NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.
The Role
The post holder will be part of NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde's Prison Health Care Health Improvement Team and will be responsible for the delivery and ongoing development of Alcohol and Drug Harm Reduction service currently being delivered in the prisons in Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
The post holder will deliver a range of health-related trainings to people living in prison through structured sessions on either a one to one or group basis. The post holder will be required to support the promotion of the full suite of programmes delivered by the Prison Health Improvement Team including, Harm reduction, Peer Mentor support,
Quit Your Way cessation services and Mouth Matters Oral Health Improvement service. The post holder will also be required to support the delivery of any other relevant topics identified by service management. Applicants should be able to demonstrate experience working with people who use substances or have experience working within a custodial environment.
The post holder will be expected to operate as part of an extensive multi-disciplinary team delivering a series of Harm Reduction messages including but not limited to Blood Borne Virus and Alcohol and Drugs. We would expect you to establish and maintain solid and effective partnerships with key partner organisations (e.g. ADRS, SDF, voluntary sector and recovery communities) and other Health Improvement staff who can influence and deliver the Health Improvement and Inequalities work streams. The post will be primarily based within HMP Barlinnie but ther
📌 Health Improvement Assistant Practitioner (Shahabad)
🏢 NHSScotland
📍 Shahabad
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