Job summary
The post holder will operate as a member of the service leadership team and as asenior member of the operational service and will contribute to day-to-day operationof service. As a qualified nurse the post holder will lead the clinical operational teamto deliver against the service requirement for interventions such as medicinesmanagement, medicines administration, non-medical prescribing (under thesupervision of the service's Clinical Lead and within Pennine Care and nationalpolicies), health checks as they relate to drugs and alcohol services.The post holder will lead the multi-disciplinary team and to provide clinical expertisein a range of recovery and abstinence interventions with particular focus on thedevelopment and delivery of psycho-social interventions/psychologically informedinterventions.The post holder will provide strong leadership to SDAS to ensure it performs in themost efficient and effective way; ensuring key performance targets are met whilstproviding a safe and efficient service.The post holder will actively contribute to the overall operational management of theborough Drug and Alcohol Service (DAS) and provide full line management to staffeg recruitment, absence manage and grievances.The post holder will act as a specialist clinical resource holding a reduced pro-ratacaseload of clients presenting with a variety of substance misuse issues; this willinclude alcohol, opiates, stimulants, over the counter and emergingdrugs/substances
Main duties of the job
To support the implementation and further development of the role of non-medical prescribing and clinical services in advancing nurse led health care within the service.To support the development and implementation of nursing duties in theservice including vaccinations, detoxification services, health checks(appropriate to adult drug and alcohol service users), medicines management and administration (under Trust approved guidelines) and to participate in the delivery of these where necessary.To act as an independent/supplementary prescriber in line with Trust policy and procedure.To develop and promote the inclusion of psychologically informed practices within the workforce and develop the service's psychologically informed interventions offer.To conduct and deliver supervision including psychological informedformulation supervision. Training can be provided for this if required.
About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Job description
Job responsibilities
To act as a senior member of staff providing a range of effective, appropriate and evidence-based interventions to drug and alcohol users in the borough.As a senior member of staff this will be focused on more complex serviceusers. This will include 1:1 key working session, case coordination, relapse prevention and psycho-social interventions.Responsibility for signing staff expenses and service invoices (within financial limits).Administer injections under appropriate patient group directives and policies.This includes vaccinations and the administration of, for example, Depot Buprenorphine.To carry out comprehensive assessments of clients, risk assessments andrecovery and care planning in partnership with service users utilising a model that encompasses change, completion and reintegration phases of treatment.Provide harm reduction education, training and advice particularly in relation to tolerance and overdose prevention.To provide interventions focusing on managing individuals recovery capitaland to contribute to borough and national priorities such as reducing reoffending.AFC 25/3/25 JME-053-25 Lead Nurse Team Manager Band 7To offer expert guidance and advice regarding child and adult safeguardingissues to service users, carers, junior staff and the wider community.Ensure every opportunity is taken to achieve recovery and abstinenceincluding facilitation of community detoxification, and access to inpatientservices where this is safe and appropriate, supporting visible recovery withinthe service and ensuring junior staff are practicing consistently within thisrecovery ethos.To work collaboratively with other agencies (sector specific and mainstream) to ensure that services are coordinated and working collectively.To provide verbal and written information to ensure service users can make informed choices about their recovery journey.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To act as a senior member of staff providing a range of effective, appropriate and evidence-based interventions to drug and alcohol users in the borough.As a senior member of staff this will be focused on more complex serviceusers. This will include 1:1 key working session, case coordination, relapse prevention and psycho-social interventions.Responsibility for signing staff expenses and service invoices (within financial limits).Administer injections under appropriate patient group directives and policies.This includes vaccinations and the administration of, for example, Depot Buprenorphine.To carry out comprehensive assessments of clients, risk assessments andrecovery and care planning in partnership with service users utilising a model that encompasses change, completion and reintegration phases of treatment.Provide harm reduction education, training and advice particularly in relation to tolerance and overdose prevention.To provide interventions focusing on managing individuals recovery capitaland to contribute to borough and national priorities such as reducing reoffending.AFC 25/3/25 JME-053-25 Lead Nurse Team Manager Band 7To offer expert guidance and advice regarding child and adult safeguardingissues to service users, carers, junior staff and the wider community.Ensure every opportunity is taken to achieve recovery and abstinenceincluding facilitation of community detoxification, and access to inpatientservices where this is safe and appropriate, supporting visible recovery withinthe service and ensuring junior staff are practicing consistently within thisrecovery ethos.To work collaboratively with other agencies (sector specific and mainstream) to ensure that services are coordinated and working collectively.To provide verbal and written information to ensure service users can make informed choices about their recovery journey.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification and registration e.g. RGN/RMN.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification.
- Evidence of recognised education and skills development in psychologically informed interventions/ PSI (as it relates to drug an alcohol work)
- Immunisation and vaccination accreditation.
Desirable
- Appropriate management qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of service delivery
- Experience of staff management and supervisory responsibilities.
