Drug and Alcohol Mental Health Nurse

Overview

To work within the Aspire Drug and Alcohol Service providing structured recovery focused interventions within the Aspire Community Reintegration model utilising a phased and layered treatment approach.

• Carry out comprehensive strength-based assessments in order to plan and deliver recovery interventions and evaluate their effectiveness relevant to the area of service in which they work.
• Act as a case manager to a defined allocated caseload of service users under the supervision of a designated Senior Drug and Alcohol Nurse within the team.
• Link service users with recovery support interventions such as access to education, training, employment, debt management, housing, sports and diversionary activities and other wrap-around services; build strong links with other statutory and non-statutory organisations to increase physical and economic capital for service users. Work in cooperation with mutual aid groups, providing facilitated access and assertive linkage to these networks.
• Support patients with co-existing conditions and offer wider support to staff with patients who may have lower level mental health issues.
• Work as a member of the multidisciplinary team using effective communication skills to interact positively with both service users and professionals to provide a range of services to problematic drinkers and drug takers with poor mental health, including harm minimisation approaches, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, recovery planning and interventions, health education and promotion, detoxification programmes, pre and post-test counselling for blood-borne viruses (BBVs), brief interventions and group work.
• Carry out comprehensive strength-based assessments.
• Conduct risk/needs assessment and develop and implement risk management plans in line with policy and procedure, liaising with other health and social care professionals where necessary; review risk/needs assessment as required.
• Provide direct care and case management to an allocated caseload under the supervision of a Senior Drug and Alcohol Nurse within the team.
• Work with patients who have additional unmet mental health needs and link them back into community mental health services. Link with inpatient mental health wards offering support for patients who use drugs and alcohol and provide support and guidance to ward staff.
• Be a link for other Aspire staff members around mental health concerns.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employs around 4,000 colleagues and offers a wide portfolio including mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services. The organisation is committed to developing its people and holds a learning half day every month for colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work to attract and select colleagues who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Our strategy details can be viewed at:

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For further details or informal visits contact:
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Janine Smith,

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