Substance Misuse Nurse

An award-winning community drug and alcohol charity is recruiting a Substance Misuse Nurse to join its specialist Addictions and Detoxification Clinic in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. This is an excellent opportunity for a Registered General Nurse (RGN) or Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with an interest in substance misuse, addictions, recovery and rehabilitation, offering a salary of up to £43,384 per annum on a 12 month contract.

This Substance Misuse Nurse role is Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm, with no nights or weekends, based in a structured detox and rehabilitation clinic. You will provide front-line clinical nursing care to people accessing drug and alcohol recovery services, supporting them through assessment, detoxification and rehabilitation pathways.

As a Substance Misuse Nurse, your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering clinical care within a drug and alcohol detoxification service
• Carrying out physical health assessments and supporting recovery planning
• Providing BBV screening, complete ECGs, administer vaccinations
• Supporting alcohol detox and opiate detoxification programmes
• Delivering health promotion, harm reduction and rehabilitation support
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary addictions team

• Drug and alcohol detoxification
• Addiction nursing or substance misuse services
• Vaccinations and BBV screening
• ECGs and physical health monitoring
• Titration and medication management
• Rehabilitation or recovery-focused nursing

The ideal Substance Misuse Nurse will be:

• A qualified RGN or RMN with a current NMC registration
• Experienced in, or strongly motivated towards, addictions and substance misuse nursing
• Able to demonstrate transferable skills from areas such as A&E, mental health, community nursing, prison healthcare, detox or acute services
• Compassionate, non-judgemental and recovery-focused

Previous addictions experience is not essential. Nurses with backgrounds in A&E, prison nursing, mental health, acute care or community nursing are strongly encouraged to apply, provided they can demonstrate a clear interest in drug and alcohol recovery services.

• Monday–Friday working hours (9am–5pm)
• Up to £43,000+ salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Charity employer with an excellent reputation in drug and alcohol services
• Full induction and structured onboarding
• Ongoing training, CPD and career development
• Supportive and specialist clinical environment

If you are a Registered Nurse (RGN or RMN) looking for a rewarding role in substance misuse, addiction nursing, detox, rehabilitation or community drug and alcohol services, this Substance Misuse Nurse opportunity in Tunbridge Wells could be an excellent next step.

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