Job overview
The main duties of this post are providing addiction psychiatry consultant leadership to the Wandsworth Community Drug and Alcohol service. It is an existing post and the vacancy has been created by the departure of the previous post holder.
Main duties of the job
WCDAS provides community substance use disorders (SUD) treatment for the residents of Wandsworth . It provides a full range (both clinical and recovery-oriented) personalised and evidence based treatments for the spectrum of SUDs including opiate substitution, alcohol detoxification and a community recovery programme (abstinent and non-abstinent). It offers comprehensive assessment, harm reduction, physical health and mental health interventions (in conjunction with local partners) as well as model-informed psychological interventions directed at substance misuse e.g. MI and relapse prevention.
The post holder will lead the clinical management of the service and provide many of the clinical interventions where needed. They will work closely with the Clinical Team Leader (lead nurse), Recovery Team leader and Psychologist in the local service.
Working for our organisation
The Addictions CAG, which incorporates SLAM addictions, aims to combine strengths in clinical service provision, policy, teaching and research. It operates in a matrix structure with the Lewisham and Addictions operational directorate. It provides community services in a range of partnerships with voluntary sector agencies for the London Boroughs of Lambeth, Wandsworth, Richmond and Bexley as well as an alcohol assertive outreach team which operates across Lambeth and Southwark and an Alcohol care team in KCH.
