Community Substance Misuse Nurse (Sessional) - South Wales

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Substance Misuse Nurse will:

• Deliver onsite dispensing and supervision of substitute opiate medication.

• Follow Controlled Drug Policies and Procedures.

• Provide advice, information, and guidance on the management of substance misuse to service users engaged with services.

• Undertake comprehensive clinical assessments

• Agree treatment plans with service users, and review them regularly

• Undertake drug screening (urine, fingerprint and oral).

• Ensure case notes and other statutory records are up to date and kept in accordance with Kaleidoscope policies and procedures / regional information sharing protocols

• Deliver clinical interventions, including HCV testing, HBV immunisation and naloxone training/administration where appropriate and in partnership with Local Health Board and PHW colleagues.

• Deliver subcutaneous injection of buprenorphine (Buvidal).

• Liaise with community pharmacies to ensure prescriptions are in place and monitored appropriately. Community Substance Misuse Nurse - South Wales

• Provide advice, support and training to GPs, pharmacists, and other professionals where appropriate.

• Participate in clinical audits and service reviews.

• Facilitate the transfer of service users from secondary to primary care services, and lead with referrals / liaison with Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT’s) and other community substance misuse treatment providers on leaving Kaleidoscope services.

• Actively encourage service user involvement and feedback and ensure views are considered in informing the development of the service.

• Collate and enter data electronically and contribute to service reports.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• -Excellent care co-ordination skills, with experience in undertaking comprehensive clinical assessment, care-planning and treatment reviews with people who have diverse and complex needs.
• -Experience and knowledge of working with substance misusers.
• -Experience of using electronic case management / clinical notes recording system. E.g. PalBase / PARIS/ DELIUS

Desirable

• -Experience of treating individuals requiring alcohol detoxification.
• -Experience of developing and maintaining successful partnerships with GPs, treatment agencies and other healthcare providers.
• -Experience in undertaking clinical audits.
• -Experience of delivering outreach and engagement model of treatment and care.
• -Knowledge of housing options pathways and experience of working with individuals at risk of homelessness.

Qualifications

Essential

• RGN/RMN with valid NMC Pin.

Desirable

• -One year post registration experience in Substance Misuse
• -Independent/supplementary nurse prescribing qualification
• -Training in Anaphylaxis and BBV
• -Relevant training in Phlebotomy
• -Relevant specialist qualification in alcohol screening and brief advice and substance misuse treatment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Kaleidoscope Project

Address

Dyfodol De Cymru

Bute Terrace

Cardiff

CF10 2FE

Employer's website

https://www.kaleidoscopeproject.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)