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Specialist Addictions Practitioner
| Posting date: | 19 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | £35,392.00 to £42,618.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35392.00 - £42618.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 September 2024 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS12 3QE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9173-24-0504 |
Summary
-Liaising with other teams within and external to Forward Leeds, other professionals, statutory and non-statutory bodies. To work effectively within the multi-disciplinary team -To develop and maintain excellent links with other agencies so as to ensure effective quality care for service users. -Able to Communicate with service users who may be distressed and who may, on occasion, present with challenging behaviour. - Advise healthcare professionals on the management of patients with co-existing physical health an substance misuse problems - To ensure safe practice and ensure that the service is effective and safe for service users, staff and visitors. - To use clinical and line management supervision, as well as ad-hoc supervision if and when required, supporting decision making and managing complex situations. - To report incidents in a timely manner using the Hub reporting system in line with Forward Leeds and Trust policies. - Provide specialist clinical expertise with the provisions of assessments, care planning evaluation, risk assessment and follow up to patients. - Manage a caseload and also deliver psychosocial interventions to service users within the wider service. - Deliver a range of evidence led psychosocial interventions and support pharmacotherapy as appropriate with support from senior staff. - Perform physical health checks and interventions such as venepuncture, immunisation, wound care, urinE sampling. -Participate in clinical supervision based on video recording of practice.