- xperience of delivering nonmedical prescribing interventions as an independent supplementary prescriber (within an agreed scope of practice)
- Experience of applying psychological therapeutic interventions
- Experience of working with clients on a one to one and/or group work.
- Experience of undertaking community detoxification
- Relevant experience of working in a supervisory/ managerial role in a drug and alcohol service.
- Experience in assessing client's health and social care needs in a drug or alcohol setting.
- Significant experience of working with individuals who have drug and/or alcohol problems.
- Experience in providing support to vulnerable/ socially excluded individuals/groups.
- Experience of working as part of a team to achieve a shared vision/goal.
- Experience of staff management and supervision.
- Experience of working to address safeguarding issues.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of substitute prescribing management and clinical and non-clinical treatment interventions.
- Knowledge of risk assessment processes and risk management
- Knowledge of the physical, psychological and health effects of drug and alcohol use and appropriate interventions
- Knowledge of harm minimisation and harm reduction approaches and delivery
- An understanding of the recovery agenda and ability to apply this to practice.
- Understanding of recovery capital, asset-based frameworks and building social networks.
- Understand local community needs and mutual aid networks.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to develop and deliver nurse led interventions for this client group including medicines management, health interventions and psychologically informed drug and alcohol interventions.
- Be able to support the development of the services BBV work and to conduct pre / post-test discussion in relation to blood borne virus screening
- The have client facing skills focussed on supporting individuals to achieve recovery at the earliest safe and sustainable point in their treatment journey.
- Case management skills.
- Ability to assess and offer an appropriate package of care to this challenging client group.
- The ability to administer injections under appropriate patient group directives
- Ability to communicate drug and alcohol specific knowledge and expertise.
- Awareness of own limitations and how to approach others.
- Ability to work with policies and procedures relating to the organisation.
- Effective time management skills.
- Able to demonstrate full understanding of confidentiality issues and the ability to interpret policy into practice.
- Ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour. Able to assess organisational, operational ad personal risk and manage risk within appropriate boundaries.
- Ability to acknowledge diversity and promote anti-discriminatory practice/equal opportunities.
- IT skills in relation to data input and statistical monitoring.
Desirable
- Ability to develop and deliver training and education programmes
- Experience of user involvement in service development
- Venepuncture
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Ability to travel to different work locations
- Ability to work unsocial hours as required.
- Ability to work in different locations
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification and registration e.g. RGN/RMN.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification.
- Evidence of recognised education and skills development in psychologically informed interventions/ PSI (as it relates to drug an alcohol work)
- Immunisation and vaccination accreditation.
Desirable
- Appropriate management qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of service delivery
- Experience of staff management and supervisory responsibilities.
- xperience of delivering nonmedical prescribing interventions as an independent supplementary prescriber (within an agreed scope of practice)
- Experience of applying psychological therapeutic interventions
- Experience of working with clients on a one to one and/or group work.
- Experience of undertaking community detoxification
- Relevant experience of working in a supervisory/ managerial role in a drug and alcohol service.
- Experience in assessing client's health and social care needs in a drug or alcohol setting.
- Significant experience of working with individuals who have drug and/or alcohol problems.
- Experience in providing support to vulnerable/ socially excluded individuals/groups.
- Experience of working as part of a team to achieve a shared vision/goal.
- Experience of staff management and supervision.
- Experience of working to address safeguarding issues.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of substitute prescribing management and clinical and non-clinical treatment interventions.
- Knowledge of risk assessment processes and risk management
- Knowledge of the physical, psychological and health effects of drug and alcohol use and appropriate interventions
- Knowledge of harm minimisation and harm reduction approaches and delivery
- An understanding of the recovery agenda and ability to apply this to practice.
- Understanding of recovery capital, asset-based frameworks and building social networks.
- Understand local community needs and mutual aid networks.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to develop and deliver nurse led interventions for this client group including medicines management, health interventions and psychologically informed drug and alcohol interventions.
- Be able to support the development of the services BBV work and to conduct pre / post-test discussion in relation to blood borne virus screening
- The have client facing skills focussed on supporting individuals to achieve recovery at the earliest safe and sustainable point in their treatment journey.
- Case management skills.
- Ability to assess and offer an appropriate package of care to this challenging client group.
- The ability to administer injections under appropriate patient group directives
- Ability to communicate drug and alcohol specific knowledge and expertise.
- Awareness of own limitations and how to approach others.
- Ability to work with policies and procedures relating to the organisation.
- Effective time management skills.
- Able to demonstrate full understanding of confidentiality issues and the ability to interpret policy into practice.
- Ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour. Able to assess organisational, operational ad personal risk and manage risk within appropriate boundaries.
- Ability to acknowledge diversity and promote anti-discriminatory practice/equal opportunities.
- IT skills in relation to data input and statistical monitoring.
Desirable
- Ability to develop and deliver training and education programmes
- Experience of user involvement in service development
- Venepuncture
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Ability to travel to different work locations
- Ability to work unsocial hours as required.
- Ability to work in different locations
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
