Substance Misuse Manager - Band 7 - HMP Elmley, Kent - £43,659 - £49,672 pa inc.

We are currently looking for an expert practitioner to join the team at HMP Elmley as Substance Misuse Manager. The successful post holder will be a source of expert advice to clinicians, allied health care professionals, offenders and their carer's, provide specialist nurse interventions to patients. You will develop, lead and operationally manage the clinical substance service at HMP Elmley in Kent. You will assess patients with substance misuse needs, and provide specialist advice and guidance relating to their management, care and onward pathways within the prison and in prepare for release back into community. You will develop a nurse-led substance misuse service and develop a specialist practice-based clinical model of care. The post holder will lead the provision of care to patients with complex substance misuse problems and those identified as having a Dual Diagnosis from the point of entry into the prison system to re-entry into the community. The post holder will have an ability to reach complex and critical judgements and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations and demands of the role The post holder will deliver and direct others to provide a range of evidence based clinical interventions for offenders. The post holder will be required to take an active role in training and development both within their team and the establishments in general.