Substance Misuse Lead Nurse - HMP B

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Closing date is 02 February 2026

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.

In our quest to deliver patient‑focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Substance Misuse Lead Nurse to join our forward‑thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP Feltham

B.

By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but also have a real impact on promoting health and well‑being. Our healthcare services operate on a 7‑day week working model, to ensure our patient’s healthcare is always managed and maintained to the highest standards.

Our motto is "Caring NOT Judging" so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies we provide responsive, dependable and high‑quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.

We offer a great range of career pathways to support our nurses through their journey – see the list of endless opportunities under the Working for Your Organisation tab.

• As Substance Misuse Clinical Team Leader (Band 7) you will provide clinical support for clients with substance dependence.
• You will also have qualification as an NMP or willingness to undertake Non‑Medical Prescribing training.
• You will ensure management of complex clients, providing advice and guidance on clinical interventions to a team of practitioners, psychosocial workers and agencies concerned with substance misuse.
• As the SMS Lead you will demonstrate leadership and undertake both clinical and managerial responsibilities.
• You will be responsible for ensuring effective and best use of the nursing provision, psychosocial provision and all clinical resources.

Along with fully established benefits such as monthly supervision, annual personal development plans/appraisals, support and guidance with revalidation, Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies we also offer access to a full range of internal and external training opportunities across our services.

Our Health and Justice healthcare services present unique and diverse learning, development, and leadership opportunities for nurses, where you will have the potential to make a significant difference to the lives of adults, children and young people who often experience a wide range of health inequalities.

We have a clinical leadership career pathway in place to ensure you feel supported and valued via our career pathway programme that facilitates lifelong learning and development enabling you to progress within your career within Health & Justice.

We will support you to ensure you develop your clinical and leadership skills – this includes:

• Induction programme
• Career coaching
• Clinical supervision
• Reflective practice
• Ongoing support from professional nurse advocates
• NHS Leadership Academy leadership course
• Bespoke health and justice clinical competencies
• External training courses in enhanced and advanced practice

For further information about the advertised role, please refer to the job description & person specification included in the documents section of this advert.

Clinical:

• Ensure you and your team provide high standards of nursing care through ongoing clinical assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of treatment for drug and alcohol users.
• Work with a high degree of autonomy and professional accountability to safely deliver the service needs.
• Manage sensitive information empathically; this includes sharing and discussing a patient’s changing condition or needs with other relevant professionals.
• Lead on inter‑professional and multidisciplinary working with the aim…