Practice Plus Group
Substance Misuse Clinical Lead
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About The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a part-time Substance Misuse Clinical Lead to join our Substance Misuse team at HMP Sudbury, a category D Prison, located in Ashbourne in East Midlands.
HMP Sudbury is an adult male prison with a population of 661.
Role Overview
As a Substance Misuse Clinical Lead, you will play a key role in providing high-quality clinical care and supporting the delivery of substance misuse services within the prison setting. You will need to be a qualified non-medical prescriber, with RCGP Part 1 being desirable. Working as part of a dedicated team of four.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide substance misuse clinical leadership and management to the registered nurses and care teams.
- Deputise on behalf of the Deputy/Head of Healthcare when required.
- Work closely with partners to maintain a robust, high-quality clinical service for patients. Ensure that own clinical practice is consistent with autonomous practice within the role.
- Model a culture of compassion, care, courage, commitment, communication, and competence.
- Clinical Lead will coach, line manage, and develop clinician staff; support and contribute in undertaking audits and governance and contribute to developing and reviewing clinical/non-clinical Local Operating Protocols for the site.
- Chair and facilitate specific healthcare meetings with the team and different partners, provide clinical supervision (training available) and carry out investigations locally and for the wider region.
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Benefits
HMP Sudbury offers:
- Onsite car parking
- Career and development opportunities
- Onsite gym
- Access to canteen
Hours
- Part-time
- 7.5 hours per week
- Flexible on which day of the week
Salary
- Annual salary is between £10,328 - £11,602 per annum depending on experience.
Support
- 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
Requirements
- Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK.
- Due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.
What We Offer
- 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
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About Us
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 they would like to be treated.
- We act with integrity.
- We embrace diversity.
- We strive to do things better together.
What We’re Looking For
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.
Qualifications:
- Registered Nurse – Adult or Mental Health
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Professional registration as an Independent Non-Medical prescriber
- Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
- A non-judgmental and compassionate approach
Ideal Experience:
- Experience in a hospital, community, or prison environment (although not essential)
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