Clinical Lead - Bath and North East Somerset Drug and Alcohol Service
The closing date is 05 November 2025
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our new Bath & North East Somerset Drug and Alcohol service. This is a vibrant new partnership delivering substance use treatment and recovery services across Bath & North East Somerset.
Our partnership draws upon experience delivering substance use services in Bath & North East Somerset and nationally, with specialist knowledge around diverse local communities, and the community insight which only comes from hyper-localism.
As the Clinical Lead Doctor, youll have the chance to make a real difference to the lives of the people we support who are experiencing difficulties from drug and alcohol use.
Turning Point offers the chance to work with many addiction specialists across the country, lending both learning and support to this role.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Lead will lead the service by:
- Leading on all aspects of clinical governance and quality assurance, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness and patient safety
- Taking a lead on service development
- Acting as advisor on development and implementation of policy
- Championing and leading research and innovation to develop new clinical guidance and service protocols
- Working with Turning Point colleagues nationally to optimise patient care
- Providing clinical supervision, training to clinical colleagues
- Embrace teaching of students from all aspects of the MDT
They will treat the most complex patients in the service, and will:
- Provide expert advice to other clinicians on diagnosis, assessment and care planning, for example on complex drug interactions, comorbid drug-related physical and mental health issues, and integration of psychosocial and medical treatment
- Accept referrals of people with the most severe or complex needs
- Provide expert oversight of provision of psychosocial support, based on comprehensive knowledge of research evidence
- Lead introduction of innovative interventions to improve outcomes and quality of provision
- Undertake complex prescribing, for example injectable opioid substitution treatments, if necessary
- Provide liaison drug and alcohol services in acute medical and psychiatric settings and expert advice to courts
- Work collaboratively with all stakeholders from HM Coroners courts, probation services, Organisational Delivery Networks and others.
About us
Overview of your organisation
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 that includes:
- 26 days paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 28 days + Bank Holidays. 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 in the supporting link section to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.
Details
Date posted
21 October 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience Competitive (DOE)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
B0471-25-0043
Job locations
The Beehive, Beehive Yard
Walcot Street
Bath
Somerset
BA1 5BD
Employer details
Employer name
Turning Point
Address
The Beehive, Beehive Yard
Walcot Street
Bath
Somerset
BA1 5BD
Employer's website
https://www.turning-point.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)



