Job summary
Are you a Nurse or Pharmacist with an Independent Prescriber qualification and a passion for delivering evidence-based treatments in Substance Misuse?
Main duties of the job
We are seeking dedicated professionals like you to join our team in Sheffield and make a meaningful impact in people's lives, their families and communities.We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Independent Prescriber to join our dynamic healthcare team. The ideal candidate will possess advanced clinical skills, a strong knowledge of pharmacology, and the ability to autonomously assess, diagnose, and manage patient care. This role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver exceptional patient outcomes and ensure the highest standards of care.
About us
Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.
We have almost 200 services around England and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.
Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and itll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. Thats why you will notice the jobs here are still branded Humankind. Next year well be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.
Thanks for bearing with us and dont forget to check out the Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) jobs on the Richmond Fellowship and Aquarius job sitehttps://recoveryfocus.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Recovery_Focus_Careers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinical assessment with or without Prescribing a range of medications (including controlled
drugs) to support recovery in line with national and organisational guidelines and policies.
- Prescribe cost effectively and according to best practice and provide prescribing information
and advice to Pharmacists, Shared Care GPs and hospital staff.
- Undertake Service User centred assessments, care planning, monitoring, evaluation and
reviews in practice and outreach settings.
- Blood Borne Virus (BBV) management (risk assessment, pre and post-test counselling,
testing and immunisation).
- Deliver health promotion and harm reduction interventions in a client-centred manner (e.g.
safer sex, contraception, nutrition and healthy living).
- Promote and deliver immunisation against Hepatitis B in line with national guidance.
- Contribute to the maintenance of client clinical database; co-ordinate data entry and
retrieval searches and reports to meet the internal and external service requirements as
appropriate and ensuring data security at all times.
- Liaise with pharmacists regarding supervised dispensing and prescription queries.
- Share care with GPs for Service Users in Primary Care Extended Services (PCES)/Primary
Care Recovery Services (PCRS).
- Deliver clinical interventions across hubs in different locations and deliver outreach as
required.
- Undertake continuing professional development including participating in clinical
supervision, performance appraisals and attending training as/when required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinical assessment with or without Prescribing a range of medications (including controlled
drugs) to support recovery in line with national and organisational guidelines and policies.
- Prescribe cost effectively and according to best practice and provide prescribing information
and advice to Pharmacists, Shared Care GPs and hospital staff.
- Undertake Service User centred assessments, care planning, monitoring, evaluation and
reviews in practice and outreach settings.
- Blood Borne Virus (BBV) management (risk assessment, pre and post-test counselling,
testing and immunisation).
- Deliver health promotion and harm reduction interventions in a client-centred manner (e.g.
safer sex, contraception, nutrition and healthy living).
- Promote and deliver immunisation against Hepatitis B in line with national guidance.
- Contribute to the maintenance of client clinical database; co-ordinate data entry and
retrieval searches and reports to meet the internal and external service requirements as
appropriate and ensuring data security at all times.
- Liaise with pharmacists regarding supervised dispensing and prescription queries.
- Share care with GPs for Service Users in Primary Care Extended Services (PCES)/Primary
Care Recovery Services (PCRS).
- Deliver clinical interventions across hubs in different locations and deliver outreach as
required.
- Undertake continuing professional development including participating in clinical
supervision, performance appraisals and attending training as/when required.
Person Specification
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of working within substance misuse
Qualifications
Essential
- Independent Prescriber qualification
- RCGP Qualifications Level 1 (and 2 or willingness to work towards)
Person Specification
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of working within substance misuse
Qualifications
Essential
- Independent Prescriber qualification
- RCGP Qualifications Level 1 (and 2 or willingness to work towards)
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).
Additional information
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).
