Independent Prescriber

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced and growing organisation.

Were looking for an Independent Prescriber for our Kingston and Merton Services. This can either be a full time role working 2.5 days ateach service or a job share.

As an Independent Prescriber you will conduct comprehensive assessments to support prescribing of Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) interventions, alcohol and opioid detoxifications, benzodiazepine reduction and relapse prevention medications. As a part of our wider clinical team you mayalso support health care assessments and blood borne virus interventions.

Supported by the Medical and Clinical Lead for your service(s) and in collaboration with operations colleagues you will ensure the delivery of safe,effective, evidence-based and compassionate care. We are looking for experienced Independent Prescribers, with a background in either nursing or asa pharmacist.

At Via, our mission is to provide the best health andwellbeing support to as many people as possible, helping them to change their lives for the better.

Last year, we supported over 11,000 people across the UKaffected by alcohol and drug use. Everything we do is driven by our values:

Care. Care forpeople is at the heart of everything we do.

Be human. We are accessible, genuine and humble. Alwayslearning.

Do the right thing. Were open, honest and inclusive. Weget things done.

We want to recruit the very best talent. Webelieve in nurturing a positive workplace culture where our colleagues feel valued, recognised, empowered, and supported

Role Purpose

Provide high quality service delivery to people who use substances/their significant others.

Contribute to the overall performance of designated service(s) to ensure that contractual output targets and high clinical standards are achieved.

Provide safe, effective and evidence-based clinical (including prescribed) interventions within the designated service(s)/partnership agencies as required by service configuration.

Key duties and activities of the role

Work as a registered health care professional (prescriber), in designated service(s).

Deliver health and wellbeing interventions for designated service(s).

Assist in the development of systems, pathways and documents that promote holistic delivery of services (e.g. criminal justice, blood borne viruses).

Provide clinical (including prescribing) interventions associated with the designated service(s), ensuring that they are in line with all relevant legislation, best practice guidance, professional and CQC standards and organisational documents.

Ensure appropriate clinical management of people who use the designated service(s).

Encourage people using services to access education and employment services and holistic health, wellbeing, harm reduction and recovery support activities.

Contribute to ensuring effective use of clinical resources (including staffing, consideration of financial and contractual issues) for the designated service(s).

Promote and support organisational interface, for example with commissioners, suppliers, primary and secondary care services (including public health, wholesalers, community pharmacy/GPs and hospitals respectively).

Assist implementation of (medicines/drug/devices/infection control etc) alert responses in collaboration with the Clinical Department.

Be involved in relevant audits, ongoing monitoring and implementation of associated recommendations/action plans.

Contribute to the collation and use of clinical data and have involvement in subsequent improvements required, relating to quality/performance indicators.

Contribute to the reporting, investigating and resolution of incidents, complaints and disciplinary matters to reduce the risk of recurrence.

Provide competency assessment and training of staff/students/volunteers, identify and support development needs of others and support colleagues to develop in their roles to deliver excellent services.

Undertake continuing professional development to maintain confidence and competence, to meet organisational and professional regulator revalidation requirements.

Work in line with all relevant legislation, best practice guidance, professional and CQC standards and organisational documents.

Provide advice and guidance on clinical (including prescribing) issues to staff working in the designated service(s), as well as other colleagues and partner agencies.

Work alongside management and their direct reports to support a one team approach.

Where relevant, provide clinical/line management supervision for other staff and support facilitation of relevant meetings/training events.

Person specification for the role

Healthcare professional registered with NMC/HCPC/GPhC.

Qualified prescriber, able to prescribe independently (including controlled drugs for the management of substance use).

Sound and demonstrable knowledge of clinical/prescribing issues relating to problematic substance use, including appropriate recovery, harm reduction…