The post holder will offer assessment, consultation and short-term intervention for mental health service users who also use substances within the borough acute and crisis pathway by offering joint work with service users, ward team, care co-ordinator or named professional.

The post holder will support the aim to deliver a high quality, time limited assessment and brief intervention service that enables clients of the service to achieve optimal functioning in the community. Intervention will be delivered within an integrated Motivational Interviewing approach that is person centred and holistic providing assessments and support for families and/or carers, working collaboratively with, and appropriately referring to, other Oxleas and substance misuse services.

Main duties of the job

• To develop and enhance communication and information sharing between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and Substance Misuse Service Providers about COMHAD related acute admissions.
• Strengthen joint working protocols between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and Substance Misuse Services in relation to discharge planning
• Increase the engagement with Substance Misuse Services of those people with drug and alcohol dependence who are currently inpatients on mental health acute wards.
• Reduce the number of repeated mental health acute admissions relating to substance misuse.
• Reduce the overall reliance on acute mental health beds where substance misuse has contributed to the reason for the admission
• Improve the health and social care pathway for dual diagnosis service users by enhancing engagement with appropriate services
• Offer consultation to all Oxleas mental health teams in the Bromley acute, crisis and liaison mental health services.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be able to work autonomously within the multi-professional team to deliver high quality assessments and liaise in a responsive way.

The post holder will provide professional supervision and leadership for all COMHAD clinical staff and commissioned substance misuse services across Bromley.

Please see Job Description for further information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RMN, RGN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist qualification and current registration
• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development

Desirable

• Additional Drug and alcohol qualification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working in a Mental Health or Drug and Alcohol setting.
• Previous drug and alcohol experience.

Desirable

• Experience of high levels of working both independently and in a team setting.

Skills/Knowldege

Essential

• A clear understanding of the needs and difficulties of people who experience co-occurring mental health, alcohol and drug difficulties
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to teach practical substance management skills to service users

Desirable

• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent IT skills (able to use all Microsoft Office tools competently for example)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Green Parks House

Princess Royal University Hospital

Farnborough Common

BR6 8NY

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