Clinical Lead in Newport

Inclusion Isle of Wight Drug and Alcohol team have a rare and exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Clinical Lead with Non Medical Prescribing registration to join us in directing clinical pathways. You will be qualified as a non-medical prescriber and have significant experience of managing services in Substance Misuse and in co-ordinating all aspects of community clinical delivery including detox and tackling health inequalities is vital. We are looking for a leader to drive forward evidence-based change and continuous professional and practice development.

If you believe you can balance all the complex challenges of leading community services with a focus on safeguarding, co-occurring conditions, trauma informed practice and compassionate care please get in touch, we would really like to hear from you.

We are also delighted to offer a short-term recruitment and retention incentive for this role of £3,777 in addition to the Agenda for Change (AfC) pay scale. This would be reviewed on an annual basis. A relocation package is available up to £8,000, subject to negotiation. We may also consider some support with commuting costs should you be travelling from the mainland to the Isle of Wight on a daily basis. Please contact the recruiting manager for further information.

Main duties of the job:

• Manage all clinical and prescribing activities and processes.
• Provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence and expertise in substance misuse work to whom staff and patients can call upon for assistance, advice and support.
• Act as a key channel of liaison and communication between service locations and the external environment.
• Provide clinical supervision and support to Nurses in specialist clinical roles.
• Develop the role of the NMP and work with the Trust and Inclusion's clinical manager in increasing NMP numbers.
• Be responsible and accountable for clinical governance throughout Inclusion IOW, ensuring that clinical governance systems are robust and continuously reviewed.
• Contribute to the development of clinical policies and procedures; ensure the dissemination of new standards, policies and statutory requirements relating to this area of work.
• Produce reports in line with NDTMS and our SLA targets set by commissioners.

About us:

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Inclusion service offers psychological and drug & alcohol services, in the community, and in prisons, and has contracts across the country. As an organisation we serve a population of 1.5 million and currently employ around 9000 members of staff. We have a wide range of exciting opportunities for people looking to work in a truly integrated NHS organisation. By joining MPFT you will become part of a team who are empowered and supported to deliver care in a way which is consistent with our values:

• Putting people at the heart of what we do
• Empowering people to improve care and wellbeing
• Delivering better health, better care in partnership

Job responsibilities:

For full details of this role, please see attached the job description and person specification documents.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• NMP Registration - Current

Experience:

• Experience working in community settings in a clinical role
• Experience in developing clinical pathways for example co-occurring conditions
• Experience and skills to lead a team of Nursing staff

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.