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Job overview

The Edward Myers Unit (EMU) is currently a 12 bedded specialist inpatient service, delivering drug and alcohol detoxification and treatment. It is part of North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT) Specialist Directorate and is one of only 6 NHS Trusts across the country, who deliver medically managed inpatient treatment within the NHS.

We take referrals countrywide and we enjoy an excellent reputation both locally and nationally including transfers from Royal Stoke University Hospital and the West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Due to planned service expansion, we are currently seeking several experienced, highly motivated, dynamic Staff Nurses who have a passion for working within this specialist arena to help drive our services forward and develop a nurse led system of care. Nursing experience in the Substance misuse field preferable. These posts are currently under review and may be supported as developmental posts to a Band 6 post within the unit. 

You will be challenged both clinically and psychologically by a complex client group in this rewarding role. Substance Misuse pervades many aspects of mental health services, having an impact on patient’s physical, psychological and social networks. Our client group are complex in nature and require a variety of interventions and treatments making these positions suitable for enthusiastic RGN’s, RNLDs and RMN’s.

Main duties of the job

Clinical

- Triage/Assessment
- Risk Management
- Safeguarding
- Psychosocial Interventions
- Physical Health Checks
- Management of complex physical comorbidities
- Mental Health Checks
- Wound Dressing
- Health Advocacy
- Onward referral and liaison with primary care and specialist secondary services (for example: haematology, hepatology, coronary and dentistry)
- Referral reviews
- Promote evidence based and NICE recommended interventions. 
- Provide Training and Health coaching.

Leadership

- Leading and Managing Teams/Staff
- Clinical Supervision
- Reflective Practice
- Partnership Working
- Providing guidance and working as Nurse in Charge

Quality Improvement

- Developing and leading on quality governance
- Clinical Audit and Service Development
- Data Monitoring
- Provide support/guidance related to substance misuse across the Trust in a specialist nurse role

Teaching

- Delivering training to non-specialist staff
- CPD in services
- Mandatory Training
- Mentoring of Student Nurses and/or Junior Staff

Working for our organisation

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working. 

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.  For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan.  As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”. 

 The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.