Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
You will work as a member of Essex STaRS in providing high quality, evidence-based, holistic nursing care to service users in line with your NMC professional code of conduct and Trust policies. You will jointly assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist prescribing packages of care based upon individual service user needs, under the guidance of the Independent Non-Medical Prescriber as per NICE guidance.
Main duties of the job
Band 5 Substance Misuse Nurse
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic motivated individual to join our Chelmsford based team. This post can either be a developmental post for a newly qualified Band 5 or can be offered to an experienced mental health or general nurse with an interest in the substance misuse field.
The service promotes lifelong learning and opportunities for continuing professional development.
We work with patients with opiate and alcohol misuse issues in partnership with other agencies, offering opiate substitute prescribing and ambulatory detox, and providing holistic treatments that include physical health assessments, BBV vaccinations, and drug screening.
Job responsibilities
As required by your Team Manager, you will have responsibility for the day-to-day supervision and management of lower banded staff within your professional group and team locality. This will include the management of these staff in line with agreed Trust HR processes.
Person Specification
* Compassion and motivation to work for our team.
* Experience working in substance misuse.
* Knowledge of substance misuse.
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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