Clinical Nurse Specialist Prescriber (Addictions)

We are excited to be recruiting to a Senior Non-Medical Prescriber post to support our community drug and alcohol services to offer safe, effective and rapid prescribing options to our complex and often hard to reach service user cohorts, as well as to offer wider clinical leadership to the teams., To work as a senior non-medical prescriber (NMP) Richmond and Wandsworth Community Drug and Alcohol Services (RWCDAS). Providing clinical assessments, appropriate evidence-based prescribing and follow up for patients presenting with alcohol and substance use disorders. Including prescribing opiate substitution therapy, relapse prevention medication and medication for medically assisted alcohol withdrawal. The post holder will have a clinical operational overview on the day to day running of the service with regards to prescribing and prescription management. This will include ensuring the service is safe and effective, delivers on all performance targets including rapid prescribing of OST and achieves positive outcomes with clients. The Senior NMP will operate as a member of the management team, overseeing the ongoing development of recovery focused and evidence-based interventions for service users. The post holder will provide supervision to other members of the team. It is vital that
the post holder has effective assessment, prescribing and leadership skills, can implement and manage change, has a proactive approach to communication and is skilled in developing links and maintaining partnership arrangements with other services across the borough, as well as within RWCDAS.

RWCDAS is a consortium comprised of We Are With You, St. Mungo's, CDARS and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM). SLaM is the lead agency in this model. We provide excellent and first class range of drug and alcohol treatment options to residents of the two boroughs. We have a multi-disciplinary team comprising of Consultants, Doctors, Nurses, Psychologists, Recovery Workers, Peer Mentors and Volunteers. SLaM provides recognised high quality learning and development opportunities as well as offering the chance to be involved in research projects through the Institute of Psychiatry and globally respected Addictions Department. Our services are fast paced and dynamic, with a strong recovery focus. We operate a core site in each borough alongside satellites including in primary care. We in-reach to local hospitals, prisons, supported hostels and offer street outreach. We work closely with local stakeholders including service user representatives with lived
experience, social care and mental health. We offer one to one and group psycho-social interventions, and a comprehensive online offer, alongside prescribing and psychology. We actively work to be an anti-racist service for service users, staff and partners, where speaking up is encouraged at all levels.