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Substance Use Practitioner | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 28 Mehefin 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 28 Gorffennaf 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Stockton, TS19 8PE |
| Cwmni: | North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6377167/345-MED6377167 |
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We are looking for individuals with experience of working in substance use settings to support the development and implementation of our substance use service to ensure patients who attend the trust with substance dependency are effectively managed and referred to local community providers where appropriate.
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced individuals to assess and manage an inpatient case load, provide specialist advice and enhance the wider hospital team’s knowledge of substance use. The substance use practitioner will be a professional role model; advocating evidence based clinical practice in the area of substance dependency, working closely with the existing clinical team to promote the multi-disciplinary team approach with colleagues involved in the management and prevention of the physical and psychosocial adverse consequences of substance use. Substance use practitioners will engage in regional meetings to share local intelligence, and develop pathways of care with other specialist services within and outside of the trust.
The post holder will align with our established Alcohol Care Team, based at the University Hospital North Tees. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly to ensure that service needs are met.
• Supporting in assessment and management of people with substance use and withdrawaland the physical, psychological and social complications of substance use and dependency.
• Support patients where there may be physical or verbal violence or aggression towards the post holder.
• Provide support and advice at Specialist Practitioner level, to the Consultant led clinical teams on wards and in the Emergency Departments
• Develop treatment pathways for complex patients including comprehensive assessment and implementation of care plans designed to ensure the highest evidenced based care is delivered.
• Identify the need for appropriate referral to substance use services within and outside the Trust and coordinate these referrals in an accountable, auditable way
• Provide prescribing advice to prescribing colleagues for the appropriate managementof substance use recommended by the Orange Book 2017 and NICE for use within substance use services.
• Manage a caseload within agreed specification timescales ensuring safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children are paramount.
• Be prepared to manage challenging behaviours through a trauma informed approach.
• Monitor progress with patients, relatives and carers and the multi-professional team. Utilise reports and feedback to inform practice / service developments
• Work with Urgent & Emergency Care frequent attenders to ensure safe discharges and appropriate treatment is reached.
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
See Job Description attached
• Clinical assessment of patients with substance use
• Advice on prescribing of opioid substitution therapy (OST) where required and advocate for the use of the clinical guideline to support OST
• Provision of brief advice and harm minimisation
• Wound care advice
• Onwards referrals to housing, safeguarding etc.
• Support the testing of illicit substances, (see separate SOP linking in with Cleveland police)
• Referral and liaison with community substance use providers
• Referral and liaison with internal trust departments (e.g., pain time and psychiatry liaison)
• Provide education and training to trust colleagues
• Support data collection and evaluation of the substance use pathway
This advert closes on Friday 5 Jul 2024