Main area: Mental Health
Grade Band: 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon to Fri 9-5 with occasional late)
Job ref: 437-7087175
Employer: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Achieve Trafford
Town: Salford
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/04/2025 23:59
Addictions Clinical Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
Achieve Treatment and Recovery Services provides support for people experiencing problems with drug and alcohol use across Bury, Bolton, Salford and Trafford. We are an NHS led service, working with multiple agencies in a unique partnership model. This partnership model enables us to work with patients in a holistic way focusing on the person and not the “problem.”
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to recruit an Addictions Clinical Nurse who will deliver specialist support to our patients accessing treatment at Achieve Trafford. The successful candidate will provide a range of clinical interventions, including detox interventions, blood borne virus screening, vaccinations, administering long-acting injectable opiate medications, and a range of physical health investigations.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
* 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full UK NMC registration
* Completion of preceptorship programme
* Evidence of additional relevant qualifications
Experience
* Experience of assessing, planning and implementing the clinical care of patients
* Experience of working in addictions services
* Experience of delivering alcohol and opiate detoxification interventions
Skills
* Able to provide a range of healthcare interventions including venepuncture, vaccinations
Knowledge
* Knowledge of the physical, psychological and social effects of substance use and addiction and appropriate interventions
Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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