Addictions Lead Nurse

Site Various sites Bolton Bury Salford and Trafford Town Bolton Bury Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/03/2025 23:59

Job overview

Achieve Treatment and Recovery Services (TRS) brings together people from a range of organisations, backgrounds and experience to deliver services, opportunities, treatments and therapies for people seeking help in tackling their own substance use, or that of a loved one. Together we are determined to make a difference to families, communities and people affected by substance use in Bolton Salford and Trafford.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work for Achieve TRS working as a Lead Nurse across Bolton and Bury.

The post offered is a full-time post with the role taking responsibility across two localities: Bolton and Bury.

The Post holder will be a qualified NMP with experience in the addictions field.

The post holder will have knowledge of the recovery agenda and demonstrate excellent communication skills with service users, their families, and significant others by using motivational approaches to inspire others to achieve their goals and assist in attaining and maintaining their recovery.

The post holder will be able to demonstrate experience in leading teams and managing change in a dynamic organisation.

We also offer a variety of learning and development opportunities. If you have a passion to care for others and be part of an organisation that delivers life-changing services, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

To take the clinical lead nurse role within Achieve Bolton, Bury, Salford & Trafford with specific responsibility for non-medical prescribing, including clinical sessions, revalidation, and the clinical supervision of others.

The post holder will work alongside the Clinical Team Manager, Operational Manager, and Locality Managers. Take responsibility for identifying areas for clinical development within the team. They will take a lead responsibility for developing clinical practice for nurses and, where identified, other members of the teams, when necessary to do so. They will work alongside the Operational Manager and Locality Managers to promote and develop the service and will lead on aspects of service improvement where identified.

Working for our organisation

It is an exciting time to join GMMH’s Addictions Network. Recent developments and investment have resulted in us being able to offer multiple positions across a range of disciplines and entry levels.

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”.

Achieve work with and in communities. We value a healthy work/life balance, and the welfare of staff is a priority. Opportunities for flexible working can be explored.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

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2

3

4 – 9

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years

Person specification

Qualifications

• Nursing qualification and registration with the NMC
• Registered Non-Medical Prescriber (Essential rather than desirable)
• Training/mentoring qualification or willingness to undertake this

Experience

• Have experience of working with service users in the health & social care field.
• Have experience of clinical leadership/supervising staff
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in order to achieve a shared vision/goal

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the evidence-based practice that underpins the delivery of Substance Misuse Services
• An awareness of policies and procedures in relation to confidentiality, information sharing, and child protection
• Understand the key strategies known within the area of specialism

Skills and Abilities

• Specific clinical skills in relation to substance misuse.
• Able to provide high quality clinical/case supervision to others.
• Excellent organisational skills

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. For further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.