Job responsibilities
Role Purpose
Clinical Leadership: Support Director of Nursing to provide nursing leadership across a
portfolio of services, as part of a multi-disciplinary leadership team; ensuring that care
is delivered safely and effectively.
Team Management: Provide support and guidance to nursing teams including clinical
supervision and where required line management supervision, appraisals, facilitate
training and act as a role model, demonstrating best practices.
Clinical Care: provide direct clinical care, including prescribing interventions,
community alcohol detoxification services and health & wellbeing interventions.
Key duties and activities of the role
To work as part of the multi-disciplinary leadership team across a portfolio of services,
driving excellent clinical interventions as part of a holistic approach.
To demonstrate and lead the development of strong clinical skills, role modelling and
upholding best practice nursing standards in accordance with the principles of Nursing,
core capabilities (the pillars of practice), up-to-date evidence based professional
practice and Vias programmes and policies.
To assess for and provide safe, effective and evidence based clinical interventions for
those who use our services requiring stabilisation, detoxification and other clinical
support services in relation to their substance use.
Assist in the development of systems, pathways and documents that promote holistic
delivery of services to people with complex needs (e.g., psychiatry, criminal justice,
blood borne viruses).
Promote and support the organisational interface for the benefit of people who use our
services, for example, with suppliers, primary and secondary care services (including
public health, wholesalers, community pharmacy/GPs and hospitals respectively).
Contribute to (medicines/drug/devices/infection control etc) alert responses in line with
organisational protocols.
Be involved in and where appropriate take responsibility for relevant audits, ongoing
monitoring and implementation of associated recommendations/action plans aligned to
nationally defined performance indicators.
Ensure active clinical input, either directly or via nurses within your service portfolio, to
internal and external incident/safeguarding/death review processes including mortality
reviews, coroners reports/representation and domestic homicide reviews. Working with
the multi-disciplinary portfolio team, take responsibility for the implementation of
clinical learning within your portfolio and for working with peers across Via to
effectively implement learning.
Contribute to the collation and use of clinical data and oversee the subsequent
improvements/developments to nursing practice required across your portfolio,
working closely with operational, data & performance and quality colleagues.
Operate as part of a multi-disciplinary leadership team, role modelling effective
collaborative leadership and decision-making.
Provide leadership to student nurses and nurse apprenticeship pathways, provide
competency assessment and training of staff/students/volunteers, identify and support
development needs of others and support colleagues to develop in their roles to deliver
excellent services.
Provide advice and guidance on clinical (including prescribing) issues to staff working
in the service portfolio, as well as other colleagues and partner agencies.
Where relevant, provide clinical/line management supervision for other staff and
support facilitation of relevant meetings/training events.
Person specification for the role
A registered nurse with the NMC with at least 4 years post registration experience.
Registered and competent as a Non-Medical Prescriber.
Evidence of having undertaken a leadership course or demonstrable experience in
leading a team with a willingness to continue developing in this area of practice
Have a passion for working with substance misuse services or with other socially
excluded or vulnerable groups.
Sound and demonstrable knowledge of clinical/prescribing issues relating to
problematic substance use, include appropriate recovery, harm reduction and health
promotion interventions.
Solution focused with an inclusive and innovative approach to service development.
A demonstrable understanding of the Health and Social Care regulatory requirements
including the CQC, NICE and any other relevant bodies.
Have a sound and demonstrable knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion
interventions.
Experience of BBV screening and the administration of BBV vaccinations
Experience in monitoring community alcohol detoxification and administration of -
prophylactic parenteral thiamine
Experience in performing an ECG and basic interpretation skills as well as the
willingness to develop additional clinical knowledge and skills in line with system, sector
and service needs.
A demonstratable commitment to working in partnership with other professionals such
as criminal justice agencies, primary care, secondary care, commissioners, community
groups and other stakeholders to achieve good outcomes for people who use our
services.
The ability to demonstrate resilience and work calmly under pressure, ensuring that
deadlines are met, and ensure all information is recorded in a timely manner.
The ability to take responsibility for the clinical leadership of the service and deputise
for the Lead Clinician within competency levels.
The ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in different settings
and to different groups of people.
Good IT skills including use of Microsoft Office programs and digital meeting platform
and Case Management Systems such as Nebula.
Great team working, communication, interpersonal skills and cooperative approach to
supporting colleagues and the whole team to deliver organisational objectives, as well
as in working directly with people who use our services and their significant others.
Responsibilities for all Via staff
To work within the Via values of Care, Be human and Do the right thing. Support and
collaborate with all colleagues and engage with the wider organisation.
To promote and deliver positive, inclusive and anti-discriminatory practices in line with
Via policies, professional and sector requirements, and legislative frameworks.
To act on all Safeguarding concerns so that all statutory and organisational
Safeguarding responsibilities are met and that all learning is shared.
To observe professional integrity and candour at all times and with all people.
To comply with all organisational policies and procedures including GDPR and all Health
and Safety policy and guidance, taking responsibility for your own safety and
contributing to that of colleagues and others as applicable.
To regularly participate in one-to-one / supervision sessions, objective setting and
review, training, practice and learning forums.
A commitment to learning and to continuously improve everyones knowledge and skills.
To work flexibly to enable the delivery of effective services. This may include flexibility
across sites or flexible hours and any other duties that may reasonably be required of
you within your role.
