Community Addictions nurse (Band 5/6 Developmental post)

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking enthusiastic nurses to join their team in delivering high-quality addiction care. This role involves working with a multi-disciplinary team, leading patient assessments, and providing therapeutic interventions. Candidates must demonstrate a commitment to patient-centered care and possess creativity and motivation. This opportunity offers a chance to contribute meaningfully to recovery services.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, motivated, caring, and creative nurses from any discipline.
• Ability to lead clinical management of care packages for individuals.
• Experience in providing ongoing assessments and support.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment of Band 5 or experienced Band 6 nurses.
• Participate in assessments, care planning, treatment, and support.
• Promote shared decision making with service users.

Job description

Overview

A vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Bexley Community Drug and Alcohol Service (Pier Road Project) are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, caring, and creative nurses from any discipline to join us. You will work in an exciting and fast paced environment that provides high quality addictions and recovery care to a diverse service user group. The service is a partnership between NHS and voluntary services, and we work as a single service to achieve the highest quality outcomes for residents over the age of 18 in Bexley.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment of Band 5 or experienced Band 6 nurses to be core members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Participate in the provision of ongoing assessments, care planning, treatment, and support of people with drug and alcohol issues to promote health, independence, and recovery.
• Lead the clinical management of a care package for individuals who use the services, as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Coordinate and monitor the delivery of person-centred healthcare to a designated group of people who use the services, using complex clinical decision making where appropriate and responding to changes in presentation/situation.
• Promote shared decision making with service users/relatives/carers, as appropriate, in all aspects of care.
• Deliver individual and group therapy utilizing CBT skills.
• Ensure provision of necessary physical care, including alcohol assessments, BBV interventions, pabrinex, medication administration, and physical observations.
• Deliver harm reduction interventions.

Organisation Context

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides a wide range of NHS mental health services and substance misuse services. SLaM employs around 5,000 staff and serves a local population of 1.1 million. The trust operates more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services, and provides inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people per year and treats more than 45,000 patients in the community across Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Richmond and Wandsworth.

Job Details and How to Apply

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Nov 2025