Nurse - Health & Wellbeing
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £35,878.00 to £41,868.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35878.00 - £41868.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW1H 9BL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0427-24-0002 |
Summary
Role Purpose To deliver excellent drug and alcohol services to service users in an inpatient setting, including the service users significant others in the plan, to maximise positive outcomes. Where indicated, provide Alcohol, Opiate and any other substance detoxification support and management including liaising with Hospital, Community, medical and support, staff. Deliver general health care support, including Wound Care, ECGs, healthcare assessments, medication administration and other similar activities. Undertake basic life support/ anaphylaxis training so you are confident and competent to manage a medical emergency including the administration of emergency drugs. Key duties and activities of the role Deliver harm reduction advice, guidance and education. To include blood borne virus interventions (screening, vaccination and treatment access), overdose prevention including naloxone programmes, health and wellbeing screening brief and facilitated signposting or referral to partner services, including primary care. Provide high quality, person centred, low threshold services, responding to the individual and diverse needs and preferences of our service users and their significant others. Deliver evidence-based clinical and psychosocial one-to-one and group interventions as part of an effectively integrated care package. Taking an assertive approach to service user disengagement. Enable service users to access education and employment services and health, wellbeing and recovery activities and education, including signposting to services. Support students, volunteers, peer mentors and service user representatives to take an active part in Via services. Identify risks and take appropriate action in accordance with local, national and organisational Safeguarding policies, contributing to multi-disciplinary review meetings. Maintain accurate and timely records using the designated case management system in compliance with Via Information Governance policies and procedures.