Substance Misuse Nurse - Non-Medical Prescriber

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health trust in London is seeking a Substance Misuse Nurse (Non-Medical Prescriber) to provide specialist care in managing drug and alcohol dependencies. The role involves conducting assessments, creating personalized care plans, and using advanced skills to support clients in their recovery. Ideal candidates will be experienced nurses committed to delivering high quality health services within a multi-disciplinary team. Opportunities for professional development and flexible working practices are available.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Opportunities for learning and development

Qualifications

• Experience of working with and assessing service users with complex presentations.
• Experience as a non-medical prescriber.
• Experience of developing and delivering a range of interventions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver effective treatments to drug and alcohol service users.
• Carry out initial assessments and deliver opiate substitute treatment.
• Complete accurate risk assessments of all patients.

Skills

Highly developed assessment skills

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to work autonomously and prioritize work

Education

Qualified Mental Health Nurse or Learning Disability Nurse registered with the NMC

Professional registration appropriate to own discipline

Qualification in relevant area of practice (e.g., dual diagnosis, substance misuse)

Tools

EPJS software

Job description

Substance Misuse Nurse - Non-Medical Prescriber

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Mental Health - Community Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 334-NUR-7109152-LF

Site Lorraine Hewitt House Town London Salary £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 08/07/2025 23:59

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role.We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

We are looking to recruit experienced nurses to be core members of our multi-disciplinary teams, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning, risk assessments, while supporting service users at all stages of their recovery journeys

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as a non-medical prescriber in the delivery of effective treatments to drug and alcohol service users. The post holder will carry out initial assessments and help deliver opiate substitute treatment for stabilisation and community detoxification. The post holder will be involved in alcohol community detoxes and provide other relevant support interventions to service user who use a range of substances. To support the delivery of specialist health clinics such as lung, liver, BBV testing, and the training and distribution of Naloxone.

For more information, please see Job description

Working for our organisation

Lambeth Community Drug and Alcohol Services are delivered via consortia arrangement, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) leads the contract and delivers the service in conjunction with our partners, We Are With You, Phoenix Futures and Humankind. The service offers a range of interventions catering to the needs of substance misusing / dependent client's resident within the London Borough of Lambeth. Treatment is personalised and targeted to enable individuals to address their needs and move on in their recovery. Substances covered include opioids, NPS, alcohol and non-opiates. Service users are also able to access a range of physical and mental health support e.g. blood borne viruses testing and treatment / smoking cessation and there is a strong focus on harm minimization and relapse prevention. The consortium offers services across the 2 main premises and in a variety of GP services and has a total of 42 wte staff from a wide range of backgrounds doctors, nurses, psychologists, administrators, social workers, key workers, recovery staff and peer mentors and benefits from an active Service User Council

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work as a non-medical prescriber in the delivery of effective treatments to drug and alcohol service users.
• Carry out initial assessments and help deliver opiate substitute treatment for stabilisation and community detoxification.
• The post holder will be involved in alcohol community detoxes and provide other relevant support interventions to service user who use a range of substances.
• To support the delivery of specialist health clinics such as lung, liver, BBV testing, and the training and distribution of Naloxone.
• To support the management team in the development of staff members across the teams to ensure high standard of client care.
• To take responsibility for the management of a defined caseload of clients with complex needs.
• To complete accurate risk assessments of all patients and escalate relevant concerns in line with Trust policy.
• To facilitate addictions training and other elements of front-line service delivery where required

Person specification

Qualifications

• Qualified Mental Health nurse or Learning Disability Nurse registered with the NMC
• Professional registration appropriate to own discipline
• Qualification in relevant area of practice eg dual diagnosis, substance misuse, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy

Experience

• Experience of working with and assessing service users with complex presentations
• Experience of working as a non-medical prescriber
• Experience of developing and delivering a range of interventions to clients
• Experience of providing training and education diverse audiences
• Working clinically within a substance misuse team

Knowledge / Skills

• Highly developed assessment skills, able to assess service users with complex presentations.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, being able to engage with a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to work autonomously and prioritise work.
• IT literate and the ability to produce high quality reports.
• Ability to build effective working relationships
• Advanced computer skills and use of spread sheets, knowledge of the EPJS software

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.