To work as a member of a multidisciplinary disciplinary specialist drug team, providing information, advice, assessment, caseload management, physical health checks and blood borne virus screening, vaccinations and treatment. One of the main remits of the posts is the initiation of clients onto opiate substitute medication, via observed administration in our onsite care clinic. Supplementary prescribing within an agreed Clinical Management Plan.
Lead for health and wellbeing at The Grove and delivering a range of health interventions, including advice and information, physical health checks, BBV screening & vaccination ad support the delivery of the onsite Hepatitis C treatment clinic
Manage a caseload of complex clients with physical health needs and support them to navigate the primary care health system and referrals to specialist secondary services as needed.
Undertake comprehensive assessments of service users’ physical and mental health needs, social and support issues to develop clinically safe and client centered treatment plans
§ To work effectively with partner agencies including the GP Federation and other professionals to develop better outcomes for service users.
Developing physical health treatment pathways for service users to access primary care services, i.e. GP registration; smoking cessation, respiratory health, tissue viability
improving communication between The Grove and primary care services
- Delivery of physical health awareness training and education across substance misuse services in Haringey.
To undertake quality improvement projects to develop better service users’ outcomes in relation to their physical health and wellbeing.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
To manage a caseload of complex clients and provide one to one key working ensuring that care and recovery planning is conducted on an individual basis according to the specific needs of the service user.
To carry out appropriate risk assessment regarding prescribing and non-prescribing interventions, and implement appropriate interventions to manage identified risks
- To follow local safeguarding procedures to promote the safety and well-being of children and vulnerable adults.
- To support the production of reports necessary for social services, courts or other external organisations.
- To make home visits consistent with need and in line with Trust policies.
- To provide harm reduction services, such as Needle Exchange, in line with Trust guidelines.
- To support services users to become involved in local service user activities, planning and co-production
- Where appropriate, to engage friends and family of the service user in their treatment, where explicit consent has been given.
To carry out urine drug screening and breath alcohol testing in order to assess safety of prescribing. To provide advice and guidance to other practitioners around safety of prescribing in relation to results.
- To provide advice and guidance to practitioners on physical health issues.
- To provide mental health assessments as requested (RMN only).
- To participate in the delivery of the primary healthcare services, including the delivery of health and wellbeing clinics
To promote the health needs of clients with complex issues, and within their sphere of competence provide interventions for these needs.
- To carry out HIV and Hepatitis C testing and pre/post-test counselling.
- To support the delivery of the onsite Hepatitis C treatment clinic.
