Lead Nurse

To provide high quality nursing care for patients requiring substance misuse services and detox through our programmes and pathways, with a focus being alcohol care and treatment, driving new pathways and initiatives.

This role is hands on providing clinical, psychosocial, and holistic solutions and contributes to the improvement, development, and innovation of our service offer to ensure our clients get the very best care.

The role will provide supervision and support to the nursing team.

As a lead nurse you will be expected to be fully integrated into the wider team, leading a small team of nurses to deliver a service that provides individualised care, that is holistic.

Main duties of the job

Clients accessing service will receive excellent Drug and Alcohol Clinical Interventions in Blackburn with Darwen including treatment, harm reduction, BBV testing, screening and client education.

Client caseloads will be managed effectively ensuring clients needs are considered and supported appropriately with robust plans in place to evidence the support, in particular focussed on Alcohol need.

Communication will be in a non-judgemental, empathetic way with patients, partner agencies and other professionals.

Clients will be informed and fully supported to make choices about the recovery options available to them.

Clients will be engaged with the service throughout their care responding positively to interventions and exiting our service with improved health and wellbeing.

Clients will be supported and encouraged to build their personal strengths and social networks as part of their development to achieve identified goals.

New ideas will be offered to improve and strengthen our service offer so that we are able to provide the very best support to our clients.

Support Workers and Nurses will be supported to carry out their roles effectively and be mentored to thrive and develop in and beyond their roles.

Contract KPIs and deliverables will consistently be met or exceeded to ensure we are in the best possible position to retain the contract and win new work, enabling us to provide outstanding services to current and new clients.

The Delphi team deliver an integrated SMS model in Blackburn and Darwen. The Recovery Collaborative is a model of joint working and co-production which will enable and empower people, families and communities affected by substance misuse to address issues of addiction and build a sustainable community of recovery across the borough. The team have a wealth of knowledge, skills, and experience. They are a diverse team creating a culture of wellbeing and togetherness. The team is made up of various roles such as Administrator, Support workers, Recovery Practitioners, Nurses, and Managers. The team is welcoming and supportive and they focus on finding the path that is right for the individual whilst delivering innovative and specialist addiction services