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Location: Trowbridge & Salisbury
At Turning Point, we support people with substance use issues across the country. As a community based Non-Medial Prescriber Nurse (NMP) or Pharmacist Prescriber in our Connect service, 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 Wiltshire. You will work within a busy prescribing service under the supervision of our Clinical Services Manager, alongside our Clinical Team and specialist Recovery Workers and Peer Mentors to improve the wellbeing of a wide range of individuals.
Role ResponsibilityAs a community based Non-Medical Prescriber Nurse (NMP) or Pharmacist Prescriber in a busy prescribing service, you will be involved with opiate substitute treatment, alcohol and opiate detoxifications and relapse prevention medications. As part of the wider Wellbeing Team you will also provide support to the nursing team providing Blood Borne Virus screening and vaccinations and will work closely with mental health, physical health and social care services. You'll also help to create a collaborative approach that links Turning Point ever closer to outside professionals and agencies.
In addition to running prescribing clinics, undertaking health and wellbeing assessments, you will contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings providing robust governance and supporting team learning and development. The role will also entail the delivery of both targeted and opportunistic clinical interventions which are likely to include liver elastography, ECG’s, Dried Blood Spot Testing, (DBST) for blood borne viruses, Pabrinex and Buprenorphine prolonged-release injections and Hepatitis B vaccinations for those where clinically indicated.
You will attend prescribers meetings, one to one clinical supervision and national prescriber/clinician meetings which will also support your learning and continuous professional development.
As an employee you will have access to RCNi to assist with revalidation, and support from the Clinical Lead (Consultant Psychiatrist), Clinical Services Manager, Turning Point’s Head of Nursing and Head of Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy Services.
The Ideal CandidateWe are seeking a qualified Non-Medical Prescriber Nurse (NMP) or Pharmacist Prescriber that will join an established team in Trowbridge, you will need to be an excellent communicator, you'll have the ability to develop support packages that are creative, flexible and tailored to the needs of each individual. And of course, we're looking for someone who loves talking to people with different needs, is genuinely interested in helping them, and possesses a deep level of empathy, understanding and patience.
About usWhat 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 that includes:
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
Turning Point
Attached documentsLocation: | United Kingdom south west england Trowbridge |
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