Job Title; Independent prescriber Drug and Alcohol service
Salary: £45-55/ph
Hours; 22.5 3 days a week
Location; Halifax
Contact length: 3 months with potential to extend
Immediate start
We are recruiting a skilled and compassionate Independent Prescriber to join a drug and alcohol service based in Halifax.
About the role:
This role involves providing high quality care for individuals experiencing substance misuse issues, ensuring effective treatment planning, prescribing medication and supporting recovery. As a Independent Prescriber you will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based interventions, optimize clinical outcomes and contribute to the overall health and well-being of service users.
Key Responsibilities:
- Clinical assessment with or without prescribing a range (including controlled drugs) to support recovery in line with national and organisational guidelines and polices.
- Prescribe cost effectively and according to best practice and provide prescribing information and advice to pharmacists, shared care GPs and hospital staff.
- Blood born virus (BBV) management, care planning, monitoring, evaluation and reviews in practice and outreach settings.
- Deliver health promotion and harm reduction interventions in a client centred manner (e.g. safer sex, contraception, nutrition and healthy living)
- Promote and deliver immunisation against hepatitis B in line with national guidance.
- Contribute to the maintenance of client clinical database; Co-ordinate data entry and retrieval searches and reports to meet the internal and external service requirements as appropriate and ensuring data security at all times.
- Deliver clinical interventions across hubs in different locations and deliver outreach as required
Required:
- Enhanced DBS
- First level registered nurse or registered pharmacist
- Independent prescriber qualified
- RCGP qualifications level 1
- Experience in delivering evidence based treatments in substance misuse
- Previous experience of carrying out general health care assessments including BBV, delivering health promotion / harm reduction and advice and information.
Why work with P4 Recruitment;
- -Weekly pay
- -Fast compliance process
- -Specialist single point of contact
- -Nationwide coverage
- -Online timesheet portal
If this role sounds like the right fit for you, wed love to hear from you Apply now.