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Job summary

Main area
mental health
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
364-A-8491-A
Employer
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
5a Queen Street
Town
Colchester
Salary
拢46,148 - 拢52,809 per annum or pro rota
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust logo

Independent Non Medical Prescriber Clinical Lead

Band 7

About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:

  • We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
  • We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values

Our Vision

鈥淭o be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care鈥.

Our Purpose

鈥淲e care for people every day. What we do together, matters鈥.

Our Values

  • We Care
  • We Learn
  • We Empower

Our strategic objectives

  • We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
  • We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
  • We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
  • We will help our communities to thrive.

Our services

  • Mental Health Services
  • Community Health Services
  • Learning Disabilities Services
  • Social Care

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.

Job overview

To provide non-medical (independent) prescribing service for substance misusing clients; to be responsible for substitute prescribing for complex clients, and to provide advice and guidance on prescribing issues to a team of practitioners.

To provide controlled drug and medical withdrawal from alcohol prescribing as an independent prescriber and a supplementary prescriber (in accordance with agreed clinical management plans) to substance misusing clients, within their sphere of competence.

To carry out comprehensive assessments of clients presenting to the service in need of substitute prescribing jointly with non-statutory partners.

To accurately assess the multiple needs of this complex client group, including identifying and exercising judgments relating to homelessness, drug treatment, psychological counselling interventions, treatment plans, criminal justice system, Child protection, other agencies etc.

Job share considered / developmental role

Main duties of the job

  • To work collaboratively with clients, service colleagues and other agencies to promote recovery from drugs/alcohol misuse in close collaboration with medical colleagues.
  • To provide advice and decisions to other service members and partner agencies in relation to crisis situations, conditions and treatment plans, based on medical and drug history and knowledge of certain conditions.
  • To promote the health needs of clients with complex issues, and within their sphere of competence and provide interventions for these needs.
  • To carry out clinical review of clients, and in collaboration with recovery worker and client to update care and treatment plans.
  • To promote clinical excellence by complying with nationally agreed, Trust and statutory policies and clinical guidance, while maintaining own clinical competencies in this role.
  • To undertake non-medical prescribing duties following appropriate accredited training (this being entered on the NMC register) within agreed protocols, working closely with the medical practitioner.
  • To work within Specialist Prescribing Substance Misuse services to embed INMP role into hub/site practice and the wider service.
  • We are a friendly , dynamic and service user focused team working closely with many partnership agencies.

    As mentioned we are service user focused and have a very strong work ethic.

    We are looking for a dedicated individual to join our small friendly team in Colchester.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

听听听听听听听听听听听 Season Ticket Loans

听听听听听听听听听听听 NHS discounts for staff

听听听听听听听听听听听 Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

听听听听听听听听听听听 Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

听听听听听听听听听听听 The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas

听听听听听听听听听听听 Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work

听听听听听听听听听听听 Day One Flexible Employer

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide non-medical (independent) prescribing service for substance misusing clients; to be responsible for substitute prescribing for complex clients, and to provide advice and guidance on prescribing issues to a team of practitioners.

To provide controlled drug and medical withdrawal from alcohol prescribing as an independent prescriber and a supplementary prescriber (in accordance with agreed clinical听

management plans) to substance misusing clients, within their sphere of competence.

To carry out comprehensive assessments of clients presenting to the service in need of substitute prescribing jointly with non-statutory partners.

To accurately assess the multiple needs of this complex client group, including identifying and exercising judgments relating to homelessness, drug treatment, psychological counselling interventions, treatment plans, criminal justice system, Child protection, other agencies etc.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Qualified as an INMP within substance misuse
Desirable criteria
  • Qualified as an INMP

Experience

Essential criteria
  • years experience working within substance misuse
  • years experience as a qualified nurse

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Menopause Friendly EmployerEssex Family Friendly Employers

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lidia Woods
Job title
Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]