Deputy Manager/ Clinical Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Job Duties and Responsibilities

Acting as a role model, demonstrating high standards of care and providing clinical leadership to others.

Promoting a culture that supports self-management.

Providing specialist education and training to other staff members involved in Service user care.

Leading the development, management and promotion of the nursing service, ensuring the delivery of high quality, cost-effective nursing care.

Promoting the philosophy of person-centred care, co-creating quality care with people affected by problematic alcohol and substance use.

Collating and recording robust quantitative and qualitative data in order to provide evidence of productivity, outcomes and quality, through audit and research.

The Level Deputy Manager

Participates in Service user Reviews in order to drive service improvement and effective outcomes.

Leads on the implementation and monitoring of adherence to relevant medication and clinical guidelines.

Actively participates in multi-professional meetings, acting as a patient advocate and representing nursing views.

Actively engages with wider substance misuse services to contribute expertise and experience and supports the wider development of Framework substance misuse services and related strategic objectives.

Acts as a role model for excellent advanced communication skills and expertise.

Demonstrates skills in conflict resolution and competent negotiation skills when dealing with difficult or challenging situations.

Keeps abreast of developing issues both locally and nationally in substance misuse treatment in response to emerging knowledge, techniques and evidence base.

Works across professional boundaries using creative reasoning and problem-solving

Instigates and manages change within a complex environment.

Influences the development of others through daily practice, education and training.

Demonstrates continuous evaluation of organisational and service specific practice and make changes where appropriate.

Takes personal responsibility for life-long learning and personal development through, clinical supervision, and appraisal and knowledge.

Puts quality at the heart of practice by delivering evidence based individualised and personalised care through holistic needs assessment, planning and evaluation of care and all care interventions.

Actively integrates theory and practice.

Provides clinical expertise, specialist advice and support across service boundaries in relation to substance misuse issues.

With direction from the Registered Manager leads the nursing contribution to service development, ensuring the pursuit of excellence in care.

Defines a clear care pathway, refers to other professionals and sign-posts to other agencies as appropriate.

Influences and develops policy and clinical guidelines internally and externally.

Review and implement NICE based treatment programmes for the management of substance misusers within a residential setting to manage detoxification, helping to improve outcomes for clients and to aid sustained recovery form dependent and problematic substance misuse.

4. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Promote a no blame and can do culture.

Continuously explore and champion opportunities for improvement and challenge the status quo.

Promote a climate of equality for all.

Maintain organisational, service user and colleague confidentiality.

Be honest and transparent at all times.

Be familiar with and demonstrate adherence to Frameworks organisational and service specific Policies and Procedures.

The Level Deputy Manager

Adhere to the Organisations Code of Conduct.

To understand and actively promote the Organisations values (Respond/Respect/Empower)

Identify your own development needs and actively seek opportunities to expand your knowledge, skill, and experience to meet the developing needs of the service. Actively participate in the development of others.

Complete any other reasonable task delegated by line management.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of delivering services to people experiencing chaotic substance misuse.
• Experience of multi-agency working within a related healthcare service
• Experience of caring for the physical health needs of service users with substance misuse related issues.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental health or general nurse. RGN, RMN
• Current NMC registration & PIN number

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrates high level clinical, technical and research skills through breadth and depth of knowledge in relation to the physical and emotional effects of substance misuse.
• Has an understanding of wider issues affecting substance misusers e.g. homelessness, Mental Health issues.
• Strong IT skills,
• Demonstrates an understanding of Safeguarding adults.
• Is able to demonstrate appropriate empathy and compassion.
• Excellent communication skills written, verbal and electronic.
• Demonstrates active listening skills.
• Has the ability to establish, plan, coordinate, facilitate and review care & support plans.
• Is able to accurately assess need and risk.
• Is able to lead, motivate and challenge staff.
• Ability to undertake mandatory training as required.
• Ability to stay calm in challenging situations.
• May be required to work shifts including nights and weekends.
• Constantly demonstrates a positive solution focussed attitude, identifying opportunities for their own, their team and service users development within given resources.
• Embraces and celebrates diversity.
• Promotes and champions equality.

Desirable

• Specific substance misuse qualification.
• Provide a comprehensive specialist substance misuse assessment and implement care plans/pathways which are designed to ensure the highest evidenced based care is delivered with the setting.
• Has knowledge of the health implications associated with problematic substance misuse.
• Has knowledge of the National Drug and Alcohol Strategies.

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

Framework Housing Association

Address

Edwin House

56 Millers Court

Nottingham

NG7 3DP

Employer's website

https://www.frameworkha.org/careers (Opens in a new tab)