Jim Jones
Former Chair

Jim is a nurse prescriber for St Martins Healthcare Services, part of the Leeds PCT drug treatment service.

He was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield, teaching on a range of Nursing and other Health Professional Courses, with a special remit in Substance Misuse. He retired in 2009.

Jim trained as a general nurse in Liverpool in the 1970's then moved to London and trained as an RMN at the Maudsley, working in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry after qualifying. After a few years he moved to Cambridge and started teaching mental health nurses. Jim moved again to Yorkshire in 1988 and developed his special interest in Substance Misuse issues since then.

• Tutor to Royal College of General Practitioners Certificate in Substance Misuse; 2003 to present.
• Association of Nurses in Substance Abuse (ANSA) - Member of National Executive Committee. 2005 to present, and is a former Chair of ANSA.

Qualifications:
Professional Qualifications recorded with the NMC: RGN. RMN. RCNT. RNT. ENB 600 (Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing), Nurse Independent/Supplementary Prescriber

Higher Educational Qualifications:
Diploma in Nursing (Lond.); Diploma in Nursing Education (Lond.); Post Graduate Diploma in Nursing Studies (Bradford); MSc Nursing Studies (Substance Abuse) (Leeds Metropolitan)