Dual Diagnosis Nurse

We Are With You

The closing date is 31 May 2024

Job summary

The postholder will provide a range of health and wellbeing and harm reduction interventions to service users, in accordance with the agreed model of service delivery. It will be vital for you to develop strong and positive relationships with key stakeholders and commissioners for the continuity of service, as well as leading on providing community detoxification programmes, clinics and groups.

Main duties of the job

As a Dual Diagnosis Nurse, you will be a core member of a multidisciplinary team, participating in the provision of ongoing assessments, care planning, treatment and support of people with drug and alcohol issues, who also experience mental health issues, to promote health, independence and recovery.

About us

Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health. At We Are With You we work with people on their own goals, whether that's staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. We give people support in a way that's right for them either face to face in their local service, community or online. We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year. We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support. We Are With You. IND HP

Date posted

16 April 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£32,300 to £43,680 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

11 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

recroot-5495-49500-84

Job locations

Bournemouth

BH1 4NB

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a fixed term contract, until March 2025. Our team in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are recruiting for an experienced Dual Diagnosis Nurse, to join them in providing high quality recovery care to a diverse service user group. If you are an enthusiastic and creative registered nurse, passionate about changing people's lives for the better, we'd love to hear from you. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage in meaningful front line work where you will experience making a difference on a daily basis, enabling people to overcome drug, alcohol and mental health challenges and reclaim wellbeing. You will be part of a small and vital dual diagnoses team supporting service users with housing issues alongside our other teams, breaking down barriers and reducing inequalities in treatment and recovery for marginalised people. You will be a compassionate and motivated Mental Health Nurse, with the ability to connect quickly with the people we support, treating them respectfully and with dignity. This is a busy team, with multiple priorities ongoing, so it's important that you are highly organised and able to manage your time effectively. You will have sound experience of comprehensive assessment of need, including risk assessments and be able to implement and evaluate patient care and act accordingly if untoward changes occur. Working knowledge of substance misuse and an independent prescribing qualification would be advantageous, but we are open to conversations with all suitably qualified applicants. Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do, with a positive and engaging approach to our service users. A full job description and person specificaion is available on request. We're happy to speak to candidates about flexible working opportunities - this could mean part time hours, or discussing early or late start and finish times. We want to support our candidates to bring their best selves to work - many of our employees work flexibly in different ways, so please get in touch to discuss your individual circumstances. We are unable to guarantee this but do welcome transparency at application stage so that we can explore this with you. Benefits

Competitive salary

28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

2 days paid volunteer leave per year

Auto-enrollment into We Are With You's pension scheme

Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands

Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing

We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period

As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our goals of radically improving people's lives. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people and armed forces veterans. As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role. If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Competitive salary

28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

2 days paid volunteer leave per year

Auto-enrollment into We Are With You's pension scheme

Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands

Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

UK Registered Mental Health Nurse with current NMC Registration.
Should you be successful in your application, you will be required to provide 3 years' worth of references and where applicable, will need to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Experience

Essential

Relevant healthcare experience working with clients affected by substance misuse
A successful track record of providing high quality care

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

UK Registered Mental Health Nurse with current NMC Registration.
Should you be successful in your application, you will be required to provide 3 years' worth of references and where applicable, will need to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Experience

Essential

Relevant healthcare experience working with clients affected by substance misuse
A successful track record of providing high quality care

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.