Substance Misuse Nurse

Change Grow Live; St Helens; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 44,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Job summary

Change Grow Live in St Helens is seeking a Substance Misuse Nurse (Outreach) to join a multidisciplinary team. The role involves working across outreach settings, including street homelessness projects, HMOs, and clients’ homes, with flexible starts up to 07:00 when required.

The post supports a part-time, 30-hour week contract with pro-rata salary. The team emphasizes whole-person care, patient safety, and continuous professional development within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Must be a nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience in substance misuse or outreach is desirable.
• Ability to work across multiple settings and be flexible.

Responsibilities

• Conduct physical and mental health assessments for service users.
• Provide education, health promotion and BBV screening.
• Administer Hepatitis B vaccines where indicated and contribute to Naloxone strategy.
• Refer to primary/secondary care as needed and document data accurately.

Skills

Nurse

Clinical assessment

Harm reduction

Naloxone

Public health

Education

NMC registration

Registered nurse

Job description

Overview

Believe in people?

The best people have one thing in common.

They care.

AtChange Grow Live, we’re more than just a substance misuse charity, we’re a community driven by our core values: BeOpen, BeCompassionate, BeBold. We believe in the power of transformation, and we’re looking for aSubstance Misuse Nurse, (Outreach)to join our dynamic, multidisciplinary team inSt Helens.

The nurse recruited into this role will work across St Helens, supporting some of our most complex service users in a range of settings, including street homelessness outreach projects, HMOs, service users’ homes, partner agency premises, and more. Due to the nature of the role working hours will need to be flexible with potential 07:00am starts when required.

If you're ready to inspire change, this is the place for you.

Why work with us?

Are you seeking a role where every day brings new challenges and opportunities? At Change Grow Live, we embrace a whole-person approach to care, treating each person accessing treatment with us as a unique individual on their recovery journey. Our team thrives on collaboration, bringing together service managers, consultant psychiatrists, dedicated healthcare professionals, compassionate nurses, empathetic recovery staff, enthusiastic volunteers, and supportive peer mentors.

This is an excellent opportunity for an energetic and passionateNurseto help shape our vision in how we provide clinical services to individuals whose lives have been affected by drugs and alcohol.

Where: St Helens

Hours: Part time, 30 per week – flexible working pattern may be required to meet the needs of the Service User Group.

Contract Type:Permanent

Part-time hours at Change Grow Live are 30 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

TheSubstance Misuse Nurserole is a varied one, the successful candidate will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team, offering specialist clinical interventions to people who use our services.

In our services no two days are the same. Every person who comes into our service is treated as an individual, so understanding the importance of a whole person approach along with being curious, a good listener, a clinically robust practitioner and having a flexible approach are essential skills.

Your role includes:

• Undertaking physical and mental health assessments for people who access our services including alcohol assessments and Health assessments.
• Appropriate sign posting/referral to primary care or appropriate secondary health care services for identified health issues
• Providing education, health promotion and screening for blood borne viruses (BBV)
• Providing Hepatitis B vaccinations when indicated
• Contributing to CGL’s Naloxone Strategy
• Ensuring that procedures are regularly reviewed to promote best practice and evidenced based practice in accordance with UK Guidelines on Clinical Management, NICE guidance, and CGL clinical protocols and procedures
• Providing harm reduction advice to injecting service users, providing information and equipment and ensure all equipment is disposed of safely
• Recording and inputting client data and information

We want to support you to recognise and achieve your goals:

• We hold regular national nurse and HCA forums, and you will have regular 1:1s and appraisals
• We actively support our nurses with revalidation with protected continuing professional development time, which totals up to 6 days per year.
• We also have a wide range of educational opportunities including free access to the RCNi learning platform and we reimburse your NMC fee
• We offer you the opportunity to use the government backed Apprenticeship Levy fund to develop nursing practice in line with your specific role
• All our team members are encouraged to take a wellbeing hour every week and access personal well -being resources
• Our nursing pay is competitive with the NHS Agenda for Change pay bands

What we offer you:

• Generous holiday entitlement (+ bank holidays), increasing annually for first five years’ service
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week, plus access to our Wellness Hub and Employee Assistance Program
• Contributory pension scheme
• Discounts on shopping, cinema, holidays, and more
• A friendly and supportive team environment
• Free eye test vouchers
• Extensive training, career development, and progression opportunities
• NMC registration reimbursed
• Protected CPD

As part of our commitment to patient safety and professional standards, all nurses are required to wear the designated company uniform while on duty. This ensures a consistent, hygienic, and professional appearance in line with our healthcare protocols

A note about using AI in your application

AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you. We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles. There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 33 to 39 (£38,114.53 - £44,469.24)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Interview Date

5/10/2026

Closing Date

4/9/2026

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Sharon O'Donnell (Prescriber - Sharon O'Donnell) | [e-mail] | 07917977732

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.