South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust are currently looking to recruit a nurse prescriber (NMP) or someone willing to undertake the training to support delivery of our service at Pier Road Project (community drug and alcohol treatment service for the London Borough of Bexley). South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is the lead for the contract and deliver's the service in conjunction with two partners Humankind and St Giles Trust. The service offers a range of interventions including but not limited to individual and group work, harm reduction intervention's, carer's support, education, training and employment advice. Treatment is personalised and targeted to enable individuals to address their needs and move on in their recovery.
Main duties of the job
To deliver non-medical prescribing for alcohol and drug clients, this will include the provision of clinics for community alcohol detoxes within the service, also delivery of nurse-prescribing clinics for drug clients.
To co-ordinate recovery-focused care packages for a defined caseload of clients with substance misuse issues. These clients will have multiple needs that require a high level of input both from the multi-disciplinary team and across multiple partnership agencies. Care packages will include delivering a combination of physical health, psychosocial and recovery interventions to assist the clients in meeting their needs.
The post holder will also take responsibility, be expected to take the lead on and develop specific specialised areas, be actively involved in any research that is undertaken and work closely with the rest of the team to ensure efficient operation of the service on a daily basis.
