Recovery Nurse or Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP) - Roads to Recovery
Turning Point
The closing date is 04 November 2024
Job summary
Recovery Nurse Up to £43,724 DOE
Non-Medical Prescriber Nurse (NMP) Up to £55,648 DOE
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Recovery Nurse or Non-Medical Prescriber Nurse (NMP) to join Turning Points CQC Outstanding rated Substance Use Service.
Our Oxfordshire Roads to Recovery Service is an integrated community drug and alcohol service that offers support to individuals across the county. Our Recovery Hubs are based in Oxford, Banbury, Witney and Didcot, we also deliver services within Shared Care GP Practices across the County. You will work within a supportive multi-disciplinary team working with Doctors, Nurses, Clinical Psychologist, Support Workers, Counsellors and Peer Mentors working to improve the well-being of a wide range of service users. We have a large nursing team that is led by our Nurse Manager and we are committed to ongoing professional CPD across our services.
Running health facilities and services on a not-for-profit basis, we invest every penny back into our care and our people. So, if you're ambitious and focused on substance use, progress a Nursing career with real value.
Main duties of the job
Working together with a team of Recovery Workers you will prescribe for service users in receipt of opiate substitute medication, manage community alcohol detoxes. As a Recovery Nurse you will deliver wellbeing clinics in the community delivering Blood Bourne Virus testing and vaccination, supporting the management of community detoxifications and other harm reduction and well-being interventions .In addition to running clinics, you will lead a multi-disciplinary meeting with the Recovery Workers within your team providing robust governance and supporting their learning and development. A fortnightly prescribers meeting, 1:1 clinical supervision, access to a National Prescribers and Clinicians meeting and allocated time for continuous professional development will support your learning.
As an employee you will have access to RCNi to assist with revalidation, indemnity insurance and support from the Clinical Operations Manager, Clinical Lead (Consultant Psychiatrist) and Turning Points National Chief Pharmacist.
About us
As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.
Across the varied regions, sectors and settings we operate within, our organisation is held together by a shared vision and our people are connected by the same values. These include belief in potential, confidence in communication, embracing positive change and always treating each other as individuals.
We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.
Our people bring our vision to life. So, if you are enthusiastic, motivated and committed to support others to fulfilling their potential, here at Turning Point, we don't just offer you a job we offer you a career.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
Date posted
04 October 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience £43,724 to £55,648 (DOE)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
B0471-24-0253
Job locations
29 Rectory Rd
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 1BU
Employer details
Employer name
Turning Point
Address
29 Rectory Rd
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 1BU
Employer's website
https://www.turning-point.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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