs, reviewing appropriately.
* Participate in therapeutic group work programmes, taking the lead where appropriate.
* Facilitate continuity of care for clients transferring through the criminal justice system, either custodial or community.
* Co-administer medication, complying with relevant Trust procedures and NMC.
* Undertake drug screening and respond accordingly in line with policy.
* Contribute to the formulation of care plans in cooperation with multi-disciplinary teams.
* Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient condition.
* Ensure the safe custody of all patients as determined by the clinical team.
* Participate in the development of the service to ensure clinical governance processes are actively implemented at team level.
* Work within the NMC Code of Practice and professional guidelines.
* Maintain an up-to-date level of professional competence within the specific environment.
* Assist in the implementation of evidence-based nursing practice and participate in research and other projects as required.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse on NMC Register
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Stephanie Nicholls
Job title: Team Manager
Email address: stephanie.nicholls@mpft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 03007907000
If you would like to know more and find out whether joining our dedicated team is for you then please get in touch with Stephanie as we would love to hear from you.
**** We do not accept CVs. Applications will only be considered if made via the website.****
****This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received.****
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