Substance Misuse Nurse

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. 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Tobacco Addiction Nurse to join our growing multi-disciplinary team. Our Nurses play an integral part in Change Grow Lives mission to help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, they offer specialist clinical interventions to people who use our services.

Supporting the delivery and development of the Tobacco Addiction Service, you will be working closely with the nurse manager and team, sub-contractors, and partners to successfully meet the key service outcomes, aims and objectives. You will be given a combination of face to face and e-learning training provided by The National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT) which will include speciality modules for Pregnancy and Mental Health. Motivational Interviewing training will also be provided. 

This is a key role within the service and would be an excellent opportunity for a Nurse looking to further their career with a charity dedicated to supporting your personal and professional development.

Where:  Manchester

Hours: Full Tune, 37.5 hours per week

Full Time Salary: £36,635.38 - £42,743.46 dependent on experience, pro rata

What we will give to you:

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service
• Flexible working arrangements
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
• Protected CPD time
• Free access to the RCNi learning platform
• Annual reimbursement of your NMC fee
• Contributory pension scheme
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.

About the role:

• Promote the benefits of stopping smoking and the tobacco addiction service through a variety of mechanisms to identified agencies and organisations via a range of venues and events
• Provide support via 1:1 session, groups, drop in and telephone support to service users wishing to become smoke free
• Undertake assessments, plan and deliver tobacco addiction interventions, which will include, nicotine replacement therapies and Work under PGDs in order to administer or supply pharmacotherapy options
• Undertake and Provide training and intervention across a variety of settings to targeted groups
• Develop therapeutic alliances with people who require tobacco addiction interventions
• Build effective partnership working across the delivery locality
• Undertake risk assessments and contribute to risk management plans as appropriate in the service
• Record and input client data and information in order that the service operates within contractual, administrative, and financial requirements
• Ensure all assessment and interventions are recorded and monitored through the Quit Manager data system

Please read attached Job Description & Role Specifics for a more detailed outline of responsibilities

About you:

• First level registered nurse with recent relevant post qualification experience and a current PIN. (We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses)
• Be a non-medical prescriber (or willingness to undertake)
• Have a sound and demonstrable knowledge of working within PGDs
• Willing to undertake specific Tobacco addiction training as required
• Experience of contributing to project development
• Knowledge of Motivational interviewing techniques and behaviour change
• Ability to assess and formulate treatment plans with service users and formulate written reports as necessary
• Communicate confidently and effectively, verbally and in writing

• Practise in a compassionate, respectful way, maintaining dignity and wellbeing and communicating effectively

• Respond flexibly to the demands of the post

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

Please note: This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level