Non Medical Prescriber
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £40,000.00 to £51,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £40000.00 - £51000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2024 |
| Location: | Wigan, WN1 1HR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0236-24-0246 |
Summary
If you are a first level registered nurse or a Registered Pharmacist who thrives working in a community setting, assessing and supporting people with their healthcare issues, this might be just the role for you. With You is all about working with our clients to find the right path for them to get back to where they want to be and you will play an important role in that journey. Working within one of our services is always busy, sometimes challenging but always rewarding. We work collaboratively to provide the best support and treatment to anyone who needs it. If this sounds like the kind of role that you're looking for, please read on. You'll work closely with the Operational & Clinical Leadership along with our Recovery Workers to ensure that the clinical and psychosocial needs of the individual are met and that prescribing is safe, effective and in accordance with best practice whilst meeting the individual needs of the client. This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference to the most vulnerable in our society. Check out what our Wigan and Leigh sites have to offer: https://youtu.be/BoixZ2SnMEs About the job You will be responsible for carrying out clinical assessment, diagnosis and clinical management in line with both With You and National regulations, policies and procedures. You will be eager to keep up to date with developments in the treatments that you are prescribing and help With You to develop, implement and evaluate the interventions we use with our clients. These includes: harm reduction; providing support and advice in relation to substance misuse clinics; where we assess, screen and tirage clients, advising on detoxification where appropriate vaccination and blood testing programmes You will be used to working effectively as a healthcare professional, as part of a team and collaboratively with other social care contacts to deliver the best outcomes for clients. It's not just about those people who actively engage with our service though, you will also be reaching out to those in our communities to offer proactive support and education. Essential Skills To be effective is this job you will: be a Registered General Nurse, Registered Mental Nurse or a Registered Pharmacist (GPhC) have successfully completed the supplementary/independent prescriber course and hold an appropriate entry on the NMC register or GPhC register be able to demonstrate OST prescribing experience be able to evidence your continuous professional development have a successful track record of delivering nursing interventions in a community setting be able to demonstrate your experience of healthcase assessments, care planning and key working be able to evidence peer working or working within a multi-disciplinary team, and collaborating with external agencies have knowledge of the issues affecting substance misusers, including the impact on their wider health be able to work effectively in a team environment, using collaborative and supportive approaches to your work have strong organisational/time management skills, able to manage competing and conflicting demands be able to accurately gather and maintain records and information Desirable Skills A full job description can be provided upon request About Company 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. 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. IND H