Job Summary
Change Grow Live is one of the UKs leading health and social care charities and the Substance Misuse Nurse role is a varied one. You will be supporting people with multi-faceted issues related to the impact of substance use on their physical and mental health.
Nurses are an integral member of our multidisciplinary teams, offering specialist clinical interventions to people who use our services. 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.
The focus of this role is to provide a clinical response to young people who require specialist interventions as part of a holistic treatment service. Each young person will be co-worked within the team and jointly managed with other agencies and services as appropriate. You will play a key role in assessing the nursing needs of a young person, considering their medical, social, cultural and family circumstances.
This is a Part Time role, 22.5 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
1. Work closely with your services Safeguarding Lead, to ensure all issues and concerns are escalated and dealt with quickly and effectively.
2. Support and provide advocacy for young people by attending multi-agency meetings including agencies such as Police, Childrens Services and other professionals.
3. Deliver training and consultation to other professionals on the issues facing young people around substance misuse.
4. Help support the young person into education and/or training, working closely with partner agencies where appropriate.
5. Support and educate the families and carers of young service users. Plan person-centred support, in partnership with families and carers (where appropriate).
6. Encourage access to local youth/peer support groups.
7. Deliver harm reduction support and interventions working as an autonomous practitioner (including BBV testing, and Hep B vaccinations) and to support prescribing and script management where required.
8. Have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, along with the ability to have difficult conversations, using empathy and sensitivity, with young people, often experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties, related to their substance use and other health professionals.
9. Undertake comprehensive assessment of the young people's health needs following referral into the service, providing information and advice about drug use, smoking cessation, alcohol use and related issues to include blood borne viruses and safer sex.
About Us
Believe in people
At Change Grow Live, above all else we believe in people. It's the one thing that acts as a foundation for all our work.
If you use our services: we understand what you're going through. We won't judge. We believe you can make positive changes in your life.
If you work or volunteer for us: we believe in your potential. We believe you can do brilliant, life-changing work.
Our mission and vision
Our mission is to help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
The vision we're working towards is to develop, deliver and share a whole person approach that changes society.
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.
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.
Date posted
21 March 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£37,184.90 to £43,384.61 a year Pro rata for part time hours
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
U0080-16028
Job locations
Trafalgar House
41 - 45
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU1 1XH
Job Description
Job responsibilities
As directed by the Lead/Cluster Lead Nurse, the post-holder will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team offering specialist clinical interventions individuals accessing our services.
Role-specific Responsibilities
1. Undertake physical and mental health assessments for people who access our services when indicated by clinical need and ensure appropriate sign posting/referral to primary care or appropriate secondary health care services for identified health issues.
2. Undertake assessments for all alcohol individuals who use our services as indicated in the Change Grow Live Alcohol Policy and Procedure, using the outcome to determine safe detoxification as required.
3. Assist in the titration process for opioid individuals who use our services as required by service need to ensure the service user achieves an optimum dose of opioid substitution therapy (OST).
4. Provide education, health promotion and screening for blood borne viruses (BBV). Provide Hepatitis A and or B vaccinations when indicated.
5. Work within and consolidate integrated care and treatment pathways for individuals who are identified as being infected with BBVs (Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and/or HIV).
6. Undertake community alcohol detoxification either at the service or at the service users home.
7. Support opioid detoxification in the community.
8. Undertake phlebotomy, as required, ensuring adherence to identified pathways for blood sample labelling, collection, obtaining results and signposting.
9. Use blood results to support the assessment of the current health status of individuals who use our services, the need for specialist medical referral and the suitability for community detoxification.
10. Where indicated, refer for specialist inpatient services (including detoxification) and liaise with hospital and inpatient unit staff.
11. Contribute to Change Grow Lives Naloxone Strategy by training staff and individuals who use our services in the use of naloxone. Ensuring naloxone is distributed to individuals who use our services at every opportunity.
12. Offer wound care assessment and basic wound dressing to individuals who use our services. Organise signposting to other services as required and ensure clear pathways into other treatment arenas as appropriate.
13. Have a demonstrable ability to manage emergency situations by being proficient in basic life support, defibrillation and managing a medical emergency e.g., anaphylaxis and overdose until the ambulance arrives.
14. Understand and adhere to the legislation surrounding the use of patient group directions (PGDs).
15. Utilise psychosocial intervention in both one-to-one and group settings to promote engagement in treatment services and ownership of recovery planning.
Communication
1. Develop therapeutic alliances with individuals who use our services and develop effective partnerships with them to support their individual recovery journeys, offering health promotion and harm reduction advice.
2. Ensure that there is good communication of treatments offered, treatment progress and outcome of any investigations to other healthcare agencies, including GPs.
3. Maintain a current knowledge of appropriate interventions. Ensure that all revalidation requirements are being met and communicated to line manager.
4. Develop and provide health education, regarding problematic alcohol and drug use and alcohol and drug detoxification.
5. Attend meetings appropriate to the development and maintenance of the role in agreement with and under the direction of the Lead/Cluster Lead Nurse.
Delivering a Quality Service
The post-holder will contribute to the service to ensure that people who use substances consistently receive high quality services that adhere to the best practice guidelines and to the highest professional standards.
Leadership
Provide clinical leadership within the service, including providing support, coaching, and teaching to staff working at the service around harm reduction including BBVS and health promotion.
Team Working
To take part in assessing the suitability for transfer of clients to shared care services within the community.
Risk Management
Provide harm reduction advice to injecting individuals who use our services, providing information and equipment and ensure all equipment is disposed of safely.
Managing Information
Record and input client data and information in order that the service operates within contractual, administrative, and financial requirements.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
1. A clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services.
2. Sound and demonstrable knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions.
3. Ability to assess and co-produce recovery plans with the individual using our services, and formulate written reports, as necessary.
4. Maintain professional boundaries and work effectively with partnership agencies.
5. Communicate confidently and effectively, verbally and in writing. Respond flexibly to the demands of the post.
6. Show a capacity to work alone and the ability to keep calm under pressure.
7. Employ a professional, empathetic, and non-judgmental attitude towards individuals who use our services and all stakeholders.
8. Show commitment to facilitating positive outcomes for individuals who use our services.
9. Ability to travel between services.
10. A commitment to engaging with, understanding, and promoting CGLs values and vision.
11. An understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best practice.
12. An understanding of the importance of professional integrity in relationships with individuals who use our services, peers, and other relevant professionals.
13. A responsibility for your own health, safety, and wellbeing as well as those around you e.g., colleagues and individuals using our services.
14. An understanding of, and commitment to, treating all information acquired through the course of your employment as confidential.
15. An understanding of information governance processes and a commitment to follow and apply all necessary safeguards.
16. A commitment to seek learning opportunities to improve and broaden your own professional knowledge and skills and to contribute to and where relevant oversee the learning of others.
Qualifications Essential
1. First level registered nurse and with a current PIN.
Desirable
1. Trained in phlebotomy.
2. Qualification in substance misuse.
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