Job Description
Our team in South Ayrshire are recruiting for an experienced Substance Misuse 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.
As our Substance Misuse 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 misuse 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.
As a Substance Misuse Nurse you will participate as an active member of the nursing and multi-disciplinary teams, accountable for your practice, and work in partnership with other health care professionals, psycho-social case managers, patients and others in the delivery of care. You will support the delivery of specific healthcare clinics or groups, designed to support and educate clients, providing them with practical tools to overcome life’s challenges, this will include pre-session planning and post-session evaluation.
We need your passion and dedication to help us change the lives of the people we support. You will be part of a dynamic team who will value your input and ideas. Our clients will benefit from your clinical skill set, experience and knowledge as you empower them to overcome their personal challenges. We truly believe that education is a powerful tool, we are continuously learning how our clients want to be supported and reflecting on ways to improve our services.
This is an extremely rewarding role, one from which you will have the opportunity to be part of a patient's journey from end to end. We are certain this role will remind you of why you chose nursing as a career pathway.
This is a full time, fixed term contract until March 2026. The salary for this role is £30,000 - £32,000 per annum.
Please note that you must have current NMC registration to be considered for this position.
Required Skills
To be successful in this role you will:
1. Be a Registered Nurse, with current NMC registration
2. Have community based experience
3. Have demonstrable experience of comprehensive assessment of need, including risk assessments
4. Have knowledge of safe storage, handling and administration of drugs in particular controlled drugs
5. Be able to work constructively with a wide variety of groups and individuals in a range of settings and work roles
6. Be able to assess plans, implement and evaluate service user care and act accordingly if untoward changes occurred
7. Be able to positive engage service users and treat the with respect and dignity
8. Have effective written and communication skills
9. Ideally you will have experience of working in a drug and alcohol setting
A full job description and person specification is available on request.
Diversity Statement
As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our goals of radically improving people's lives. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialized communities, LGBTQ+ people and armed forces veterans.
About The Company
Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health.
At We Are With You we work with people on their own goals, whether that’s staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. We give people support in a way that’s right for them either face to face in their local service, community or online.
We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year.
We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support.
We Are With You.
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Benefits
10. Competitive salary
11. 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
12. An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
13. Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
14. 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
15. Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
16. Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
17. Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
18. We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period
Should you be successful in your application, you will be required to provide 3 years' worth of references and where applicable, will need to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
Additional Information
Please note that this role may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised.