Clinical Specialist

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed person to join the Nottingham Recovery Network’s Recovery Case Management Teams.

The post holder will be an integral member of the Nottingham Recovery Network, ensuring effective joint working across all areas enabling service users to move through the system and progress out of treatment and reintegrate as quickly as possible.

The post holder will provide high quality evidenced based substance use treatment to adults with dependent drug use in line with national guidance.  This will be achieved through assessment, screening, care planning, recovery planning (SMART), case management, the delivery of comprehensive, structured and unstructured treatment and implementing and evaluating treatment plans in line with Clinical Guidelines.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Main duties of the job

Manage a caseload of clients ensuring a high standard of clinical care for the patients/clients under your management. This will include management of service users prescribed OST.

Work as a member of the team, be flexible to the needs of the team

To be part of the on-call rota providing a response to service users and professionals in the absence of the key worker

To provide support and guidance to more junior members of the team.

To carry a caseload with responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care programmes to identify levels of dependence and create an individually tailored plan of care; to encourage the development of working towards the achievement of agreed goals.

To complete a full risk assessment of need including risk to self and others and adult/child safeguarding identification and risk management.

To link service users to appropriate internal and external services and other areas of the Nottingham Recovery Network.

To provide support to shared care and satellite clinics

To proactively maintain contact with service users instilling belief of ‘Recovery’.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work in partnership with the wider Nottingham Recovery Network team to case manage more complex cases and support individuals with substance misuse problems through the recovery system.

To carry a caseload of service users with dependent drug misuse including multiple needs.

The post is required to be competent and autonomous in implementing and evaluating treatment plans for more complex cases and will have the experience and knowledge to competently advise more junior members of the team.

• The post holder will be an integral member of the Nottingham Recovery Network, ensuring effective joint working across all areas enabling service users to move through the system and progress out of treatment and reintegrate as quickly as possible.
• The post holder will provide high quality evidenced based substance misuse treatment to adults with dependent drug misuse in line with national guidance.  This will be achieved through assessment, screening, care planning, recovery planning (SMART), case management, the delivery of comprehensive, structured and unstructured treatment and implementing and evaluating treatment plans as defined by Models of Care 2002/2006, NICE guidelines quality standards for drug use disorders 2012 (51 & 115) and public health guidance 24.
• The post holder will have responsibility for providing support and guidance to substance misuse workers.

The post holder will proactively maintain contact with service users striving for positive outcomes for all to include where possible the attainment or maintenance of abstinence.

Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa.

Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa