Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily, 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 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 people who use our services.
This is an excellent opportunity for an energetic and passionate Substance Misuse Nurse to help shape our vision in how we provide clinical services to individuals whose lives have been affected by drugs and alcohol.
Where:St Lukes Barking and Dagenham
Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week
Full Time Salary: £36,635.37 - £42,743.46 dependent on experience
Allowance: £2,163.27 Outer London Weighting
Contract Type: Permanent
Responsibilities
About the role:
Undertake physical and mental health assessments for people who access our services when indicated by clinical need and ensure appropriate sign posting/referral to primary care or appropriate secondary health care services for identified health issues.Provide education, health promotion and screening for blood borne viruses (BBV). Provide Hepatitis B vaccinations when indicated.Contribute to CGL’s Naloxone Strategy by training staff and service users in the use of Naloxone. Ensuring Naloxone is distributed to service users at every opportunity.Develop therapeutic alliances with people who have substance misuse problems and develop effective partnerships with them.Ensure that procedures are constantly 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.Provide harm reduction advice to injecting service users, providing information and equipment and ensure all equipment is disposed of safely.Record and input client data and information in order that the service operates within contractual, administrative, and financial requirements.About you:
To thrive in this role, we're looking for someone who:
First level registered nurse with recent relevant post qualification experience and a current PINRelevant recent experience of working within drug and alcohol treatment (desirable but not essential)Sound and demonstrable knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventionsAbility 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 towards
service users and all stakeholders.An understanding of the importance of professional integrity in relationships with service users, peers, and other relevant professionals
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. 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.
If you require sponsorship, please note that this role is not eligible for a Health and Care Worker visa. You may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route but must meet the minimum salary requirements for the role. You can find out more here Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we’d love to talk to you!
Direct Applicants Only
Salary Range (pro rata if part time) CGL points 33 to 39 (£36,635.37 - £42,743.46) ILW / OLW /Fringe Outer London Weighting (£2,163.27) Closing Date 10/1/2025 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details: Christine Marilyn Ayton | Chris.Ayton@cgl.org.uk | 07464494422 This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level. Options ApplyApplyShareEmail this job to a friendRefer <p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"> </span></p> Share this vacancy on your newsfeed
We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.
The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.
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