Nurse

Job Description

We are looking for Nurses - (RGN or RMN) who can work with patients in a Glasgow Alcohol & Drug Crisis Service.This would be guaranteed shifts where you would be added to their rota with flexibility of picking your days over the full 7days per week.Please see and overview of requirements below.JOB PURPOSE:1. To support and deliver safe, effective and person-centred healthcare provision to individuals in Turning Point Scotlands Drug and Alcohol Service(s).2. To undertake comprehensive clinical assessments, identifying and completing appropriate nursing interventions, monitoring and reviewing effectiveness of interventions, and ensure ongoing review of care plans.3. To prioritise the needs of service users when assessing and reviewing their mental, physical, cognitive, behavioural, social, and spiritual needs.4. To work in partnership with individuals and stakeholders involved in their care to develop person-centred care plans that take into account their circumstances, characteristics and preferences.MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:SERVICE DELIVERY1. Ensure a Citizenship approach to delivering services. Citizenship is defined by a persons connection to the 5 Rs: Rights, Responsibilities, Roles, Relationships, resources and their sense of belonging.2. Planning the delivery of most effective nursing interventions based on comprehensive assessment of need.3. To fully involve service users in their care planning ensuring they are given informed choices in regard to nursing care and treatment.4. To work in partnership with medical staff/prescriber to offer a range of evidence-based pharmacological treatments to support stabilisation or detoxification.5. To provide a range of nursing interventions on an individual and/or group work basis including psychological/psychosocial interventions.6. To undertake initial and ongoing assessments of service users at various stages in their engagement with the service, utilising a range of assessment tools and methods to evaluate the severity of dependency and complexity of needs, including history taking,observation, investigations, and use a range of screening tools.RESOURCES MANAGEMENT1. To be personally familiar with and ensure own compliance with Turning Point Scotlands Finance policies and procedures and to alert line managers to any non-compliance by others noted during work activities.2. To be personally familiar with and ensure own compliance with Turning Point Scotlands Property and Equipment policies and procedures and to alert line managers to any non-compliance by others noted during work activities.PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE1. To act in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council Code of Practice for Nurses to ensure the highest standard of professional conduct is maintained.2. To participate purposefully in and take advantage of the opportunities for discussion afforded by Turning Point Scotlands staff supervision and annual appraisal scheme.3. To be responsible for your own good practice and for the promotion of good practice among colleagues.4. To oversee the work of less senior workers within the service.5. To analyse information and data collected within the service and to compile reports particularly with regards to the services and service users health care needs.HEALTH &SAFETY1. To support the Service Manager in the management of risk, and, to comply with instructions given in relation to risk within the service especially with regards to those service users who can occasionally be violent or aggressive towards their support team.2. To alert the Service Manager and line managers to any actual or potential hazards to health and safety noted during the course of work activities.3. To take action to implement regular risk assessments and monitoring activities to ensure a hygienic, healthy and safe working environment.Please call or email Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.