Job Introduction

Please Note: A Full UK Driving License and Access to a Vehicle is an Essential Requirement.

At Turning Point, we have been supporting people for over 60 years.

As a community based Non-Medial Prescriber (NMP) or Pharmacist Prescriber at our Wiltshire Recovery team, Connect, you’ll make a real difference as you empower and enable people to change. Passionate about people, you’ll receive support to enhance your own life too, as you make the role your own in a friendly and multidisciplinary team.

Our integrated community drug and alcohol service offers support to individuals across Herefordshire in the West Midlands. You will work within a busy prescribing service under the supervision of our Clinical Services Manager and Clinical Lead, alongside our Clinical Team, Team Leaders, specialist Recovery Workers and Volunteers to improve the wellbeing of a wide range of individuals.

Role Responsibility

As a Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP) or Pharmacist Prescriber, you will be involved with opiate substitute treatment (OST) interventions, alcohol and opiate detoxifications and relapse prevention medications. You will also provide support for health care assessments, administering detoxification medication for clients, administering IM thiamine, completing alcohol and opiate detoxification assessments, providing Blood Borne Virus (BBV) screening and vaccinations and will work closely with mental health, physical health and social care services. This role will lead on the prescribing of Injectable buprenorphine throughout the County of Wiltshire. You’ll also help to create a collaborative approach that links Turning Point ever closer to outside professionals and agencies.

You will attend a local prescribers meeting, one to one clinical supervision and national prescriber/clinician meetings which will also support your learning and continuous professional development. Full training and supervision is provided from our Clinical Services Manager and Clinical Lead. You will have a real opportunity to help shape service delivery and contribute to delivering clinically excellent services.

As an employee you will have access to RCNi to assist with revalidation, indemnity insurance and support from the Clinical Lead, Clinical Services Manager, Turning Point’s Head of Nursing and Head of Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy Services.

The Ideal Candidate

Registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council or a qualified Pharmacist and already a qualified independent prescriber, you will need to be confident managing all aspects of prescribing for opiates and managing alcohol detoxifications.

You will join an established team in Wiltshire you will need to be an excellent communicator and highly organised, you will have the ability to develop support packages that are creative, flexible, and tailored to the needs of everyone. You’ll be able to stay on top of a busy service and use the resources and support around you to achieve great outcomes.

The role will involve running planned clinics and delivering interventions throughout various Wiltshire locations and outreach activities within core service hours with some out of hours; therefore, the ability to work flexibly and be a car owner and travel is essential.

And of course, we're looking for someone who loves talking to people with different needs, is genuinely interested in helping them, and possesses a deep level of empathy, understanding and patience.

About us

Why Turning Point?

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package. 

You will get 33 days’ paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 35 days. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.

Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following the link below to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees.

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We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

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Attached documents

• NMP Role Profile.pdf

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