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Band 6 Substance Misuse Nurse
Band 6 Substance Misuse Nurse
Location: Southend on Sea
Salary: A GBP 37,388 : A GBP 44,962 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent
About The Role
Looking for a role where your nursing skills directly support recovery, resilience, and real change?
Based in Thurrock and working 35 hours per week, this is an opportunity to join a forward:thinking multidisciplinary team delivering high:quality substance misuse care in the community.
We are seeking a Band 6 Community Substance Misuse Nurse to provide and supervise evidence:based nursing care for individuals experiencing drug and alcohol dependency. Working in line with national guidelines, NMC standards, and Forward policies, youll play a key role in delivering safe, compassionate, and recovery:focused interventions.
Youll be part of a collaborative team supporting service users from first contact through to sustained recovery, combining clinical expertise with genuine therapeutic engagement.
What Youll Be Doing
Delivering assessment, triage, and nursing interventions for individuals with complex substance misuse needs Supporting prescribed drug treatment, including administration of controlled medications Carrying out health needs assessments, risk assessments, ECGs, fibro scans, and clinical audits Providing 1:1 support, group work, brief interventions, and crisis care Using urine and saliva testing and interpreting results accurately Supporting case management, care planning, and through:care/discharge planning Working closely with primary care, mental health services, and partner agencies Maintaining accurate clinical records in line with NMC and data protection standards
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What Were Looking For
Registered Nurse with active NMC registration Experience or strong interest in substance misuse, community nursing, or mental health Confident working within a multidisciplinary, recovery:focused environment Skilled in communication, risk assessment, and motivational interviewing Committed to delivering care aligned with the 6Cs, NMC Code, and evidence:based practice
This is more than a nursing post, its a chance to be part of a service that genuinely supports change. Youll work in a role that values clinical expertise, autonomy, teamwork, and continuous development, while making a meaningful difference to peoples lives every day in the Thurrock community.
If youre motivated by recovery:focused care and want to be part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, wed love to hear from you.
About Us
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
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Benefits
We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits :
Flexible working Training and development opportunities Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional) Season Ticket Loan Scheme Cycle to work scheme Crisis Loan Scheme Electric Car Scheme 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro ratad for part time employees) Access to Blue Light Card 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays Contributory Pension Scheme : Employer matched contributions of up to 6 in the first two years service and up to 9 thereafter Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable appli
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