Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Band 7 Independent Non-Medical Prescriber - Weymouth
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About the Role
We are looking for a full time or part time Non-Medical Prescriber. An opportunity has arisen to join the REACH team as a Non-Medical Prescriber; supporting people who use drugs and alcohol to stabilise, work towards recovery and build positive and fulfilling futures for themselves.
As a prescriber you will work with an allocated cohort of service users from a specific area of Dorset (various options available) and be part of an integrated team of drug and alcohol professionals. Clinical leadership is provided by an AWP Consultant Addictions Psychiatrist.
We are looking for a skilled Non-medical prescriber with experience of working within a drug and alcohol treatment setting and a passion for supporting people towards the best possible outcomes. The successful candidate will thrive when working in partnership with a multi-disciplinary team and in a person-centred, flexible and responsive way.
Key Responsibilities
- To work as an Independent Non-Medical Prescriber in partnership with the service user and act as a specialist in Non-Medical Prescribing for service users with substance misuse needs.
- To work as an experienced member of staff in the Reach Team. Provide and develop a specialist drug and alcohol service to service users, including the assessment of treatment and care needs, and the planning, implementation and evaluation of care to meet needs and contributing to the evaluation of care across the REACH prescribing service with a variety of settings where specialist prescribing is available.
- Senior Nurse prescriber for service users working with the Reach care coordinator and other members of the multidisciplinary REACH team and other agencies involved in the care of individual service users.
- Contribute to Integrated Governance processes, including the continuing development, improvement and monitoring of service provision and performance, and monitoring standards of care, through data collection and audit processes. Liaise with, and provide support, advice and training as appropriate to REACH colleagues/services and agencies involved in provision of services to people with drug and/or alcohol problems.
- Contribute to the supervision of identified staff, and provision of training for students of various disciplines, as appropriate.
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About Us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
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We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200 miles, to more than 1.8 million people.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Noreen Mughal
- Job title: Service Manager
- Email address: noreen.mughal2@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07521058734
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