Community Substance Use Nurse — Transform Lives Daily

Occy; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Occy is recruiting a Substance Use Nurse for our Shrewsbury service. You will deliver nursing care and evidence-based interventions to service users, assessing needs and developing care plans in collaboration with patients and teams.

The role requires current NMC registration, community-based experience, and the ability to work flexibly across settings. The position is permanent, full-time (37.5 hours weekly) with a salary of £34,500–£37,312 per annum.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and post registration clinical experience.
• Experience delivering nursing interventions in a community setting.
• Experience with comprehensive assessment of need including risk assessments.
• Knowledge of safe storage, handling and administration of drugs, especially controlled drugs.
• Ability to work constructively with diverse groups in different settings.
• Ability to assess, implement and evaluate service user care and respond to untoward changes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ideally experience in drug and alcohol settings.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
• Advocate for patients and work with them to identify support needs.
• Provide high standards of nursing care in various settings and promote wellbeing.
• Maintain a safe, caring and therapeutic environment.

Skills

NMC registration

Community nursing

Risk assessments

Drug handling & safe storage

Written & verbal communication

Driving licence

Interpersonal engagement

Care plan assessment & evaluation

Job description

Occy is recruiting a Substance Use Nurse for our Shrewsbury service. You will deliver nursing care and evidence-based interventions to service users, assessing needs and developing care plans in collaboration with patients and teams.

The role requires current NMC registration, community-based experience, and the ability to work flexibly across settings. The position is permanent, full-time (37.5 hours weekly) with a salary of £34,500–£37,312 per annum.