Job Description

Job Reference

JOB0195

Location

Ilford

Salary

52,378 - 55,356 per annum, including allowances

Vacancy Type

Permanent/Full Time

Working Hours

37.5 hours per week

Application Deadline

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Job Summary

Are you an Independent Prescriber who is knowledgeable and passionate about helping people who are experiencing problematic drug or alcohol drug use?

The Role

We are looking for a qualified Independent Prescriber with a keen interest in supporting people who are experiencing problematic alcohol or drug use, to join our integrated substance misuse service in the London Borough of Redbridge.


Whether you are highly experienced or new to the sector, this role will provide you with significant scope for growth and innovation within a supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical professionals, as well as Via's Central Clinical Leads.


The main purpose of this role is to provide excellent quality of clinical care to those accessing treatment with us, improving their health and outcomes in their recovery.


Responsibilities will include the following:


To clinically assess and initiate prescribing for new people who are seeking opiate substitution therapy (Methadone, Espranor, Buvidal), ensuring responsive and timely initiation of prescribing. To clinically assess those who are alcohol dependent for their suitability for an on-site ambulatory (community) detoxification, and to support the nursing team during ambulatory detoxes, and with relapse prevention prescribing (e.g., Acamprosate). To support effective continuity-of-care prescribing from prisons and inpatient settings. To conduct regular clinical reviews in line with best practice guidelines. To encourage people to consider OST reduction plans, OST community detoxes within our Recovery Hub, and inpatient OST detoxification. To routinely offer harm reduction advice and information including overdose prevention and naloxone, to help them take an informed approach to their treatment, such as through recommending the SODA tool, and maintaining a recovery focus. To support the multidisciplinary team of recovery practitioners, volunteers, and apprentices to have a greater awareness and understanding of clinical factors and decision making to support holistic treatment planning and risk assessment. To attend and chair the weekly MDTs, and Via's weekly Central Clinical Meeting.

Location and Hours

The role is predominantly based at our main hub in Ilford Chambers, 11 Chapel Road, Ilford IG1 2DR but the role could involve occasional travel to external meetings and satellites within the borough, and to other Via locations as needed.


Our usual hours of service are Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, with one late clinic on a Tuesday that colleagues cover in rotation.




To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities - visit our Benefits Package




For an informal discussion about the role, please contact

Della Santhakumar, Clinical Lead

via Della.Santhakumar@viaorg.uk


The closing date for applications is

Sunday 22 June at midnight.

Interviews will take place week commencing 30 June.

All our applications are sifted by humans. Please send us applications that reflect your own knowledge, experience and values and not applications that have been generated by artificial intelligence (AI).




We accept applications via http://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/career-paths/ using our short application form, and your CV. For guidance on how to complete the application visit http://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/how-to-apply/. Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may close adverts at any time if we receive a sufficient number of applications.


Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.


We're a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our jobs, please confirm in the personal statement part of our application form that you are applying under this scheme.


Appointment to all our posts are subject to satisfactory completion of our safeguarding checks including DBS and we follow safer recruiting principles.


Please email people@viaorg.uk if you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format.