Substance Misuse Service Manager

As our new Substance Misuse Service Manager, your responsibilities will vary. Some of your duties will include:

• Having overall oversight and responsibility for the Substance Misuse Team, including line management responsibility, as well as performance management and HR
• Manage the delivery of a busy and dynamic substance misuse service, providing psychosocial treatment interventions
• Provide effective leadership to the SMS team, whilst forming part of the Senior Leadership Team onsite
• Review and improve the service offered to patients, ensuring that the team are delivering a high quality, safe, effective and efficient service to the patients 
• Lead, guide and develop the team
• Support the Head of Healthcare as necessary

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there… we also offer:

• Company pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus public bank holidays
• An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• Excellent long-term career prospects
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

• Experience in a leadership position, including line management experience
• Experience of working with individuals who misuse alcohol and substances, with knowledge of the current operating environment within substance misuse
• Excellent knowledge of the requirements to ensure CQC compliance 
• A passion for helping patients, and is committed to the growth and development of the service