Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health - Community
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-NUR-7109152-LF
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lorraine Hewitt House
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Substance Misuse Nurse - Non-Medical Prescriber
NHS AfC: Band 7
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit experienced nurses to be core members of our multi-disciplinary teams, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning, risk assessments, while supporting service users at all stages of their recovery journeys
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as a non-medical prescriber in the delivery of effective treatments to drug and alcohol service users. The post holder will carry out initial assessments and help deliver opiate substitute treatment for stabilisation and community detoxification. The post holder will be involved in alcohol community detoxes and provide other relevant support interventions to service user who use a range of substances. To support the delivery of specialist health clinics such as lung, liver, BBV testing, and the training and distribution of Naloxone.
For more information, please see Job description
Working for our organisation
Lambeth Community Drug and Alcohol Services are delivered via consortia arrangement, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) leads the contract and delivers the service in conjunction with our partners, We Are With You, Phoenix Futures and Humankind. The service offers a range of interventions catering to the needs of substance misusing / dependent client's resident within the London Borough of Lambeth. Treatment is personalised and targeted to enable individuals to address their needs and move on in their recovery. Substances covered include opioids, NPS, alcohol and non-opiates. Service users are also able to access a range of physical and mental health support e.g. blood borne viruses testing and treatment / smoking cessation and there is a strong focus on harm minimization and relapse prevention. The consortium offers services across the 2 main premises and in a variety of GP services and has a total of 42 wte staff from a wide range of backgrounds doctors, nurses, psychologists, administrators, social workers, key workers, recovery staff and peer mentors and benefits from an active Service User Council
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To work as a non-medical prescriber in the delivery of effective treatments to drug and alcohol service users.
- Carry out initial assessments and help deliver opiate substitute treatment for stabilisation and community detoxification.
- The post holder will be involved in alcohol community detoxes and provide other relevant support interventions to service user who use a range of substances.
- To support the delivery of specialist health clinics such as lung, liver, BBV testing, and the training and distribution of Naloxone.
- To support the management team in the development of staff members across the teams to ensure high standard of client care.
- To take responsibility for the management of a defined caseload of clients with complex needs.
- To complete accurate risk assessments of all patients and escalate relevant concerns in line with Trust policy.
- To facilitate addictions training and other elements of front-line service delivery where required
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified Mental Health nurse or Learning Disability Nurse registered with the NMC
- Professional registration appropriate to own discipline
- A non-medical prescribing qualification
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification or relevant experience at senior level
- Qualification in relevant area of practice eg dual diagnosis, substance misuse, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with and assessing service users with complex presentations
- Experience of working as a non-medical prescriber
- Experience of developing and delivering a range of interventions to clients
- Experience of providing training and education diverse audiences
Desirable criteria
- Working clinically within a substance misuse team
Knowledge / Skills
Essential criteria
- Highly developed assessment skills, able to assess service users with complex presentations.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, being able to engage with a variety of stakeholders.
- Ability to work autonomously and prioritise work.
- IT literate and the ability to produce high quality reports.
- Conflict management skills
- Ability to build effective working relationships
Desirable criteria
- Advanced computer skills and use of spread sheets, knowledge of the EPJS software
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Seamus Costello
- Job title
- Borough Lead for Lambeth
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02032251552
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