Our clients are urgently seeking to recruit a
Locum Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their Dual Diagnosis Team.
Hours: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm
JOB SUMMARY
Provide clinical supervision to the dispersed Dual Diagnosis workers, in liaison with the Operational Manager. The Senior Practitioner will take the lead in identifying, consulting and arranging the provision of training to both substance misuse and mental health staff as well as ensuring all dual diagnosis staff’s training is current and appropriate. Other responsibilities will include undertaking specialist assessments of service users, managing complex cases, implementing risk management plans and providing high quality evidence-based interventions.
Tasks and Responsibilities
To work alongside the Operations Manager and the wider management and medical team to deliver an effective, safe and high-quality service.
To act as a deputy manager when required, providing support and advice to recovery workers and be the first point of contact in dealing with any incidents or complaints from service users.
To provide line management and supervision to a team of dual diagnosis workers
To adhere to local safeguarding protocols to safeguard children and vulnerable adults. including the completion of safeguarding assessment tools, referrals to social services and producing reports
To work effectively with partner agencies and other professional to ensure a joined up approach to treatment and care planning To provide specialist support, advice and guidance to service managers, lead clinicians, nurses and care staff within Crisis & Home Treatment teams, Community Locality teams, forensic services and hospital in-patient wards
To introduce effective screening and assessment tools and training to the provider staff on evidence based interventions
To manage a caseload of clients with complex needs, and carry out comprehensive specialist assessments and provide time limited interventions for dual diagnosis patients that includes health promotion and harm minimisation, relapse prevention, detoxification and residential and community based substance use treatment.
To assess and act upon immediate risk of danger to service users and/or others.
To maintain multi-disciplinary links with community services offering consultation and advice
To provide written reports as requested by other organisations/services, e.g. housing, probation and social services.
To have professional responsibility for promoting equality, diversity and rights.
Understand the rationale and principles of substitute medication and prescribing.
To lead in developing joint working programmes with local drug and alcohol services related to detoxification and titration scripts.
To participate in joint working groups reviewing and updating prescribing protocols for substance misuse treatment in mental health settings.
Demonstrates advanced theoretical and clinical skills in both substance misuse and mental health fields, and the ability to inter-relate complex presentations within dual diagnosis.
Uses delegation skills to enable prioritisation and re-prioritisation of work allocations according to resource availability.
Demonstrates knowledge of the organisation’s mission, objectives and priorities and implications for inclusion within own area of work.
To plan, evaluate and review work through regular supervision with line manager, including setting personal objectives and development planning.
To design and deliver training based on current dual diagnosis research or evidence to mental health and substance misuse teams.
To develop and enhance the skills and abilities of the provider staff with regard to assessment, motivational interviewing, care planning and intervention for dual diagnosis patients through training, joint assessments, joint planning, joint interventions and joint reviews.
To act as a dual diagnosis resource, providing information, advice and support for the provider staff
Demonstrates ability to manage complex range of activities, formulating, developing, implementingand adjusting plans and strategies in relation to dual diagnosis within the team
To maintain and update professional awareness of current issues relating to severe mental illness and substance misuse.
To keep abreast with research in the field and treatment options available to dual diagnosis patients.
To carry out any other duties requested by the Operational Manager that is in line with this job description and the needs of the service.
To develop good working relationship with team members, colleagues and other relevant professionals outside of the Trust.
To undertake collaborative work with other colleagues i.e. Social Services, Community Mental Health Team, Mental Health Hostels.