Specialty doctor in substance misuse psychiatry

at  Barnet Enfield Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

This post is for a 10PA substantive national contract post for a specialty doctor in addiction psychiatry working in an established partnership between Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental health Trust (hitherto BEH) and HumanKind, a third sector organisation. The team base is at The Claverings,12-12a Centre Way, Claverings, Industrial Estate, Edmonton, N9 0AH, with our recovery site at Vincent House, Ponders End. Enfield Drug and Alcohol Service is based at two sites, the Claverings and Vincent House. Clients may attend the Claverings or be called via telephone and be triaged the same day by one of our recovery workers.
Enable offers a full range of drug and alcohol treatment options for our clients. We offer a full range of opiate substitution treatments of methadone or buprenorphine for opiate dependent clients and can offer rapid access to prescribing from first presentation to our service. Clients can be offered instalment prescribing through community pharmacies throughout the borough with supervised consumption as appropriate. We also undertake full physical assessments with on-site blood-borne virus testing and health and well-being assessments.
We also provide a Buvidal long acting injection clinic. We have an on-site caf at our Claverings site which offers clients take-meals as part of their treatment package to encourage engagement. We have outreach workers in the North Middlesex hospital, the IAPT service and we have established links with the community mental health team dual diagnosis service. We also have a GP shared care scheme for stable long-term opiate substitution clients and primary care alcohol outreach.
We have a Rough sleeper team which work flexibly with the rough sleeping population in Enfield who have drug or alcohol treatment needs. The team have established links with the Enfield borough Homeless support team and also the 3d sector All People All Places who provide emergency accommodation and support to people facing homelessness in the London boroughs of Enfield and Haringey. There is a homeless hostel Somewhere Safe to Stay hub on the Claverings Industrial estate. We have established links with prison and criminal justice pathways and actively engage with prison release protocols from prison to insure continuation of opiate substitution treatment.
BEH are the lead organisation in delivering the service and managing the contract and the post holder will be employed by BEH. The service provide Tier 2, Tier 3 and recovery interventions for clients with problematic drug use. It will also provide access into Tier 4 treatment. The post holder will be supported and supervised by the consultant in substance misuse psychiatry.
We have onsite Blood borne virus testing, Liver fibroscanning and Hepatitis C outreach treatment in partnership with the Royal Free, Pulmonary rehabilitation groups in partnership with the North Middlesex community respiratory team. BEH and C&I NHS Trust have recently entered into a long-term strategic partnership which is now called the North London Mental Health Partnership. For the purposes of payroll, the employing organisation still remains as BEH

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