Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Misuse Nurse Specialist inChertsey inChertsey PUBLISHED MON 20 JAN 2025

Are you a nurse or social worker with a good understanding of Substance Misuse? Do you also have experience in community based mental health services. Are you motivated to help service users engage in their recovery journey? Do you want to ensure that service users with dual diagnosis do not fall through the gaps? Are you a car owner/driver? Are you proactive?

Would you like an opportunity to join our exciting and innovative Specialist Substance Misuse Service? I-access is seen as a forward thinking and innovative service. It has been a high performing service for many years and has remained in the NHS since it started over 3 decades ago. Quality standards are a high priority for the service and for Surrey County Council.

Due to the high performance of i-access over many years Surrey County Council and SABP have worked together to find a commissioning model that did not cause the damage and service disruption procurement processes can often result in. i-access is now jointly delivered by Surrey County Council and Surrey and Borders under a cooperation agreement. This is an ongoing agreement, which enables i-access to continue to deliver a quality service to Surrey residents without the disruption of an impending procurement process

We are offering a Band 7 opportunity to an experienced Substance Misuse/Mental Health Nurse working across Surrey to support service users with complex substance misuse and mental health issues.

The post holder will be proactive in reducing harm in line with the recovery agenda and advocate for service users in addressing their physical, mental health and social care needs. The post holder will be dynamic in developing and fostering good working relationships with Community based mental health services across Surrey.

We are looking for proactive nurses who have genuine interest in and empathy for people with a drug and alcohol addiction and mental health issues. The candidate should be comfortable travelling to and working in a variety of settings including our three main bases, Two Bridges, Chertsey, Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford and Wingfield Resource Centre, Redhill. There is an expectation to deliver training and support across the county of Surrey.

The post involves working as part of a Multidisciplinary Team providing 1:1 key work support for a small group of service users with complex mental health and substance misuse issues as part of their Recovery Treatment Plan. Experience in strong team working across divisional and organisational boundaries is an advantage. The role is varied and exciting.

The successful applicants will have experience of working within the substance misuse and/or mental health field, have excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as an understanding of problems faced by people with co-occurring diagnoses.

About us

Suitable for someone who is a professional, dynamic and experienced clinician and has excellent complex risk management and crisis intervention skills in a fast moving environment, adaptable and can meet the needs of Service Users establishing strong professional supportive relationships. To work and act appropriately on own initiative within a multi-disciplinary team and has the skills to utilise knowledge, skills and experience to deliver a high standard of evidence based clinical interventions.

You will have knowledge, skills and experience in Mental Health and Substance Misuse with an excellent understanding of the recovery agenda.