RGN or RPN Waterford Substance Misuse Service
- Service provides drug and alcohol treatment interventions.
- Our recovery team includes: GP’s, Nurses, Counsellors, Drug Education Officers, Outreach Workers, Community Pharmacies and work in partnership with other statutory and voluntary agencies and organisations.
The Nurse will:
- Provide Nursing support for the Opiate Substitute Treatment OST service including harm reduction education and needle exchange programmes.
- · Provide Blood Borne Virus Screening and vaccination as per National screening and vaccination guidelines.
- · Support service user referral to Specialist Hepatology and STI services.
- · Provide Nursing support for the OST service
- · Work with Primary care G.P’s , providing support for people requiring community detoxification. Manage a designated caseload
- · Promote the health, welfare and social wellbeing of patients within our services
- · Actively participate as a multi-disciplinary / inter-disciplinary team member in all aspects of service delivery including case conferences, clinical meetings, team meetings
- Initial and Comprehensive assessment of service users needs, develop, implement, evaluate collaborate individualised care plans.
Please email corkoffice@nurseoncall.ie