Job Introduction

At Turning Point, we support people with substance use issues across the country. As a community based Senior Non-Medical Prescriber or Senior Pharmacist Prescriber in our Leicestershire and Rutland services, you'll make a real difference to their lives of those experiencing difficulties from drugs and alcohol usage. Passionate about people, you'll enjoy the opportunity and support to enhance your own life and career too, as you gain the experience and training you need to progress in your nursing or Pharmacy career.

Our integrated community drug and alcohol service offers support to individuals across Leicestershire and Rutland. You will work within a busy prescribing service alongside other Clinical Team colleagues. You will work as part of a large multi-disciplinary team with Team Leaders, Advanced Recovery Practitioners, Recovery Workers and Peer Mentors to improve the wellbeing of a wide range of individuals.

Running health and social care services as a social enterprise, we invest every penny back into our care - and our people. So, if you're ambitious and ready for a fresh challenge, progress your career with a sector leader.

Role Responsibility

• Developing strength-based, safe prescribing plans for substance use treatment;
• Being accountable for own prescribing practice and seeking advice when outside of competency/knowledge;
• Delivery of high-quality interventions within your designated clinical team
• Supervision and Management of a designated team including NMPs 
• Ensuring medicine optimisation and cost effectiveness of prescribing practice within your own practice and your team
• Clinical oversight regarding assessment and management of medically assisted community alcohol detoxes
• Contributing to accurate, person-centred and individualised risk assessments and risk management plans that safeguard service users, staff and others.
• Ensuring that prescribing plans are reviewed with the service user and Recovery Worker in line with organisational policy including proactively supporting engagement and swift action in response to changes;
• Ensuring quality and expected clinical standards through delivery supervision, audit and CPD
• Delivery of specific clinical procedures and tasks within my level of training and competency;
• Chairing, multi-disciplinary team meetings/complex case reviews, leading on specific areas of service governance
• Training and continuous professional development of colleagues within my service;
• The delivery of clinical key performance indicators;
• Taking responsibility for your own continuous professional development and for your team, including clinical supervision 

The Ideal Candidate

Essential:

• Registered Nurse/Pharmacist qualification;
• NMP qualification level 6 or 7 (if pharmacist); 
• Demonstrable understanding of the substance use sector and health issues relating to substance use (including mental health);

Desirable:

• Experience of clinical leadership, clinical supervision and student mentorship;
• 3Yrs +experience prescribing within substance use;
• Advanced knowledge of clinical treatment in substance use; 

About us

About Us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package.

26 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 28 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.

Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees.

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We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

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