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.
Our Nurses play an integral part in Change Grow Lives mission to help people change the direction of their lives, to grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you would offer specialist clinical interventions to people who use our services.
This is an excellent opportunity for an energetic and passionate Hospital Liaison Substance Misuse Nurse to help shape our vision in how we provide clinical services to individuals whose lives have been affected by drugs and alcohol.
Where: Watford
Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week
Full Time Salary Range: £36,635.38 - £42,743.46 (pro rata for part time)
Allowances: Outer Fringe London Weighting £683.99 (paid pro rata)
ResponsibilitiesHospital Liaison 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 attend hospital and or find it difficult to engage with services.
In this role no two days are the same. Every person who we come into contact with 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.
Your role includes:
Set up effective communication and referral pathways with hospital based specialist teams. Act as a point of contact for acute referrals.Participate with acute services to create/maintain a process for targeting repeat attendees, implementing an investigation system that enables wider services to critically evaluate the circumstances around an individual’s hospital admission.Provide support to acute hospital services to avoid unnecessary admission to hospital of people who can be supported and treated at community addiction services.Develop specific links with identified specialist acute services and provide in reach to hospital wards including Gastroenterology/ Hepatology; Orthopaedic-falls prevention services; specialist clinics (i.e. Hypertensive Disease); observation ward; A&E.Provide advanced assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care to a small, complex, specialist caseload of patients who misuse alcohol and/or drugs, while they remain in a hospital setting or as part of the discharge to community plan.Provide expert advice and guidance to clinical staff on the appropriate management of those identified as misusing alcohol and/or drugs in order to prevent further complications from their conditions both in the short term and the long term.
About you:
First level registered nurse with recent relevant post qualification experience and a current PIN Relevant recent experience of working within drug and alcohol treatment (desirable but not essential) Sound and demonstrable knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions Ability to assess and recovery plan service users and formulate written
reports, as necessary. Clinical auditing skills to inform evaluation of the service and identify areas for development. Employ a professional, empathetic, and non-judgmental attitude towards
service users and all stakeholders. An understanding of the importance of professional integrity in relationships with service users, peers, and other relevant professionals Good working knowledge of medically assisted treatment – OST and Medically assisted Withdrawal from Alcohol
We want to support you to recognise and achieve your goals:
We hold regular national nurse and HCA forums, and you will have regular 1:1s and appraisalsWe 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 pay for your NMC feeWe offer you the opportunity to use the government backed Apprenticeship Levy fund to develop nursing practice in line with your specific roleAll our team members are encouraged to take a wellbeing hour every week and access personal well- being resourcesOur nursing pay is competitive with the NHS Agenda for Change pay bands.
Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
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.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time) CGL points 33 to 39 (£36,635.37 - £42,743.46) ILW / OLW /Fringe Outer Fringe (£683.99) Closing Date 20/2/2025 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details: Sheryl Sanderson | Sheryl.Sanderson@cgl.org.uk This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level. Options ApplyApplyShareEmail this job to a friendRefer <p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"> </span></p> Share this vacancy on your newsfeed
We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.
The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.
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