Non-Medical Prescriber

Change Grow Live•Gitwangak 1, BC

9d•$47,792 - $53,330•Onsite

About The Position

Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to improving the lives of its Service Users. The Non-Medical Prescribers (NMP's) are vital members of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams, providing recovery-oriented alcohol and drug intervention services. They offer care for clients, manage prescriptions for opiate and alcohol substitute treatments, and other related medications. NMPs play a key role in developing the prescribing clinic and serve as a point of contact for other professionals and agencies regarding prescribing matters.

Requirements

Qualified pharmacist with current GPhC registration and two years’ post qualification experience OR First level registered nurse with a current PIN AND three years post qualification experience.
Qualified Non-Medical Prescriber.
At least one year’s relevant and recent experience of working within substance misuse treatment.
Sound and demonstrable knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions.
Ability to assess and recovery plan service users and formulate written reports as necessary.
Ability to communicate confidently and effectively, verbally and in writing.
Full driving licence and access to own transport, or ability to demonstrate easy movement between services, if necessary.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

Responsibilities

Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for service users.
Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness appropriate to service user needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and local protocols, and within scope of practice.
Prioritize health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the service user in complex, urgent or emergency situations seeking immediate advice and direction from the Clinical Lead if needed.
Assess, update, and refer service users for BBV vaccination and immunisation programmes. Support service users to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles.
Communicate effectively with service users and carers, anticipating barriers to communication and recognizing the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
Maintain effective communication within the organisational environment and with external stakeholders, acting as an advocate for service users and colleagues where necessary.
Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking, and formal evaluation. Be actively involved in the annual appraisal system.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays.
An additional day of annual leave for each year of service during the first five years, totaling 30 days after five years.
Flexible working arrangements.
Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week.
Access to a ‘Wellness’ hub.
Employee Assist Programme.
Protected CPD time.
Free access to the RCNi learning platform.
Annual reimbursement of NMC fee.
Contributory pension scheme.
Discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.