Substance Misuse Nurse

At Change Grow Live, we work at the point where health, behaviour, and humanity meet. Where clinical skill isn’t just about treatment—it’s about trust, compassion, and helping people take back control of their lives.

 

We’re 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 Walall

 

Whether you’re an experienced substance misuse nurse or a registered nurse looking for a meaningful career move, 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
• 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 evidenced 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 ensure 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 1:1s 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

 

 

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

 

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible

 

 

As we want to get to know you, not an AI tool. Please make sure your application is written in your own words and genuinely reflects your skills, experience and motivation for this rol

CGL points 33 to 39 (£38,114.53 - £44,469.24)

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

27/7/2026

Shamiso Mutsambiwa (Birmingham & Walsall Services) | shamiso.mutsambiwa@cgl.org.uk | 07771624164

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