Substance Misuse Lead Nurse

An award-winning community drug and alcohol misuse charity is looking for a Substance Misuse Lead Nurse to join their specialist addictions clinic based in Reading. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced senior RGN or RMN who has a passion for drug and alcohol treatment to join the UK's leading provider in this field.
 

The successful Substance Misuse Lead Nurse will be working in a busy detoxification clinic; the role focuses on providing overall clinical management to front line staff and to ensure that integrated pathways are in place for service users who require treatment for their health needs related to their addiction.

Substance Misuse Lead Nurse responsibilities:

• To be involved in clinical audit of the service under the direction of the Regional Lead Nurse
• Contribute to the overall performance of the service to ensure that contractual output targets are achieved
• Effectively manage and develop all nursing staff and participate in the core training programme as and when required
• Work alongside the Lead Doctor (and or Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP)) to formulate, plan and implement individual treatment programmes to ensure safety and optimise outcomes for service users. This will include supporting nurses assisting detoxifications from substances across operational sites

The benefits for this exciting Substance Misuse Lead Nurse opportunity include:

• Generous salary up to £48,200p/a
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Working for a charity service with an excellent reputation
• Thorough induction
• Excellent training and development opportunities

It is preferable (however, not essential) that the Substance Misuse Lead Nurse has experience in the following:

• Vaccinations including BBV screening, Hepatitis B/C screening
• Use of the CIWA-AR / COWS tool
• Alcohol and opiate detoxification

If you are a Registered Nurse (RGN or RMN) with a passion for addiction treatments or you are looking for a new challenge, do not hesitate to click APPLY or call Sam at Leaders in Care on  for further information.