An exciting opportunity has become available for a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band 7) for our ARC-MK (Addiction Recovery Community Milton Keynes) service, working within the Criminal Justice team
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings
The aim of the role is to provide specialist Addiction nursing support to facilitate timely assessment, engagement and intervention for patients within the Criminal justice system with substance use needs, supporting integration into the community, preventing reoffending and facilitating engagement to the local community substance misuse team ‘ARC-MK’ .
The role involves working with a wide range of services such as the police, probation, the court and legal services. Successful candidates will need to have excellent communication skills as well as the flexibility to work alongside these different groups.
Candidates will need to be able to work effectively as part of a team as well as having the skills and confidence to work as individuals in a range of environments. Supervision and consultation is available to the team to support practice. Candidates will need to submit an application for Police vetting clearance and have it approved before a contract can be agreed.
We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you’re at, there’s always a place for you at CNWL.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Also, as a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist your role will be supporting the day to day operational management of the team with the senior management team.
We are looking for an experienced registered nurse, with knowledge of mental health/ substance misuse disorders and the criminal Justice system and demonstrable experience in specialist assessment and decision making. The role is an exciting opportunity for someone looking for their next experience in managing community addiction services

Please refer the Job description for details