Substance Misuse Nurse
| Posting date: | 29 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,970.00 to £44,962.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £29970.00 - £44962.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS7 8PS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9277-25-0649 |
Summary
Practice under direction and demonstrate evidence-based clinical decision-making, including risk assessment and care planning. To support and inspire colleagues within the service to improve standards and quality and to develop professional practice. Responsible for assessing, delivering, and evaluating nursing care for defined offender groups. Implement and evaluate care delivery for offenders with substance misuse needs, as delegated by senior staff. Understand partner organizations and work collaboratively to coordinate care. Develop areas of special interest in keeping with professional development and individual appraisal plans. Participate in effective care coordination and the single point referral process. Monitor offenders prescribed treatments and administer medications as required, in keeping with Medicines Management policies and protocols. Engage in supporting offenders to address their own health issues, actively participating in health promotion. IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID Proof of address documentation Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).