Substance Misuse Nurse
| Posting date: | 30 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS7 8PS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9277-25-0799 |
Summary
To deliver a range of specialist interventions at primary and secondary care level including: 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 To complete comprehensive clinical assessment, developing immediate risk management and safety planning and instigate recovery planning for all prisoners arriving in prison 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. The post holder will be part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising all healthcare staff, including strategic partners, and prison managing a single referral pathway. Provide joint reviews with your patients assigned Psychosocial Recovery Workers, being involved in developing holistic care plans designed to improve overall health and wellbeing outcomes. Participate and positively contribute to the services integrated clinical governance arrangements The post holder will be required to undertake training to maximise uptake of screening, health promotion and prevention activity, including vaccinations. The post holder will ensure a named care co-ordinator is allocated for every patient with complex needs who will ensure a proactive, evidence-based approach to clinical interventions, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long-term conditions using our stepped care approach. The post holder will ensure that a single, integrated, care plan is developed for each patient, and the individualised care is regularly reviewed. This will be reviewed in conjunction with the patients psychosocial recovery worker and ISMS prescriber. The post holder will ensure that a comprehensive risk assessments and care plans are regularly reviewed in a needs-led review cycle. The post holder will ensure a care coordination criteria and MDT meetings for patients with complex needs will be tailored to the needs of the establishment. Important Sponsorship Information for this post: Due to service budget restrictions we are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.