Community Addictions nurse (Band 5/6 Developmental post)

NHS; Erith; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Community Addictions nurse (Band 5/6) to join the Bexley Community Drug and Alcohol Service. The ideal candidate will support individuals with drug and alcohol issues, lead care management, and deliver therapy using CBT methods. Applicants must be registered nurses with relevant experience in substance misuse. This position offers a full-time permanent contract with a salary range of £35,763 to £52,521 depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse in any discipline for Band 6 with post-qualification experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to substance misuse.
• Experience of working in the community with clients with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical management of care packages for service users.
• Co-ordinate and deliver person-centred healthcare.
• Utilise CBT skills for therapy.

Skills

Harm reduction

Clinical decision making

Experience with substance misuse

Flexibility

Training delivery

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Degree level qualification in addictions

Tools

Word processing

Database use

Job description

Overview

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Community Addictions nurse (Band 5/6 Developmental post)

The closing date is 05 November 2025

Bexley Community Drug and Alcohol Service (Pier Road Project) are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, caring, and creative nurses from any discipline to come and join us. You will be working within 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 get the highest quality of outcomes for residents over the age of 18 in Bexley.

We are looking to recruit a Band 5 or experienced Band 6 nurse of any discipline to be core members 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.

Main duties of the job

• To lead the clinical management of a care package to individuals who use our services, as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person-centred healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using complex clinical decision making where appropriate and responding to changes in presentation/situation appropriately. To promote shared decision making with service user/relatives/carers, as appropriate, in terms of involvement in all aspects of their care.
• To deliver individual and group therapy utilising CBT skills.
• To ensure provision of the necessary physical care to help people who use our services i.e.: alcohol assessments, BBV interventions, pabrinex, medication administration, physical observations.
• Harm reduction interventions

About us

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Richmond and Wandsworth

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse any discipline (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)
• Diploma or degree level qualification in addictions or related area of practice such as CBT, dual diagnosis, etc
• Non-Medical Prescriber A/I

Experience

• Experience and evidence of ability to produce formal written reports, presentations and draft policies for consultation
• Experience of using word processing and database use as well as a willingness to improve existing skill base
• 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 and skills

• 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
• Strong understanding of harm reduction, and relapse prevention in relation to substance misuse and planning recovery
• Ability to be flexible and thrive in a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to work autonomously and lead on development and maintenance of different areas of practice within the service
• Experience of and skills in delivering training
• Experience of supervising/managing junior staff and students

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

£35,763 to £52,521 a year development post, salary dependant on experience and knowledge

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

334-NUR-7479046-SA

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