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Biography
Dr Teresa Pointing
Dr
Teresa Pointing joined In-volve as Clinical Director in October 2007.
During this period she was responsible for Clinical Leadership and
Clinical Governance across the organisation. In this role she:
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Developed and refined clinical and practice governance structures and processes within In-volve
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Introduced a Standards Framework based on Standards for Better Health and development planning across services
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Developed and refined clinical policy and strategy
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Delivered direct provision of clinical supervision and substance misuse treatment for young people
Teresa
is qualified as a GP and NHS Trust Specialist in Substance Misuse. She
has worked for over 20 years in NHS services as a GP, PCT Clinical Lead
and Trust Specialist, and clinical director of a specialist Community
Drug and Alcohol Service.
Experienced in building new services,
she has led development of a successful shared care scheme, primary
care clinic and partnership of statutory, voluntary and social services
into an integrated service model for adults.
She also has a
professional interest in adolescent health, and has played an advisory
role to public bodies (TDA, DCSF, DH) on the development of integrated
services for children and young people.
She is a trainer for the
RCGP Certificate in Drug Misuse Management, has led many GP and
multidisciplinary training workshops, and run local CPD programmes.
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