Clinical Lead - Bath and North East Somerset Drug and Alcohol Service

Job Introduction An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our new Bath and North East Somerset Drug and Alcohol service. This is a vibrant new partnership delivering substance use treatment and recovery services across Bath and North East Somerset. Our partnership draws upon experience delivering substance use services in Bath and North East Somerset and nationally, with specialist knowledge around diverse local communities, and the community insight which only comes from hyper-localism. As the Clinical Lead Doctor, you''ll have the chance to make a real difference to the lives of the people we support who are experiencing difficulties from drug and alcohol use. Turning Point offers the chance to work with many addiction specialists across the country, lending both learning and support to this role. Role Responsibility The Clinical Lead will lead the service by: Leading on all aspects of clinical governance and quality assurance, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness and patient safety Taking a lead on service development Acting as advisor on development and implementation of policy Championing and leading research and innovation to develop new clinical guidance and service protocols Working with Turning Point colleagues nationally to optimise patient care Providing clinical supervision, training to clinical colleagues Embrace teaching of students from all aspects of the MDT They will treat the most complex patients in the service, and will: Provide expert ..... full job details .....