Substance Use Nurse - Casual

We Are With You; Boston; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

We Are With You is recruiting a Substance Use Nurse to support the HMP North Sea Camp service on a casual, sessional basis. The role involves delivering nursing care and harm reduction interventions to a diverse service user group, with shifts Monday to Sunday between 07:00 and 09:00 for medication administration.

You must hold current NMC registration and have post-registration clinical experience, preferably in a community setting.

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration with post-registration experience.
• Experience delivering nursing interventions in community settings.
• Experience in risk assessments.
• Knowledge of safe storage and administration of drugs, including controlled substances.
• Ability to engage with diverse service users with respect.
• Desirable experience in drug and alcohol settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide health, wellbeing and harm reduction interventions.
• Assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate care plans.
• Advocate for patients and work with them to identify support needs.
• Deliver nursing care across varied settings and shifts.
• Maintain a safe, caring and therapeutic environment.

Skills

NMC registration

Community nursing experience

Risk assessment experience

Effective communication skills

Tools

Drug administration & controlled drugs handling

Job description

Job summary We are looking for a Substance Use Nurse to join our HMP North Sea Camp service on a casual basis. Our team in HMP North Sea Camp is recruiting for an experienced Substance Use Nurse to join them in providing high quality recovery care to a diverse service user group. If you are an enthusiastic and creative registered Nurse, passionate about changing people's lives for the better, we'd love to hear from you. This is a casual role, working sessional hours as and when required. Available shifts will be Monday - Sunday between 07:00 - 09:00 for administering medication. The rate of pay is £20.31 per hour for weekday shifts and £25.37 per hour for weekend shifts. As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us on our website. Please use the linked job description to support your application.

The closing date for applications is 25th October 2026.

Main duties of the job

As a Substance Use Nurse, you will provide a range of health and wellbeing and harm reduction interventions to service users in accordance with the agreed model of service delivery. You will deliver high standards of nursing care to those affected by substance use and be responsible for the assessment of care needs, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. You will be an advocate for our patients, working closely with them to identify the physical, psychological, spiritual and social support they need. You will work flexibly providing a high standard of nursing care in a variety of settings, promoting the health and well-being of service users whilst maintaining a safe, caring and therapeutic environment.

Please note that you must have current NMC registration to be considered for this position.

Essential Experience

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and post registration clinical experience
• Experience of delivering nursing interventions in a community setting
• Demonstrable experience of comprehensive assessment of need including risk assessments
• Knowledge of safe storage, handling and administration of drugs in particular controlled drugs
• Be able to work constructively with a wide variety of groups and individuals in a range of settings and work roles
• Be able to assess plans, implement and evaluate service user care and act accordingly if untoward changes occurred
• Be able to positive engage service users and treat the with respect and dignity
• Have effective written and communication skills
• Ideally you will have experience of working in a drug and alcohol setting

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.

Employer details

Employer name: We Are With You

Address: Boston, PE22 0QX, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/

Contact: Recruitment Manager: Emily Frost, [e-mail], 07811056955