The post holder would be working as a member of a Multidisciplinary Team in The Better Lives Substance Misuse Service in Islington with a focus on supporting people into treatment and improving substance misuse and health outcomes.
Better Lives is the lead provider in a service made up of C&I NHS and third sector substance misuse agency Human Kind. There is a varied workforce including medical and clinical practitioners, psychologists, recovery practitioners, administrative, data teams, and peer mentors. They will be responsible for providing individual assessment, identifying clinical interventions, and direct care to service users who will have mental and physical health needs. The post holder would be expected to work across the different Better Lives sites in Islington. Primarily the post will be based at Seven Sisters Road.
Main duties of the job
The focus of the role will be that of individual assessment, intervention, and evaluation of treatment, delivered within the framework of NICE guidelines. Incorporating evidence-based best practice and maximising service user's recovery and re-enablement, whilst ensuring that the service adapts to the demographic needs of our service users. They will be responsible for a defined caseload and will formulate appropriate specific, highly specialist care and treatment plans; providing highly skilled and specialist interventions and care to service users with complex mental and physical health problems. Job responsibilities
To be responsible for providing expert care in an area of designated expertise, in accordance with NMC code of professional conduct. To provide expert, autonomous, and highly specialist clinical practice within a multidisciplinary team. To demonstrate and explain clinical reasoning in relation to professional input to a service user's care plan when required to members of the team, trainees, or others external to the organisation. To recognise and respond appropriately to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies. To adhere to all Trust policies and procedures and requirements of professional registration such as the NMC. Person Specification
Qualifications and Registration
Registered Nurse - current registration with relevant professional body. Evidence of recent and/or ongoing academic study relevant to practice. Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification. Skills and Abilities
Ability to work in an integrated service model, embracing change and contributing to positive outcomes for service users and the service. Able to demonstrate the implementation, integration, and delivery of NICE and/or PHE guidelines in a service area. Ability to work flexibly in a wide range of services/sites across the London Borough of Islington. Experience and Knowledge
To demonstrate a sound knowledge base in the provision of substance misuse services and preferred treatment methods. Demonstrable understanding and experience of utilising a variety of assessment tools as well as service specialist tools currently used in practice in relation to assessing/planning care needs and determining risk. 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. £44,806 to £53,134 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS.
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The focus of the role will be that of individual assessment, intervention, and evaluation of treatment, delivered within the framework of NICE guidelines. Incorporating evidence-based best practice and maximising service user's recovery and re-enablement, whilst ensuring that the service adapts to the demographic needs of our service users. They will be responsible for a defined caseload and will formulate appropriate specific, highly specialist care and treatment plans; providing highly skilled and specialist interventions and care to service users with complex mental and physical health problems. Job responsibilities
To be responsible for providing expert care in an area of designated expertise, in accordance with NMC code of professional conduct. To provide expert, autonomous, and highly specialist clinical practice within a multidisciplinary team. To demonstrate and explain clinical reasoning in relation to professional input to a service user's care plan when required to members of the team, trainees, or others external to the organisation. To recognise and respond appropriately to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies. To adhere to all Trust policies and procedures and requirements of professional registration such as the NMC. Person Specification
Qualifications and Registration
Registered Nurse - current registration with relevant professional body. Evidence of recent and/or ongoing academic study relevant to practice. Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification. Skills and Abilities
Ability to work in an integrated service model, embracing change and contributing to positive outcomes for service users and the service. Able to demonstrate the implementation, integration, and delivery of NICE and/or PHE guidelines in a service area. Ability to work flexibly in a wide range of services/sites across the London Borough of Islington. Experience and Knowledge
To demonstrate a sound knowledge base in the provision of substance misuse services and preferred treatment methods. Demonstrable understanding and experience of utilising a variety of assessment tools as well as service specialist tools currently used in practice in relation to assessing/planning care needs and determining risk. 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. £44,806 to £53,134 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS.
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