Opportunity to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment focused on high-quality addictions and recovery care.
Engagement with a diverse service user group, enhancing cultural competency and person-centered care.
Collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team, fostering teamwork and shared decision-making.
Development of complex clinical decision-making skills through ongoing assessments and care management.
Ability to lead and coordinate healthcare delivery, making a significant impact on individuals' recovery journeys.
Access to training and development resources within the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, supporting career growth.
The Bexley Community Drug and Alcohol Service, part of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, is seeking enthusiastic and motivated nurses for the role of Community Addictions Nurse (Band 5/6 Developmental post) in Erith. The ideal candidates, regardless of their nursing discipline, will join a dynamic multi-disciplinary team to provide high-quality care to individuals aged 18 and over affected by drug and alcohol issues. Key responsibilities include conducting ongoing assessments, care planning, delivering individual and group therapy using CBT skills, and coordinating person-centred healthcare, while promoting health, independence, and recovery within the community.
The role emphasises the importance of clinical management and shared decision-making with service users and their families, ensuring that interventions such as alcohol assessments, harm reduction, and medication administration are effectively delivered. This position not only supports the recovery journeys of service users but also contributes to the broader mission of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, which offers extensive mental health and substance misuse services to a diverse population. Interested candidates can reach out to Klara Soneska, Clinical Team Leader, for more information.
The role emphasises the importance of clinical management and shared decision-making with service users and their families, ensuring that interventions such as alcohol assessments, harm reduction, and medication administration are effectively delivered. This position not only supports the recovery journeys of service users but also contributes to the broader mission of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, which offers extensive mental health and substance misuse services to a diverse population. Interested candidates can reach out to Klara Soneska, Clinical Team Leader, for more information.
Bexley Community Drug and Alcohol Service (Pier Road Project) are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, caring, and creative nurses from any discipline to come and join us. You will be working within an exciting and fast paced environment that provides high quality addictions and recovery care to a diverse service user group. The service is a partnership between NHS and voluntary services, and we work as a single service to get the highest quality of outcomes for residents over the age of 18 in Bexley.
We are looking to recruit a Band 5 or experienced Band 6 nurse of any discipline to be core members of the multi-disciplinary team, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning, treatment, and support of people with drug and alcohol issues to promote health, independence, and recovery.
To lead the clinical management of a care package to individuals who use our services, as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person-centred healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using complex clinical decision making where appropriate and responding to changes in presentation/ situation appropriately. To promote shared decision making with service user/relatives/carers, as appropriate, in terms of involvement in all aspects of their care.
To deliver individual and group therapy utilising CBT skills.
To ensure provision of the necessary physical care to help people who use our services i.e.: alcohol assessments, BBV interventions, pabrinex, medication administration physical observations.
Harm reduction interventions
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.
SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Richmond and Wandsworth
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Klara Job title: Clinical Team Leader , Email address: Telephone number:
We are looking to recruit a Band 5 or experienced Band 6 nurse of any discipline to be core members of the multi-disciplinary team, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning, treatment, and support of people with drug and alcohol issues to promote health, independence, and recovery.
To lead the clinical management of a care package to individuals who use our services, as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person-centred healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using complex clinical decision making where appropriate and responding to changes in presentation/ situation appropriately. To promote shared decision making with service user/relatives/carers, as appropriate, in terms of involvement in all aspects of their care.
To deliver individual and group therapy utilising CBT skills.
To ensure provision of the necessary physical care to help people who use our services i.e.: alcohol assessments, BBV interventions, pabrinex, medication administration physical observations.
Harm reduction interventions
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.
SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Richmond and Wandsworth
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Klara Job title: Clinical Team Leader , Email address: Telephone number:
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