Health & Wellbeing Nurse

Via Gloucestershire are expanding their clinical team and hiring a Health and Wellbeing Nurse.

We are looking to recruit a Registered Nurse with a passion for working with people who use substances. Flexible work and job share solutions are available to support work life balance and Via offer a host of great, sector leading benefits, including payment for professional registration fees.

Working with individuals who use alcohol or drugs offers you the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of individuals who are often some of the most vulnerable and stigmatised people in our communities. No two days are the same, you will work with creative and passionate colleagues focused on supporting people in their recovery journey.

Adult Drug and Alcohol Services across Gloucestershire transferred to Via on 1st April 2024. The role is part of Via's structure and provides a great opportunity to build on existing service strengths, drive new developments and make a positive impact as part of this new contract.

This is a part-time post (30 hours per week), working in our busy community services, providing front line clinical care to people who access treatment.

You will be working across Gloucestershire, but the base is negotiable.

10 March 2025

Agenda for change

Band 5

£31,391 to £34,294 a year pro rata to 30 hours. You will be paid under Via T&C's, not AfC.

Permanent

Part-time

B0427-JOB0145

Bramery House Bramery Business Park, Alstone Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 8HE
43 Longsmith Street, Gloucester, GL1 2HT
Bankfield House, Wallbridge, Bath Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3JQ

To deliver excellent drug and alcohol services to those who use our services and their significant others, including family members, friends, and carers, to facilitate positive outcomes.

Where indicated, undertake community alcohol detoxification, support Opiate detoxification and titration in the community and refer for specialist inpatient services including liaising with hospital and inpatient unit staff.

Support outreach work across the borough, particularly around alcohol misuse.

Lead on Harm Reduction approaches within the service, including helping to reduce the spread of BBVs via testing and immunization schemes.

Deliver general healthcare support, including Wound Care, ECGs, healthcare assessments, and other similar activity.

Undertake basic life support, anaphylaxis training so you are confident and competent to manage a medical emergency including the administration of emergency drugs.

Provide high quality, person centred, low threshold services, responding to the individual and diverse needs and preferences of people and their significant others.

Deliver evidence-based clinical and psychosocial one-to-one and group interventions as part of an effectively integrated care package. Take an assertive approach to service user disengagement.

Deliver harm reduction advice, guidance and education. To include blood borne virus interventions e.g., screening, vaccination and treatment access, overdose prevention including naloxone programs, health and wellbeing screening brief and facilitated signposting and referral to partner services, including primary care.

Enable people to access education and employment services and health, wellbeing and recovery support activities and to signpost to other available services.

Support students, volunteers, peer mentors and service user representatives to take an active part in Via services.

Identify risks and take appropriate action in accordance with local, national and organisational Safeguarding policies, contributing to multi-disciplinary review meetings.

Maintain accurate and timely records using the designated case management system in compliance with Via Information Governance policies and procedures.

Work flexibly, including across multiple sites and peripatetically when required.

• Passion for and understanding of working with substance misuse services or with other socially excluded or vulnerable groups. With a proven ability to meet deadlines, record information accurately and in a timely way and to work calmly under pressure.
• Great team working, communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrating a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues and the whole team to deliver Service objectives, as well as in working directly with people and their significant others.
• Demonstrable ability to deliver an excellent quality level of service to people with complex needs. This includes the ability to work with people on a one-to one basis or to facilitate group sessions, to be able to complete assessments, care and support plans, risk assessments and to complete case recording to a high standard and in a timely way.
• Good IT skills including use of Microsoft Office programs and digital meeting platforms and Case Management Systems like Nebula, System One or Theseus.
• A demonstrable understanding of the Health and Social Care regulatory requirements of the Care Quality Commission - CQC, National Institute for Clinical Excellence standards for Health and Social Care and any other relevant bodies.
• Demonstrable commitment to working in partnership with other professionals such as criminal justice agencies, community groups and other stakeholders to achieve good outcomes for people.
• The ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in different settings, e.g. written, spoken, presented, etc and to different groups of people.

• Registered nurse - RMN, RGN or Learning Disabilities Nurse - with a current active PIN number.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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Bramery House Bramery Business Park, Alstone Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 8HE

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