Health & Wellbeing Nurse

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Key duties and activities of the role Provide high quality, person centred, low threshold services, responding to the individual and diverse needs and preferences of people and their significant others. Deliver evidence-based clinical and psychosocial one-to-one and group interventions as part of an effectively integrated care package. Take an assertive approach to service user disengagement. Deliver harm reduction advice, guidance and education. To include blood borne virus interventions (screening, vaccination and treatment access), overdose prevention including naloxone programs, health and wellbeing screening brief and facilitated signposting and referral to partner services, including primary care. Enable people to access education and employment services and health, wellbeing and recovery support activities and to signpost to other available services. Support students, volunteers, peer mentors and service user representatives to take an active part in Via services. Identify risks and take appropriate action in accordance with local, national and organisational Safeguarding policies, contributing to multi-disciplinary review meetings. Maintain accurate and timely records using the designated case management system in compliance with Via Information Governance policies and procedures. Work flexibly, including across multiple sites and peripatetically when required.