Community Substance Misuse Nurse – Berkshire

Community Substance Misuse Nurse - Berkshire

Our client has job vacancies for a Community Substance Misuse Nurse to work in Berkshire. This vacancy has an initial 3-6 month contract and the pay rate for this role is 22-25 per hour (limited company worker).

Duties:
- Carrying out screening and referral assessments.
- Developing, implementing and reviewing care plans for individuals.
- Raising awareness about substances, their use and effects.
- Contributing to assessing the act upon risk of danger, harm and abuse.
- Supplying and exchanging injecting equipment for individuals.
- Dispensing medicines and products.
- Supervising methadone consumption.

Requirements:
All applicants must be a fully Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or Qualified Registered General Nurse (RGN) and have a valid NMC Pin. You must have a minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience within a similar role. You must have a strong background of experience and knowledge in substance misuse settings.

Contact:
This vacancy is advertised by Alex Herd; if you would like to be considered for this vacancy please apply now.

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* Support from a dedicated consultant with extensive criminal justice experience
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