Community Addictions Nurse

Maudsley Learning; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the NHS is seeking a band 5 or 6 nurse within the Wandsworth Community Drug and Alcohol Service. The role requires managing a caseload of clients with substance misuse problems, providing essential care and support in a dynamic team environment. Fantastic opportunities for career development, flexible working, and competitive benefits are available for qualified applicants.

Benefits

Generous pay, pensions and leave

Flexible working options

Career development programmes

Keyworker housing available

NHS discounts

Counselling services

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with considerable post-qualification experience in substance misuse.
• Willingness to work towards an NMP qualification if not yet achieved.
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to harm reduction.

Responsibilities

• Case manage and key-work a defined caseload of clients with substance misuse issues.
• Conduct ongoing assessments, care planning, and treatment support.
• Accountable for a defined caseload and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Effective assessment and engagement skills

Effective interpersonal skills

Ability to organise and manage time effectively

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Diploma or degree level qualification in addictions or related area

Mentorship Qualifications and updates

Job description

Site Wandsworth Community Drug and Alcohol Team Town Wandsworth, London Salary £35,964 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 24/06/2025 23:59

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role.We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

You will work within the Wandsworth Community Drug and Alcohol Service (WCDAS) to case manage and key-work a defined caseload of clients presenting with any drug or alcohol problem within the Borough and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of clinical care through individual care-planning and in liaison with the multidisciplinary team.

This is a consortium partnership comprised of We Are With You, St Mungo's, CDARS and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) with SLaM being the lead agency in this model. This is a cross-borough contract since 1 st April 2020 covering Richmond and Wandsworth with shared leadership and specialist roles as well as local core services.

We provide an excellent and first-class range of drug and alcohol treatment options to residents of Wandsworth and Richmond. Our services are busy and dynamic, with a strong recovery focus. We currently operate across several sites in the two boroughs plus various satellites including in primary care.

Main duties of the job

About the team:

Wandsworth Community Drug and Alcohol Service is part of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), within the Addictions Clinical Academic Group. The Trust provides recognised high-quality learning and development opportunities as well as offering the chance to be involved in research projects through the Institute of Psychiatry and globally respected Addictions Department.

About the role:

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, caring and creative people to come and join us and work within an exciting and fast paced environment that provides high quality addictions and recovery care to a diverse service user group. We are looking to recruit a band 5 or 6 nurse to be a core member of the multi-disciplinary team, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning, treatment and support of people with drug and alcohol issues to promote health, independence and recovery.

Working for our organisation

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Staff restaurants

We look forward to receiving your application

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking to recruit a band 5 or 6 nurse to be a core member of the multi-disciplinary team, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning, treatment and support of people with drug and alcohol issues to promote health, independence and recovery. You will be accountable and responsible for a defined caseload. Please see JD for full details.

Person specification

Qualification

• Registered Nurse (for band 6- with considerable post qualification experience which would include lengthy clinical experience working with people with substance misuse related problems and evidence of commitment to harm reduction interventions)
• Evidence of continuing professional development and training (band 6: relevant to substance misuse work and harm reduction activity)
• Willingness to work towards an NMP qualification if not yet achieved
• Diploma or degree level qualification in addictions or related area of practice such as CBT, dual diagnosis, etc
• Non-Medical Prescriber
• Mentorship Qualifications and updates

Experience

• Experience and evidence of ability to produce formal written reports, presentations and draft policies for consultation
• Experience of supervising staff or students
• Experience of using word processing and database use as well as a willingness to improve existing skill base
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of liaison with statutory and non-statutory services
• Experience of working in the community
• Experience of the management of clients with complex needs

Knowledge

• A thorough understanding of harm reduction in relation to injecting behaviour as well as safer sexual practices
• Knowledge of potential physical, psycho-social problems among this client group and appropriate interventions to address them
• Knowledge of crack/stimulant interventions, PIEDs interventions, NPS interventions
• Strong understanding of harm reduction, and relapse prevention in relation to substance misuse and planning recovery
• An understanding of the current issues affecting substance misuse services
• Experience of and skills in delivering training
• Experience of supervising/managing junior staff and students

Skills

• Effective assessment and engagement skills
• Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to negotiate with clients to influence positive outcomes
• Ability to be flexible and thrive in a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to organise and manage time effectively and work autonomously
• Ability to work effectively with clients with drug/alcohol assessments prioritise referrals

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.