Description:
Under the guidance of the NMP Lead, Assistant Medical Director, and the Service’s Medical Lead, you'll play a pivotal role as part of a diverse team delivering clinical recovery-oriented alcohol and drug intervention services.
Your responsibilities will include
- As an Outreach Non-Medical Prescriber, you will be required to work peripatetically. This will include working out in the communities and within partnership hubs.
- Assess, diagnose, plan; implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for those accessing clinical treatment.
- Clinically assess service user's needs and plan clinical care accordingly.
- Identify and assess suitability of individuals for in-patient alcohol and opioid detoxification as appropriate.
- Proactively review and manage clinical treatment plans of the service users.
- Initiating and adjusting prescriptions for opiate and/or alcohol substitute treatments and other related medications.
- Taking the lead in developing the prescribing clinic, serving as a point of contact for colleagues and partner agencies on prescribing matters.
About You
- A Qualified Pharmacist with current GPhC registration and two years' post-qualification experience OR a first-level registered nurse with a current PIN AND three years post-qualification experience.
- A qualified Non-Medical Prescriber.
- Someone with at least one year's relevant and recent experience in substance misuse treatment.
- Sound and demonstrable knowledge of clinical prescribing issues.