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JOB-20240909-f9129149

<h1>Senior Substance Misuse Nurse</h1>

Specialism: Nursing - Substance Misuse / Criminal Justice 
 Location: Bexley, UK 
 Salary: £27.00 per hour 
 Contract: Ongoing Locum 
 Schedule: Full Time

Step into a rewarding role as a Senior Substance Misuse Nurse within Bexley's Criminal Justice Services. This position offers an excellent opportunity to use your specialist skills to support individuals experiencing drug and alcohol dependence, delivering high-quality clinical care and harm-reduction interventions within a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment.


<h2>Perks and Benefits</h2>

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Full-Time Position: Immerse yourself fully in a role that provides meaning, challenge, and the chance to create lasting impact.
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Competitive Hourly Pay: Earn £27.00 per hour while enjoying the flexibility that hourly locum work provides.
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Professional Development: Benefit from diverse learning opportunities, ongoing training, and exposure to a variety of clinical environments.
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Networking Opportunities: Work closely with experienced professionals across criminal justice, health, and social care sectors.
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Healthy Work-Life Balance: Enjoy varied and rewarding work within a supportive structure that values wellbeing.
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<h2>Role Purpose</h2>

As a Senior Substance Misuse Nurse, you will deliver specialist nursing care to individuals with substance-use disorders within the criminal justice pathway. You will play a key role in assessment, risk management, treatment planning, harm reduction, and supporting service users through their recovery journey.


<h2>What You Will Do</h2>

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Complete holistic assessments addressing physical, psychological, and social needs for service users with substance dependencies.
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Develop and review personalised, evidence-based care plans in partnership with service users and carers.
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Undertake risk assessments, mental health screening, and detoxification reviews.
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Deliver specialist interventions, including opioid substitution therapy assessments, detox planning, and structured harm reduction support.
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Provide BBV testing, vaccinations, overdose prevention advice, and safer injecting education.
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Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns, working closely with partner agencies across health, social care, and criminal justice.
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Manage a defined caseload as care coordinator, ensuring continuity of care and effective multi-agency collaboration.
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Sanctuary Personnel

Senior Substance Misuse Nurse

Helping others improve and turn their lives around - there's no better feeling. It's what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it. We are looking for a professional, confident Deputy Ward Manager (RMN/RNLD) who can lead, inspire &amp; oversee the delivery of the very best care. You'll be working 38.5 hours a week (Including shifts from Monday Sunday on a rota basis), at Cygnet Hospital Maidstone. We are looking for a Deputy Ward Manager to join us on Bearsted Ward. Bearsted Ward is our 15 bed male PICU at Cygnet Hospital Maidstone and accepts emergency and crisis admissions. Referrals are accepted from all areas, including acute and prison services. Cygnet Hospital Maidstone is our state-of-the-art, 63 bed mental health facility for adults situated in the Kent Medical Campus in Maidstone. It is purpose built to meet the latest national specifications for improving mental health within a therapeutic environment. The hospital will provide an important and much-needed service for local patients from Kent. Your day-to-day... • Provide clinical leadership, coaching &amp; mentoring for the development of services • Under NMC guidelines, ensure that individual care plans are complete &amp; maintained • Administer medicines within healthcare procedures and Healthcare Commission guidelines • Take lead responsibility in undertaking regular care audits • Maintain excellence through clinical practice development &amp; quality improvement • Be responsible for a planned programme of support across your area of focus • Be an active member of clinical working committees relevant to role • Attend all training and engage in CPD to further knowledge &amp; promote nursing • Co-ordinate all clinical aspects of the ward &amp; ensure co-operation between clinical departments •Support staff through debriefs, appraisals, training, meetings &amp; development of evidence/ research-based practice Why Cygnet? We'll offer you... £25.80 - per hour • Expert supervision &amp; peer support • NHS &amp; employee discount scheme • 50% NMC registration renewal paid by Cygnet • Free meals on duty &amp; free parking • RCNi membership • Bespoke career pathways • Plus much more. You... An experienced RMN or RNLD with a current Pin Number, you'll have... Essential: • At least two years' experience • The ability to maintain documentation, undertake audits &amp; demonstrate integrity in your role • A good understanding of the latest nursing practices • A commitment to patient recovery in order to effectively monitor, manage &amp; reduce risk • Compassion, resilience &amp; a dedication to empower &amp; support service user independence Desirable: • The ability to deputise in a Manager role • An interest in leadership, research &amp; assessment. Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check. Cygnet has been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years. In this role you'll have the chance to make a real impact on patients, service users &amp; their families. What next? If you care about making a difference - we want to talk to you. Click the button to apply

Cygnet

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Deputy Ward Manager

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Unit Nurse Manager (General) at a Barchester care home, you'll use your compassion and initiative to make sure our residents get the quality care they deserve. We'll look to you to plan, manage and monitor the delivery of nursing that meets all of our residents' needs. This means you'll implement person-centred care plans that make a real difference to our residents' day-to-day lives. As part of your wide range of responsibilities, you can expect to plan rotas, recruit, train and mentor staff and build relationships with local regulators and social services. In the role of Unit Nurse Manager (General), you'll have the freedom and autonomy to take your unit from strength to strength, with plenty of opportunities for professional development along the way. ABOUT YOU To join us as a Unit Nurse Manager (General), you'll need to be a Registered Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC registration. Experience in producing well-developed care plans and detailed risk assessments is important, as is an up-to-date knowledge of recent clinical practices and regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. You'll be a natural leader who has acted as a clinical mentor, including supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship. Dedicated, ambitious and resilient, you'll have a strong track record of delivering improvements to achieve quality care. REWARDS PACKAGE In return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive salary plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including: NMC registration paid every year Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Nurse Mentor' and Refer a Friend' bonus schemes Offer to pay Health &amp; Care Worker Visa immigration fees (for eligible nurses) And so much more! If you'd like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.

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Unit Nurse Manager (RGN) - Care Home

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