Job summary
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic candidate
to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity to work with people who are
affected by offending and substance misuse within a residential rehabilitative
environment. Via Passmores House deliver high quality services including
specialist prescribing services, rapid access to treatment, and other health
and wellbeing interventions to better equip individuals to improve their
physical and mental health. This position requires a Nurse with appropriate and
valid registration with the NMC and experience of working with individuals who
use alcohol or substances.
We are
looking for Nurses with a minimum of 12 months substance misuse experience, who
would like to gain knowledge in the developing area of detoxification from
alcohol, the new wave of psychoactive drugs as well as opiate detoxification
and stabilisation.
Main duties of the job
Our clients present
with complex needs and a multitude of both physical and psychological challenges.
We are offer excellent in house training as well as the chance of further
courses once the probationary period is completed satisfactorily.
Good communication skills both written and
verbal are essential. Confidence to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
with an interest and commitment in group work. Participation in the units
group programme is a requirement as team working is essential.
About us
Passmores House is a
residential recovery community for people with a dependency on drugs and/or
alcohol, we offer residential detoxification and stabilisation packages, as
well a full rehabilitation programme, all built around the individual. The
house is based in a beautifully renovated and historic building, set in a leafy
park close to the transport hub of Harlow in Essex.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role Purpose
To deliver excellent drug and alcohol
services to service users in an inpatient setting, including the service users
significant others in the plan, to maximise positive outcomes.
Where indicated, provide Alcohol,
Opiate and any other substance detoxification support and management including
liaising with Hospital, Community, medical and support, staff.
Deliver general health care support,
including Wound Care, ECGs, healthcare assessments, medication administration
and other similar activities.
Undertake basic life support/
anaphylaxis training so you are confident and competent to manage a medical
emergency including the administration of emergency drugs.
Key duties and activities of the role
Deliver harm reduction advice, guidance
and education. To include blood borne virus interventions (screening,
vaccination and treatment access), overdose prevention including naloxone
programmes, health and wellbeing screening brief and facilitated signposting or
referral to partner services, including primary care.
Provide high quality, person centred,
low threshold services, responding to the individual and diverse needs and
preferences of our service users and their significant others.
Deliver evidence-based clinical and
psychosocial one-to-one and group interventions as part of an effectively
integrated care package. Taking an assertive approach to service user
disengagement.
Enable service users to access
education and employment services and health, wellbeing and recovery activities
and education, including signposting to services.
Support students, volunteers, peer
mentors and service user representatives to take an active part in Via
services.
Identify risks and take appropriate
action in accordance with local, national and organisational Safeguarding
policies, contributing to multi-disciplinary review meetings.
Maintain accurate and timely records
using the designated case management system in compliance with Via Information
Governance policies and procedures.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Ensure that the treatment plan is adhered to supporting wider health education, medication administration and any other appropriate activities.
- Demonstrable commitment to ensuring excellent communication of treatment plans offered, treatment progress and outcomes of any investigations to other healthcare agencies, including GPs, to achieve good outcomes for service users.
- Passion for and understanding of working in substance misuse services or with other socially excluded or vulnerable groups. With a proven ability to meet deadlines, record information accurately and in a timely way and to work calmly under pressure.
- Great team working, communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrating a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues and the whole team to deliver Service objectives, as well as in working directly with service users and their significant others.
- Demonstrable ability to deliver an excellent quality level of service to people with complex needs. This includes the ability to work with people on a one-to one basis or to facilitate group sessions, to be able to complete assessments, care and support plans, risk assessments and to complete case recording to a high standard and in a timely way.
- Good IT skills including use of Microsoft Office programs and digital meeting platforms and Case Management Systems such as Nebula, System One or Theseus.
- A demonstrable understanding of the Health and Social Care regulatory requirements of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), National Institute for Clinical Excellence standards for Health and Social Care and any other relevant bodies.
- Demonstrable commitment to working in partnership with other professionals such as criminal justice agencies, community groups and other stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes for our service users.
- The ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in different settings (e.g. written, spoken, presented, etc) and to different groups of people.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse (RMN, RGN or Learning Disabilities Nurse) with an active PIN number and ensuring that revalidation requirements are met and effectively communicated.
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 .
Employer details
Employer name
Via
Address
18 Dartmouth Street
London
SW1H 9BL