Job overview

The Band 7 Substance Misuse Nurse at the Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a senior nursing specialist role responsible for delivering expert assessment, clinical care, and care co-ordination for patients with drug and alcohol misuse issues within the hospital setting. This role is clinical, autonomous, and leadership-focused, bridging acute care with community treatment pathways and supporting multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, effective, person-centred care.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Practice

• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs.
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
• Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care.
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
• Prescribe medications within agreed protocols.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives.

Professional Leadership

• Provide specialist, expert clinical knowledge to clinical colleagues, patients and carers/relatives.
• Undertake clinical supervision of nursing colleagues on an individual or group basis.
• Participate in the development of services and assists the Ward Manager/Matron to implement change.
• Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources.
• Monitor health, safety and security of self and others and promote best practice in the ward area.

Education and Development

• Provide education and development opportunities for others.
• Develop own “expert” clinical knowledge and participate in the development of others clinical knowledge.
• Ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regards to mandatory training and PREP requirements.

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.