Band 5 Drug and Alcohol Practitioner - Bristol

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

This is an exciting band 5 nurse role within the Bristol Specialist Drugs and Alcohol Service. The post holder will passionate about supporting service users on their recovery journey. The post holder will be an integrated part of BSDAS supporting our community detox clinic, 1:1 keyworking and support our very popular groupwork package which is currently based on the MOAT (Moving On After Trauma) programme.

BSDAS is a commissioned partner of Bristol ROADS. The post holder will work closely with our partner agencies within ROADS including Bristol Drugs Project (BDP), Developing Health and Independence (DHI) and Addiction Recovery Agency (ARA).

We welcome applicants with a lived experience.

Main duties of the job

Provide a defined drug and alcohol service to an allocated caseload of service users, having responsibility for the assessment of needs, the planning and implementation of treatment and care to meet those needs as agreed with multidisciplinary team and/or supervisor, co-ordinating care (with supervision) for particular clients, and contributing to the evaluation of care across a variety of settings where specialist treatment is available.

Liaise as appropriate with other members of the multidisciplinary team and other agencies involved in the care of individual service users.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Date posted

29 April 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £31,534 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

342-SS157-0422

Job locations

Kingsdown Fort

1 Montague Place

Bristol

BS6 5UB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job include;

- Supporting the daily detox clinic. Assessing and monitoring physical and mental health and withdrawal symptoms using recognised withdrawal scales. Dispensing daily detox medication. Recognising safeguarding issues, including safe storage of medication.

- 1:1 key-working a caseload of service users. Supporting with preparation for detox, relapse prevention and psychological support such, trauma and emotional regulation. Supporting safeguarding concerns, including MARAC, child safeguarding and adult safeguarding.

- Supporting the group work programme. Co-facilitating the MOAT group programme. On the job training will be provided for this.

-Supporting and supervising student nurses on placement with us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job include;

- Supporting the group work programme. Co-facilitating the MOAT group programme. On the job training will be provided for this.

-Supporting and supervising student nurses on placement with us.

Person Specification

essential

Essential

Qualified Nurse
Experience managing a complex caseload

Desirable

Experience working in the field of drugs and alcohol
Experience supporting group work programmes

Person Specification

essential

Essential

Qualified Nurse
Experience managing a complex caseload

Desirable

Experience working in the field of drugs and alcohol
Experience supporting group work programmes

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.