Clinical Lead and North East Drug and Alcohol Service

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our new Bath & North East Somerset Drug and Alcohol service. This is a vibrant new partnership delivering substance use treatment and recovery services across Bath & North East Somerset.

Our partnership draws upon experience delivering substance use services in Bath & North East Somerset and nationally, with specialist knowledge around diverse local communities, and the community insight which only comes from hyper-localism.

As the Clinical Lead Doctor, you’ll have the chance to make a real difference to the lives of the people we support who are experiencing difficulties from drug and alcohol use.

Turning Point offers the chance to work with many addiction specialists across the country, lending both learning and support to this role.

The Clinical Lead will lead the service by:

• Leading on all aspects of clinical governance and quality assurance, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness and patient safety
• Taking a lead on service development
• Acting as advisor on development and implementation of policy
• Championing and leading research and innovation to develop new clinical guidance and service protocols
• Working with Turning Point colleagues nationally to optimise patient care
• Providing clinical supervision, training to clinical colleagues
• Embrace teaching of students from all aspects of the MDT

They will treat the most complex patients in the service, and will:

• Provide expert advice to other clinicians on diagnosis, assessment and care planning, for example on complex drug interactions, comorbid drug-related physical and mental health issues, and integration of psychosocial and medical treatment
• Accept referrals of people with the most severe or complex needs
• Provide expert oversight of provision of psychosocial support, based on comprehensive knowledge of research evidence
• Lead introduction of innovative interventions to improve outcomes and quality of provision
• Undertake complex prescribing, for example injectable opioid substitution treatments, if necessary
• Provide liaison drug and alcohol services in acute medical and psychiatric settings and expert advice to courts
• Work collaboratively with all stakeholders from HM Coroners courts, probation services, Organisational Delivery Networks and others.

We are currently recruiting for an Addiction Psychiatrist, GP Specialist or a suitably experienced Speciality Doctor to work as a Clinical Lead.

We are looking for an experienced doctor who can take a lead on service delivery and development. As such, both clinical experience / expertise and leadership skills are paramount.

The successful candidate will need to be accredited as ‘specialist’ in substance use treatment, and should either:

1. Be listed on the GMC’s Specialist Register as a psychiatrist with an endorsement in addiction, with the supervision and CPD requirements this entails;

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2. Have training, experience and supervision equivalent to this, as certified by the GMC through an appropriate Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR);

OR

3. Be listed on the GMC’s GP Register (or appropriate equivalent) and have appropriate training, qualifications and experience

OR

4.Fulfil criteria of a speciality doctor in Addictions with suitable experience to meet the demands of this role

Turning Point is committed to the ongoing professional development of all our staff, and we offer regular structured supervision, a well-developed monthly CPD program and full support with appraisals and revalidations. Through joining Turning Point, you will receive a warm welcome, peer support, extensive training, regular supervision and the chance to thrive in a lively and aspirational organisation.

We are looking to appoint the right candidate and can be flexible with respect to their availability – the post can be full-time, part-time or a job share.

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis;…