The post holder will operate as a member of the service leadership team and as a senior member of the operational service and will contribute to day-to-day operation of service. As a qualified nurse the post holder will lead the clinical operational team to deliver against the service requirement for interventions such as medicines management, medicines administration, non-medical prescribing (under the
supervision of the service’s Clinical Lead and within Pennine Care and national policies), health checks as they relate to drugs and alcohol services.
The post holder will lead the multi-disciplinary team and to provide clinical expertise in a range of recovery and abstinence interventions with particular focus on the development and delivery of psycho-social interventions/psychologically informed interventions.
The post holder will provide strong leadership to SDAS to ensure it performs in the most efficient and effective way; ensuring key performance targets are met whilst providing a safe and efficient service.
The post holder will actively contribute to the overall operational management of the Stockport borough Drug and Alcohol Service (SDAS) and provide full line management to staff eg recruitment, absence manage and grievances.
To support the implementation and further development of the role of non-medical prescribing and clinical services in advancing nurse led health care within the service.
To support the development and implementation of nursing duties in the
service including vaccinations, detoxification services, health checks
(appropriate to adult drug and alcohol service users), medicines management and administration (under Trust approved guidelines) and to participate in the delivery of these where necessary.
To act as an independent/supplementary prescriber in line with Trust policy and procedure.
To develop and promote the inclusion of psychologically informed practices within the workforce and develop the service’s psychologically informed interventions offer.
To conduct and deliver supervision including psychological informed
formulation supervision. Training can be provided for this if required.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
Access to Continued Professional Development
Involvement in improvement and research activities
Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
To act as a senior member of staff providing a range of effective, appropriate and evidence-based interventions to drug and alcohol users in the borough.
As a senior member of staff this will be focused on more complex service
users. This will include 1:1 key working session, case coordination, relapse prevention and psycho-social interventions.
Responsibility for signing staff expenses and service invoices (within financial limits).
Administer injections under appropriate patient group directives and policies. This includes vaccinations and the administration of, for example, Depot Buprenorphine.
To carry out comprehensive assessments of clients, risk assessments and recovery and care planning in partnership with service users utilising a model that encompasses change, completion and reintegration phases of treatment.
Provide harm reduction education, training and advice particularly in relation to tolerance and overdose prevention.To provide interventions focusing on managing individuals’ recovery capital and to contribute to borough and national priorities such as reducing reoffending.
To offer expert guidance and advice regarding child and adult safeguarding issues to service users, carers, junior staff and the wider community.
Ensure every opportunity is taken to achieve recovery and abstinence
including facilitation of community detoxification, and access to inpatient services where this is safe and appropriate, supporting visible recovery within the service and ensuring junior staff are practicing consistently within this recovery ethos.
To work collaboratively with other agencies (sector specific and mainstream) to ensure that services are coordinated and working collectively.
To provide verbal and written information to ensure service users can make informed choices about their recovery journey.
