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Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 300 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Addiction Recovery Nurse to work in Bradford on a full-time basis.

The salary for this permanent Addiction Recovery Nurse job is £36,000 per annum.

Benefits:

• Supportive PDP
• Training and development opportunities
• 28 Days Holiday rising to 33 Days after 5 continuous years of service
• Company pension scheme
• On-site parking
• Employee benefits and discounts
• Blue Light Card – 1000’s of retail discounts

Main Duties:

• Adhere to NMC guidelines and code of conduct at all times
• Support the Centre manager and Lead Nurse in the preparation and development of the Clinic action plan
• Develop and maintain close liaisons and working relationships with other primary and secondary care health and social care professionals in the formulation and delivery of a client’s recovery plan
• Help ensure that the accommodation for residents, including catering, maintenance, and cleanliness is of a high standard
• Carry out the comprehensive inductions of nurses
• Undertake screening, triage/initial and comprehensive assessments and risk management plans of clients
• Plan and provide care for individuals undergoing detoxification programmes
• Administer medication and monitor effects, including undertaking clinical observations and reporting any abnormalities to the doctor(s)
• Comprehensively assess clients and construct, review and monitor recovery plans within a holistic planned approach
• Provide case management and direct clinical care to a defined number of clients as agreed with the Centre Manager and Lead Nurse. This includes assessment, planning and providing specialist care
• Respond to clinical and medical emergencies, and managing crisis as a first line intervention
• Maintain admissions
• Agree treatment and care plans with clients, and review them regularly
• Undertake drug screening
• Ensure case notes and other statutory records are up to date
• Liaise with Community Pharmacies to ensure prescriptions are in place
• Participate in clinical audits, service reviews and the evaluation of service user satisfaction, implementing resulting recommendations, in order to improve and develop the service
• Facilitate the transfer of clients from secondary to primary care services
• Collate data and contribute to service reports
• Occasionally supervise junior staff and volunteers in the proper performance of their duties

Requirements of the Addiction Recovery Nurse:

• A current, UK recognised nursing qualification – RMN, RGN, CPN or equivalent
• Registered Nurse Mental Health or Registered Nurse General (NMC Registration and active PIN)
• Demonstrable experience of delivering clinical interventions in the substance misuse field within a clear philosophical/theoretical framework
• Experience of supervising the clinical casework of professionally qualified staff working in the alcohol and drug field
• Experience of undertaking comprehensive screening, clinical assessments, clinical audits and formulating recovery plans
• Experience of managing a caseload of clients being prescribed substitute medication
• Experience of developing and maintaining successful partnerships with GPs, treatment agencies and other healthcare providers
• Proven track record in managing incidents of challenging behaviour
• Experience of keeping accurate and up-to-date client/customer records for monitoring purposes
• Knowledge of NICE guidelines, DANOS and Models of Care Frameworks
• Knowledge of substance misuse evidence based practice and treatment interventions
• Computer literacy and IT experience in relation to managing own administration, monitoring and clinical activity data reporting
• Excellent case management skills, with experience in undertaking assessment, care-planning and treatment reviews

Contact:

This Addiction Recovery Nurse job is advertised by Ryan Mann; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.