Dual Diagnosis Practitioner

at  Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

We are seeking dual diagnosis practitioners to provide additional clinical and leadership capability to our community mental health teams. The post holder will be able to provide specialist assessments and evidence based interventions as well as enabling adoption of the Trust’s Co-occurring Substance Use and Mental Health (COSUMH) Conditions Strategy.
Practitioners will be able to support and implement changes to practice; build relationships with other organisations and professionals to promote communication, joint working and good practice; be able to undertake audit activity and supervision to other staff. Practitioners will have Subject Matter Expertise with Train the Trainer ability to disseminate bio-psychosocial interventions including Motivational Interviewing. The post holder will ensure that high standards of assessment and treatment are provided to people with co-existing mental health and substance misuse problems, based on the best available evidence. The post holder will provide education, training, support and coaching to all colleagues working in this area in line with Making Every Adult Matter principles.

Clinical practice

• To improve the quality of assessments and treatments for people with both mental health and substance misuse issues
• To have experience in and specialist knowledge of evidence based interventions and lead on their dissemination across clinical areas.
• To establish professional relationships with other system partners and professionals to shape better care.

Practice Development

• To provide specialist training and advice to other professionals and agencies.
• To clinically supervise other members of the team.
• To facilitate area communities of practice to promote skills sharing, reciprocity and clinical network development.

Research and Development

• To develop teaching and training sessions for staff and professionals on specialist subject area.
• To develop joint working protocols and pathways and contribute to continuous service improvement.
• To undertake research, service evaluation and clinical audit and participate in clinical quality and governance forums as required.

Leadership and management

• To provide effective leadership and supportive management which promotes high performance standards both individually and as a team. The Trust’s success is dependant on the contributions of all and leaders will need to understand the Trust’s priorities and those of our external partners and translate these into opportunities to improve outcomes for the populations we serve.

As we work towards our goal of providing an integrated service across primary and secondary care, our community mental health services are being transformed to recognise the changes in how people want to access them. We are working in close partnership with a range of partners and our ‘experts by experience’ to develop and improve our service offer.
As part of this exciting transformation, we are expanding our community rehabilitation, personality disorder and eating disorder services, as well as providing investment to our community mental health teams and increasing mental health provision in primary care.
What does this mean for you?
Because we need to recruit a diverse range of people and skillsets to join us, the job (and training & development) opportunities we have on offer are as broad as they are interesting.
For an informal chat and to find out more about our range of vacancies, send us your contact details to CommunityTransformation@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
This post offers an incentive or relocation package up to the maximum of £8000 (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions).
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details and contact Becky Marshall about this year’s and next year’s plans

Please refer the Job description for details