Substance Misuse Nurse

Believe in people?

The best people have one thing in common. They care. At Gateshead, we are looking for passionate people and friendly faces; you'll work with highly skilled colleagues across the region to support and engage people in drug and alcohol treatment services. No two days will be the same, and we’re looking for nurses who have a range of skills and expertise, but who also believe in being open, compassionate and bold in everything they do.

We are more than just a substance misuse charity; we’re a community driven by our core values:
Be Open, Be Compassionate, Be Bold. We believe in the power of transformation, and we’re looking for a Substance Misuse Nurse to join our dynamic, multidisciplinary team in Gateshead. You’ll work with highly skilled colleagues across the region to support and engage people in drug and alcohol treatment services. No two days will be the same, and we’re looking for nurses who have a range of skills and expertise, but who also believe in being open, compassionate and bold in everything they do.

Please note Full‑time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part‑time roles, the salary and payments will be pro‑rated based on contracted hours.

Are you seeking a role where every day brings new challenges and opportunities? At Change Grow Live, we embrace a whole‑person approach to care, treating each person accessing treatment with us as a unique individual on their recovery journey. Our team thrives on collaboration, bringing together service managers, consultant psychiatrists, dedicated healthcare professionals, compassionate nurses, empathetic recovery staff, enthusiastic volunteers, and supportive peer mentors.

This is an excellent opportunity for an energetic and passionate nurse to help shape our vision in how we provide clinical services to individuals whose lives have been affected by drugs and alcohol.

The Substance Misuse Nurse role is a varied one; the successful candidate will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team, offering specialist clinical interventions to people who use our services.

In our services no two days are the same. Every person who comes into our service is treated as an individual, so understanding the importance of a whole person approach along with being curious, a good listener, a clinically robust practitioner and having a flexible approach are essential skills.

• Undertaking physical and mental health assessments for people who access our services when needed.
• Appropriate sign posting / referral to primary care or appropriate secondary health care services for identified health issues.
• Providing education, health promotion and screening for blood borne viruses (BBV).
• Providing Hepatitis B vaccinations when indicated.
• Contributing to CGL’s naloxone strategy.
• Ensuring that procedures are regularly reviewed to promote best practice and evidence‑based practice in accordance with UK Guidelines on Clinical Management, NICE guidance, and CGL clinical protocols and procedures.
• Providing harm reduction advice to injecting service users, providing information and equipment and ensuring all equipment is disposed of safely.
• Recording and inputting client data and information.

• We hold regular national nurse and HCA forums, and you will have regular 11s and appraisals.
• We actively support our nurses with revalidation with protected continuing professional development time, which totals up to 6 days per year.
• We also have a wide range of educational opportunities including free access to the RCNi learning platform and we reimburse your NMC fee.
• We offer you the opportunity to use the government backed Apprenticeship Levy fund to develop nursing practice in line with your specific role.
• All our team members are encouraged to take a wellbeing hour every week and access personal well‑being resources.
• Our nursing pay is competitive with the NHS Agenda for Change pay bands.

• Generous holiday entitlement (+ bank…