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Substance Misuse Nurse: Band 5: HMP Send and Coldingley
Location: Bisley, Woking
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 depending on experience
Vacancy Type: Permanent
About The Role
We are currently recruiting for a Substance Misuse Service: Band 5, based at HMP Send and Coldingley
Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and a wider range of group work and treatment programmes.
The Forward Trust services which are delivered within prison settings are commissioned by NHS England and are delivered in partnership with primary healthcare providers and HMPPS. Integration and partnership are integral to the work we do.
We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past. Our work in prisons aims to support those affected by drug or alcohol issues to create lasting change and reduce dependency, homelessness, unemployment, and re-offending.
Role / Team Overview
As a Band 5 Substance Misuse Nurse with The Forward Trust, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, nurse-led clinical and psychosocial interventions to individuals with substance misuse issues in a prison setting. This dynamic and challenging environment offers the opportunity to utilise and expand your nursing skills while making a tangible impact on the lives of those in your care.
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Key Responsibilities
- Clinical Assessment and Care Planning: Conduct comprehensive assessments of individuals with substance misuse issues, developing and implementing personalised care plans.
- Treatment Delivery: Administer and monitor prescribed treatments, including medication-assisted therapies, ensuring adherence to clinical guidelines.
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with a multidisciplinary team, including healthcare professionals, prison staff, and external agencies, to provide holistic care.
- Health Promotion and Education: Deliver health education and advice to service users, promoting recovery and well-being.
- Record Keeping and Reporting: Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records, ensuring compliance with legal and professional standards.
- Safeguarding and Risk Management: Identify and address safeguarding concerns, implementing appropriate risk management strategies.
All prison-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 8-12 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.
Checks will require you to provide information on the below:
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- Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)
- Your family (parents, parents' partners, siblings, partner(s), children)
- Co-residents
- Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.
- Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates
- Credit reference checks
- Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)
- Other government and overseas agency or police checks.
Person Specification
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RN) with a valid NMC PIN.
- Minimum of one year post-registration experience.
- Experience or a keen interest in substance misuse nursing.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
Desirable
- Experience in a prison or secure healthcare setting.
- Knowledge of substance misuse treatment protocols and harm reduction strategies.
- Additional qualifications or training in substance misuse or mental health nursing.
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