Senior Substance Misuse Nurse

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Substance Misuse Nurse to join our Substance Misuse team at HMP Thorn Cross a category D Prison located in Cheshire.

HMP Thorn Cross is an Adult Male Institution and has a has an operational capacity of 430. The prison is located in the village of Appleton Thorn south of Warrington in Cheshire, England and is about 20 minutes from Warrington town centre.

Hours

This is a full time 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday 7am to 5pm or 7.30am to 5.30pm and Weekends and B/H 7.15am till 12 noon

Salary

This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary up to £47466per annum FTE - depending on experience.

How will we support you?
• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Substance Misuse Nurse, your responsibilities will vary. You will

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, prioritising patient care to develop individualised packages of care through comprehensive assessment and recovery planning
• Deliver a range of treatment options including clinical and psychosocial interventions in both a group
• and 1-1 setting with recovery at the centre of our healthcare wellbeing model.
• Be able to carry out comprehensive assessments, initiate and review individual recovery
• plans and confidently communicate the full range of treatment options available to service users
• You will monitor therapeutic responses to medication and potential side effects and liaise with prescribers.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn't stop there ... we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we'll look for in you
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We're the UK's leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.
Practice Plus Group's purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications required

• Registered nurse - Mental Health or Adult Nurse
• Current professional qualification (NMC)
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• RCGP 1 in Substance Misuse or willingness to undertake.
• Experience of working with opiate dependant patients.

Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you're looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.