Bank Subs Misuse Nurse BD6 Kent Prisons
| Posting date: | 17 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £41,405.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £41405.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 July 2025 |
| Location: | Kent, ME12 4AX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9277-25-0750 |
Summary
Key Task and Responsibilities To deliver a range of specialist interventions at primary and secondary care level; to include Referral management, screening assessment, triage, and evidence-based interventions Care Planning and risk assessing One-to-one and group-work facilitation managing a mixed and challenging caseload providing appropriate, pragmatic harm minimisation advice to patients providing drug, alcohol and holistic health education to patients and colleagues Leadership Provide supervision to junior staff and to receive supervision as directed (line management and clinical). To develop and take on a specialist lead role within the Integrated Substance Misuse Service as appropriate and provide peer support and training in this area. To contribute towards support, advice, consultation, and training for other prison departments. Provide supervision, mentorship & leadership for junior staff. Clinical To complete comprehensive clinical assessment, developing immediate risk management and safety planning and instigate recovery planning for all prisoners arriving in HMP Bristol who have an identified substance misuse need/dependency issue. Through assessment, identify and escalate safeguarding concerns relating to patients and their families at the point of arrival into HMPPS. Assist in the clinical oversight of new arrivals over the first five days in prison. Correctly identify indicators of withdrawal or sedation and request appropriate clinical interventions to support patients including Opiate Replacement Therapy, alcohol detoxification and benzodiazepine detoxification. Provide relevant harm minimisation and health education advice for patients with alcohol and substance use issues, including education in the administration of Naloxone. Provide a range of evidenced-based specialised clinical care in the treatment of alcohol and substance dependency, and signposting for co-morbid conditions associated with and compounding to, patients substance and/or alcohol use. Ensure that patients needs are addressed effectively and in a timely manner, ensuring equivalence of care or better that one would expect from accessing services in the community. Participate in and co-ordinate joint and collaborative care planning for patients with additional complexities, including developing appropriate signposting to specialised services and release planning. To perform robust assessment, screening, and interventions to offenders with a learning disability To participate in resource centre services as directed, delivering specialist drug, alcohol and holistic healthcare activities under the direction of the clinical lead. To work in a psychologically minded way with prisoners in achieving their agreed goals and quality health outcomes. Please see JD&PS