Practice Plus Group
Senior Substance Misuse Nurse
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About The Role
UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE
- MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE
We have an exciting opportunity for a Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our team at HMP Wealstun, a category C Prison located near Wetherby, Yorkshire. HMP Wealstun is a male prison that focuses on training and education with a capacity of 900 males.
We are seeking an experienced Substance Misuse Nurse / Prescriber to join our prison healthcare team. You will have experience supporting patients with substance misuse needs and, ideally, hold a prescribing qualification. Working as part of a team of four, you will deliver specialist clinics across the prison wings and healthcare department, providing assessment, treatment, medication management, and harm-reduction support.
HMP Wealstun offers:
- Onsite parking
- Staff canteen
- Onsite gym
Hours
- Monday - Friday
- 37.5 hours per week
- 8am - 4pm or full time hours over 4 days
Salary
This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary between £43,609 - £49,175 per annum - depending on experience.
How will we support you?
- Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
- Competency framework
- Regional and national career development opportunities
- Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
- Support from the wider team
Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.
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What you'll be doing
As a Senior Substance Misuse Nurse, your responsibilities will vary. You will:
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, prioritising patient care to develop individualised packages of care through comprehensive assessment and recovery planning
- Deliver a range of treatment options including clinical and psychosocial interventions in both a group and 1-1 setting with recovery at the centre of our healthcare wellbeing model
- Be able to carry out comprehensive assessments, initiate and review individual recovery plans, and confidently communicate the full range of treatment options available to service users.
- Monitor therapeutic responses to medication and potential side effects and liaise with prescribers. You will work with individuals, on a 1-1 basis, providing advice and information.
- Support in group work delivery and liaise with prescribers and Recovery Practitioners on clinical interventions. You will occasionally be required to support dispensing.
- Have an understanding and commitment to recovery and a person-centred approach.
If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.
It doesn’t stop there… we also offer:
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- Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
- Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
- 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it
What we'll look for in you
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.
Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:
- we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
- we act with integrity
- we embrace diversity
- we strive to do things better together
We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.
Required qualifications:
- Registered nurse with current NMC Adult
- Prescribing qualification - Essential
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD).
- RCGP 1 in Substance Misuse or willingness to undertake.
- Experience of working with opiate dependant patients.
- Sound clinical substance misuse knowledge.
- A non-judgmental and compassionate approach.
Ideal candidates would have experience in a hospital, community, or prison environment.
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