Substance Misuse Nurse

Change Grow Live; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading charity as a Substance Misuse Nurse in Sutton-in-Ashfield, where you'll provide essential support to young people struggling with substance misuse. You'll work within a multi-disciplinary team, delivering clinical interventions and assessments while promoting harm reduction and recovery. This role offers part-time hours with competitive pay and a broad range of professional development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)

Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week

Contributory pension scheme

Annual reimbursement of your NMC fee

Access to excellent training programmes

Qualifications

• First level registered nurse with recent relevant post qualification experience and a current PIN.
• Knowledge of working with evidence-based practice around young people’s substance misuse.
• Ability to assess and recovery plan service users.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist clinical interventions to young people in need.
• Assess nursing needs considering various factors such as medical, social, and family.

Skills

Empathy

Detail-oriented

Flexibility

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

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Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

Are you passionate about helping young people change their lives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a nurse with our expanding service in Nottinghamshire.

Our Nurses play an integral part in Change Grow Lives mission to help people change the direction of their lives, to grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you would offer specialist clinical interventions to young people who use our services. This is an excellent opportunity for an energetic and passionate Substance Misuse Nurseto help shape our vision in how we provide clinical services to individuals whose lives have been affected by drugs and alcohol.

The role will have a varied and challenging workload and you will have to record information about what you do, so enjoying a bit of paperwork and attention to detail is important. But most of the time you’ll be enjoying working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives. No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

Where Kings Mill Hospital (Nottinghamshire)

Hours Part Time 30 hours per week

Full Time Salary Range £37,184.91 - £43,384.62 (pro rata for part time hours)

• please note Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
  
  
  

The focus of this role is to provide a clinical response to people who require specialist interventions as part of a holistic treatment service. Each person will be co-worked within the team and jointly managed with other agencies and services as appropriate. You will play a key role in assessing the nursing needs of a person, considering their medical, social, cultural and family circumstances

About you

First level registered nurse with recent relevant post qualification experience and a current PIN

• Experience of working with people
• Knowledge of working with evidence based practice around young people’s substance misuse treatment services and methods, including relevant best practice guidance
• Sound and demonstrable knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions
• Ability to assess and recovery plan service users and formulate written reports, as necessary
• Clinical auditing skills to inform evaluation of the service and identify areas for development
• Employ a professional, empathetic, and non-judgmental attitude
• An understanding of the importance of professional integrity in relationships with service users, peers, and other relevant professionals
  
  
  

We want to support you to recognise and achieve your goals

• We hold regular national nurse and HCA forums, and you will have regular 11s 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 pay for 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 will give to you

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service“Capped at 30 days”
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Annual reimbursement of your NMC fee
• Dedicated and protected professional development time
• Access to excellent training programmes including the RCNi learning platform
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Training, career development & progression opportunities
• Protected monthly CPD
• Refer a friend scheme and receive generous vouchers if candidate is successful.
• Our nursing pay is competitive with the NHS Agenda for Change pay bands.
  
  
  

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.

CGL points 33 to 39 (£37,184.90 - £43,384.61)

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

17/6/2025

3/6/2025

Raeanne Foster | [e-mail] | 07350366231

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

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