Substance Use Nurse - Casual

Securitas UK; Boston; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Securitas UK is seeking a Substance Use Nurse to join the HMP North Sea Camp team on a casual basis. You will deliver a range of health and wellbeing interventions, assess needs, and implement care plans for service users.

The role requires current NMC registration, community nursing experience, and the ability to work flexibly across settings, including medication administration during shifts. Salary is paid hourly with weekday and weekend rates.

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality nursing care to service users in a community setting and varied environments.
• Assess care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care with a person-centred approach.

Skills

NMC registration

Community experience

Risk assessments

Drug handling knowledge

Communication skills

Drug/alcohol setting experience

Job description

Job Description

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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.

• 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

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.