Specialist Practitioner (non prescriber) – BrisDoc Healthcare Services
Overview
Job summary
As a Specialist Practitioner, you will deliver person-centred care and harm reduction interventions directly to individuals affected by drug and alcohol use--in the community, on the streets, and within outreach settings. You'll engage with people who may be experiencing homelessness, trauma, or social exclusion, helping reduce barriers to care.
You'll work with individuals who may be rough sleeping, living in hostels, or transient accommodation--often with co-occurring physical, mental health, and substance use challenges.
Working as part of a dynamic outreach team delivering healthcare in partnership with BDP's harm reduction services, working closely with peer workers, prescribing teams, and local support services.
Main duties of the job
Who We're Looking For
Essential Clinical Skills
- NMC registration
- Experience in A&E, minor injuries, or practice nursing
- Competency in venepuncture and complex wound management
- Qualifications in chronic disease management are advantageous
Experience
- Venipuncture Working with people affected by homelessness and substance misuse
- Contribution to MDTs and multi-agency working
- Delivery of health promotion and healthcare advice
Knowledge & Approach
- Understanding of trauma-informed care and safeguarding
- Legal and ethical responsibilities in autonomous practice
- Commitment to reducing health inequalities
About us
Recognising Your Value
- Part - time 22.5 hours per week (3 days per week to be agreed)
- Competitive salary £23.50 per hour (£45,957.37 per annum pro rata), NHS pension, enhanced pay rates
- Generous annual leave entitlement (25 days + bank holidays)
- Comprehensive wellbeing support, NHS discounts, cycle-to-work scheme, employee assistance programme, and annual discretionary bonuses
- Support for your professional development with training and career growth opportunities
Join a Leading Social Enterprise As part of BrisDoc, an employee-owned social enterprise, you'll be empowered as a co-owner to shape the future of healthcare delivery. We're deeply committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, sustainability, and innovation--ensuring your career grows in a direction aligned with your values.
Please visit NHS Job Advert for the details.
For questions about the job, please contact Olukolajo Onadipe, People Team Coordinator at workwithus@brisdoc.org / 01179370900.
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Responsible For
- Work as an autonomous practitioner within nurse led, drop-in clinics and hostel outreach sessions using evidence-based nursing practice and client care
- Provide individual health assessments involving holistic consideration for an individuals physical, mental and emotional health
- Produce patient specific care plans, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating in collaboration with the client and other professionals
- Assessment and management of complex wounds including those requiring compression bandaging
- Perform doppler measurements as part of assessment of patients with leg ulceration
- Identify, manage and refer appropriately, service users at risk of potentially life-threatening conditions including sepsis, acute alcohol withdrawal and suicide
- Provide emergency care to patients on and off-site including liaising with emergency medical services and supporting non-clinical staff
- Safe Administration of PGD medication including IM Naloxone as required
- Administer appropriate immunisations in line with PGDs (Patient Group Directions)
- Keep accurate, confidential and contemporaneous records of interventions
- Ensure prompt referrals to appropriate services e.g. GP, A&E, AWP, Blood Borne Virus (BBV) Nurse
- Participate in partnership working with statutory and voluntary staff e.g. BBV team, St Mungos, Housing and One25
- Effective liaison and communication with clients, carers, primary and secondary health services and other agencies
- Participate in clinical, team and other meetings as appropriate to services
- Maintain clinics and other work places and ensure adequate stocks are available at all times
- Act as a facilitator to student nurses and medical students who spend time with the team
- Develop and participate in health promotion initiatives with team members and other agencies as appropriate
- Help to educate local and statutory organisations to the needs of the homeless and to facilitate the assimilation of clients who are homeless into mainstream services
- Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
- Communicate with and support patients who are receiving bad news
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background, languages, and preferred ways of communication
- Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication
- Maintain effective communication with all multi-disciplinary team members, as well as with external stakeholders
- Act as an advocate for patients and carers
- Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (e.g., PALS) and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate
- To be able to maintain accurate electronic written patient records for users of services provided
- To be aware of responsibilities under the Data Protection Act
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How to Apply
Interested candidates can send the application as mentioned in the post or e-mail contact person if any questions for the job role.