Job Description

Residential Mental Health Nurse – Drug and Alcohol

New Oakwood Lodge

£35,500

Role Purpose: Supported by the Clinical Mental Health Lead the post-holder will be an integral member of a skilled multi-disciplinary team delivering high quality, effective and compliant residential detoxification, and rehabilitation services. They will support the management and frontline staff to ensure services adhere to the best practice guidelines and comply with the regulatory standards and clinical policies and procedures.

You will oversee the day-to-day clinical practices and support the development and delivery of mental health interventions, physical health and wellbeing strategies, including detoxification from drugs and alcohol, harm reduction and prevention of drug related deaths, spread of blood borne virus and other infectious diseases.

It is not essential that you have experience within substance misuse, but you must be able to demonstrate how you have worked to gain experience, transferable skills, and how you have come to be interested in drug and alcohol recovery services.

Hours of work: Monday – Friday 09:00 – 17:00:00 with 30 minutes for lunch

Main Duties: 

• To oversee implementation of the local clinical governance arrangements and lead the reporting process through the Clinical Governance structure.
• Lead on care planning and delivery to respond to the mental health needs of clients.
• To support caseload management, including assessing, planning, and implementing clinical care with a focus on mental health whilst managing clients’ general health needs.
• Delivering mental health interventions and support as indicated
• To provide training and support to frontline staff and managers in relation to clinical procedures and the use of clinical assessment tools including CIWA, COWS and MUST and Mental Health assessment tools.
• To respond to mental health and medical emergencies, managing crises as first line intervention and assessing risk and safeguarding concerns.
• To ensure that all work is performed in accordance with organisational policies and procedures, including the incident, accident and complaints reporting.
• To oversee and ensure safe administration of medications to clients in compliance with medicines management policy and guidelines.
• Support people who use our services an emphasis on mental health needs and deliver health promotion and harm reduction advice and screening.
• Oversee the day-to-day clinical practices and support the development and implementation of health and wellbeing strategies, including detoxification from drugs and alcohol, harm reduction.
• Review, input and upload mental health assessments.
• Arrange BBV testing when required.
• Complete weekly medication audits and complete monthly medications audits in the absence of management.
• Update risk assessments and complete Datix when required.
• Complete and arrange medication and health reviews.
• Provide evidence based psycho-therapeutic interventions focusing on mental health.
• To undertake audits of service quality and clinical practice and to support services in developing and implementing appropriate improvement plans.
• To support and encourage the screening and vaccinating of clients against BBVs.
• To pro-actively maintain an up-to-date knowledge of medicines management in line with the organisational policies, clinical standards, national guidelines and service agreements.
• To ensure that procedures are constantly reviewed to reflect the latest evidence-based practice in accordance with the UK Guidelines on Clinical Management, NICE guidance, and Phoenix Futures policies.
• General
  • To complete administrative tasks in relation to the role including maintaining accurate and up-to-date case files and writing clinical and management reports.
  • Develop a strong working relationship with GP/GP Practice.
  • Arrange GP/Nurse clinics each week and GP appointments when and if required.
  • To understand, uphold and work with the values, ethos, aims and objectives of Phoenix Futures.
  • To maintain professional boundaries at all times.
  • Seek to improve personal performance, contribution, knowledge and skills.
  • Be involved in detox planning and arranging delivery, pick up of medication.
  • Take lead on medication disposals from the service.
  • Be involved in assessment sign off MDT meetings and engage with mental health team and transfer of care when required.
  • Administer depot injections/flu vaccines etc if needed.
  • Attend support meetings with senior nurse and other service nurses.
  • Complete 1-1 sessions with clients for physical and mental health reviews.
  • Refer clients to other agencies for counselling.
  • Arrange blood tests, X rays and other appointments for clients. Smoking cessation.
  • Arrange pharmacy audits once a year.
  • Attend and participate in clinical supervision and team meetings.
  • Work within and be familiar with Phoenix Futures’ policies and procedures.
  • Undertake such other duties as reasonably requested by your manager.

COMPETENCIES 

Competencies are the desired values, attitudes and behaviours considered essential for the successful achievement of our corporate objectives. Post-holders should be able to demonstrate the following:

• Results focus: sets high work standards for self and demonstrates drive to meet targets.
• Customer/user orientation: desire and willingness to address the needs of internal and external customers and people who use our services; seeking continually to improve quality & standards of excellence.
• Communication: able to convey information clearly, accurately and convincingly through speech and/or in writing.
• Teamwork: contributes actively to a working environment, in which colleagues work co-operatively with each other, accepting collective responsibility.
• Planning and Organisation: prioritises, organizes & schedule activities & resources to ensure achievements of results.
• Respect for all: demonstrates awareness of cultural and community diversity and sensitivity to the needs and feelings of other people
• Responsive to change: Receptive to the need for change and adaptable to changing work demands and conditions.

PERSON SPECIFICATION (Knowledge, Experience, Skills & Abilities)

Essential criteria:

• First level Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with current and valid registration with the NMC and a legal right to work in the UK.
• A clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver high quality person-centred recovery services.

• Demonstrable experience or interest in substance misuse and working with people with complex needs
• A willingness to learn recovery principles and how these can be supported by clinicians.
• Working knowledge of residential and community-based substance misuse services, substitute clinical prescribing and detox regimes.
• Sound and demonstrable knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions.
• Ability to prepare written reports as necessary.
• Demonstrate skills to undertake administrative duties.

Desirable criteria:

• Recent experience of working within substance misuse detoxification or rehabilitation services, training in drug awareness will be provided.
• Clinical auditing skills and experience.
• Knowledge and experience of using motivational interviewing and CBT therapy approaches.

Additional requirements:

• No criminal record that prevents work with our client group.
• Proficient in the use of IT systems, including Microsoft Office Suite.
• The successful candidate will be required to maintain their registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) at all times and maintain professional responsibilities in relation to Post-Registration Education and Practice (PREP).

How to Apply

Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: 3291. Salaries: 20,000 - 40,000.

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