The aim is to provide a service across ARC MK integrated drug treatment service with a focus on the homeless, rough sleepers and hostel residents that reside in the Milton Keynes.

The post holder will use their specialist foundation knowledge and skills to undertake assessment, care planning, implementing and evaluating the case and treatment of clients.

He/she will perform duty assessments to clients that are new to the service, in addition to acting as keyworker to a defined allocated caseload of clients with a low to medium degree of complexity, under the supervision of designated Senior Nurse within the team.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the delivery of the care and management of this client group is done in compliance with HCC Quality Standards.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the rough sleepers and homeless outreach team as part of the integrated drug and alcohol treatment service in Milton Keynes

We are seeking practitioners or nurses either with experience working with those with substance misuse issues or someone looking to expand their practice into a new field and embrace new a new challenge. You will join our multidisciplinary team to help engage with the homeless population who use drug and alcohol to help engage in community-based treatment to secure long-term accommodation.

The role will be part of the Addictions Recover Community, Milton Keynes (MK) team, but predominantly community-facing, working in sites across Milton Keynes.

About us

CNWL Addictions is a well-established NHS provider offering a wide range of high-quality addictions treatment interventions to the diverse and multicultural population across Brent, Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Milton Keynes and HMP Woodhill. In addition, we have the Club Drug Clinic coving Kensington and Chelsea/Westminster as well as our National Problem Gambling Service and Gaming Clinic. CNWL also have a nurse-led homeless peripatetic nurse team as well as specialist nurses working across a number of General Hospital sites

The service is committed to a harm minimisation philosophy and to partnership working. Our main partners are primary care services, social and the third sectors.

Treatments are provided across all our clinical centres. A Care Quality Management framework is well established and the service prides itself in its continuous development and as a learning organisation.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team which provides a range of specialist services to problem drinkers and problematic club drug takers attending the service/unit, including harm minimisation approaches, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, care planning individual intervention, health education and detoxification programmes, mindfulness, counselling and group work.
• To make continuous assessments, under supervision, of the psychological, emotional, social and rehabilitative needs of clients, taking into account the needs of family, local community and developing care plans and evaluation of these plans.
• To be able to assess and case manage clients who inject club drugs, in particular assessing injection sites and be conversant with the precepts of harm minimisation, taking a predominant role in providing duty assessments to clients who are new to the service.
• To provide case management and direct clinical care to a defined number of clients as agreed with the Service Co-ordinator and under the supervision of a designated professional within the team. This includes assessment, planning and providing specialist care. It is expected that the caseload will consist of clients with needs of a low to medium complexity.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oEducated to diploma level or NVQ level 4
• Or Registered Nurse or other registered healthcare professional

Desirable

• oHarm reduction training.
• oMotivational Interviewing/Relapse management training
• oPost registration substance misuse qualifications
• oDegree

Experience

Essential

• oPost registration/ experience.
• oPractical experience of providing high quality care.
• oExperience of conducting risk assessments.
• oEvidence of personal and professional development in substance misuse settings
• oAbility to treat patients with respect and dignity.
• oMaintain patient confidentiality
• oDemonstrates the ability to manage work under pressure

Desirable

• oPrevious experience within an NHS or local authority setting.
• oExperience of working in a prison setting.
• oData Processing and analysis
• oAudit

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Competent at delivering motivational interviewing, relapse management and harm reduction interventions.
• Demonstrated ability to work within and show understanding of equal opportunities.
• Knowledge of Mental Health and Substance Misuse Services
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care & act accordingly if untoward changes occurred
• Proficient in Microsoft Software.
• Committed to personal/professional development
• Dependable and a sense of responsibility
• Flexible approach to work
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal.
• Ability to work within a Multidisciplinary Team
• Ability to work autonomously using own initiative
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload.
• Ability to multitask and deal with frequent interruptions and interventions when carrying out complex tasks (ie transcribing complicated medical or psychological court reports)
• Understanding of national and local pathways to access substance misuse support.

Desirable

• Understanding of health & safety issues.
• Understanding of the Data Protection Act and Issues around Confidentiality
• Understanding of the Mental Health Act
• Leadership skills (motivating, using initiative, change management)
• Problem solving skills, stress management skills & conflict resolution skills

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

ARC MK

33-37 Farthing Grove

Milton Keynes

MK6 4JH

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