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Job summary
Clinical Nurse Manager Substance Misuse Services
This role is part-time 28 hours per week and offers a hybrid working option
£54,000 per annum, pro rata to £43,200 for 28 hours per week.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Clinical Nurse Manager to lead the delivery of high-quality substance misuse services, ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based care for individuals accessing treatment and recovery support.
This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for the effective management of clinical and non-clinical resources, ensuring the highest standards of nursing care are delivered to service users with substance misuse needs. Working within established clinical protocols and evidence-based practice, including Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) services, you will oversee the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of treatment programmes while promoting positive recovery outcomes.
Main duties of the job
You will manage a specialist prescribing service and provide expert clinical guidance to nursing colleagues on all aspects of substance misuse treatment. This includes advice on substitute prescribing, alcohol detoxification, withdrawal management, medication titration, controlled drug administration, overdose prevention, and other clinical safety considerations within a high-risk environment.
A key aspect of the role is ensuring comprehensive assessments are completed, waiting times are minimised, and access to treatment and psychosocial interventions is improved. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies to ensure continuity of care and compliance with local and national guidelines.
As a senior leader within the service, you will provide clinical and managerial supervision, support staff development, facilitate decision-making processes, and contribute to service improvement initiatives. You will also play an important role in achieving organisational and commissioner targets, monitoring outcomes, and ensuring accurate reporting and governance standards are maintained.
Some flexibility may be required, including travel between sites to support service delivery and maintain continuity of care for service users.
About us
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -
Flexible working Training and development opportunities BHSF Cashback Scheme (optional) Season Ticket Loan Scheme Cycle to work scheme Crisis Loan Scheme Electric Car Scheme 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees) Access to Blue Light Card 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays Contributory Pension Scheme Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years service and up to 9% thereafter Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will contribute to, and be responsible for, ensuring the most effective use of staff, clinical and non-clinical resources. They will be responsible for the delivery and monitoring of high standards of nursing care to patients assessed and admitted to the service according to their clinical needs. They will work in accordance with up-to-date evidence based practice and relevant clinical protocol and policies, in particular the Medically Assisted Treatment Service. The post holder will also have responsibility to implement and monitor comprehensive assessments for those patients admitted to the service with substance misuse issues. They will ensure reduced waiting times, improve access throughout the service for all patients in need of a substance misuse treatment/psychosocial programmes and ensure continuity of care in line with local and national guidelines. The post holder will manage a specialist prescribing service and offer nursing advice regarding substance misuse related issues to nursing colleagues in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the plan of care for patients referred to this specialist service. This includes advice on treatment options including the full array of substitute prescribing, symptomatic management, the management of alcohol withdrawals and detoxification, advice on titration, dispensing of medication including controlled drugs, and managing all aspects of clinical safety e.g. potential overdose, pertinent to a high risk environment. The post holder will be responsible for contributing to the targets set by Forward Trust and the local commissioners. One of the key targets will be measuring outcomes, so cooperative working relationships with other partner agencies is vital to this role. Some flexibility of delivery may be required to enable continuity of care for the client group. There will be occasions when the post holder will be expected to cover for the SMS Manager in their absence. This post holder will also be responsible for nurturing the culture of continued learning and service development.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Ability to work with minimal supervision, Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team, Sound clinical knowledge, Ability to lead and develop teams, Ability to provide and co-ordinate clinical and management supervision. Please see the attached document for the full job description.
Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse (RMN, RGN, or RNLD) with current NMC registration.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name The Forward Trust
Address 25-27 Weston Road
Southend-on-Sea
Essex
SS1 1AS
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.forwardtrust.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)