Spectrum Community Health CIC

Substance Misuse Nurse Team Leader - County Durham Drug and Alcohol

The closing date is 17 July 2025

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Job summary

Spectrum are looking for a Nurse Team Leader based at the Centre for Change Drug and Alcohol Centre. The post holder will deliver leadership and management responsibilities for the clinical team.

The post holder will provide clinical supervision and lead MDT to all parts of the service, provide prescribing sessions as needed by service, promote KIP compliance and drive service development to enhance every contact counts approach, encouraging clinical staff to maintain nursing skills as well as prescribing skills.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide governance to the C4C centre and management roles for clinical team
  • Promote flexible working approach to grow every contact counts
  • Provide professional advice to colleagues within the acute services.
  • Promote engagement with OST or alcohol treatments
  • Enhance delivery of community detox options
  • Promote after care medications and engagement with aftercare medications
  • Liaise between acute and community service to enhance service delivery
  • Promote alcohol knowledge and harm reduction with service users and professionals
  • Community detox preparation and engagement, with support from acute and community services.

About us

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.

Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!

  • Access to NHS Pension
  • Annual leave on your Birthday
  • Welcome payment for some posts
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Training and Development opportunities
  • Flexible Working
  • Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
  • Up to 33 days annual leave

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.

We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.

We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Details

Date posted

04 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

847-RM-25-V633

Job locations

County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service

Centre For Change 80-88 Whinny Hill

Durham

DL1 3BQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the advertised role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the advertised role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RNA/RNMH/RNLD
  • The post holder is required to be a qualified NMP.

Desirable

  • Educated to diploma level or above
  • Specific misuse qualification (certificate in addiction studies, certificate in management of substance misuse)

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of social context of substance misuse
  • Awareness of the principles of audit
  • Up to date knowledge of relevant prescribing guidelines
  • Understanding of complexities of recovery-oriented substance misuse treatment and the constrictions and opportunities inherent in the primary care sector
  • Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

  • Understanding of substance misuse services available in the local public and voluntary services.

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working with substance misusing clients
  • Previous experience of assessing clients and prescribing safely and effectively and to best practice to meet clinical and psychosocial need
  • Previous experience of carrying out general health care assessments, and delivering health promotion/harm reduction interventions, advice and information.
  • Experience of clinical supervision

Desirable

  • Previous experience of entering information onto an electronic / clinical database.
  • Experience of audit.
  • Multi-agency working within the public and voluntary sector.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RNA/RNMH/RNLD
  • The post holder is required to be a qualified NMP.

Desirable

  • Educated to diploma level or above
  • Specific misuse qualification (certificate in addiction studies, certificate in management of substance misuse)

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of social context of substance misuse
  • Awareness of the principles of audit
  • Up to date knowledge of relevant prescribing guidelines
  • Understanding of complexities of recovery-oriented substance misuse treatment and the constrictions and opportunities inherent in the primary care sector
  • Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

  • Understanding of substance misuse services available in the local public and voluntary services.

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working with substance misusing clients
  • Previous experience of assessing clients and prescribing safely and effectively and to best practice to meet clinical and psychosocial need
  • Previous experience of carrying out general health care assessments, and delivering health promotion/harm reduction interventions, advice and information.
  • Experience of clinical supervision

Desirable

  • Previous experience of entering information onto an electronic / clinical database.
  • Experience of audit.
  • Multi-agency working within the public and voluntary sector.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service

Centre For Change 80-88 Whinny Hill

Durham

DL1 3BQ


Employer's website

https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service

Centre For Change 80-88 Whinny Hill

Durham

DL1 3BQ


Employer's website

https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Partnership Manager

Andy Pearson

andy.pearson@spectrum-cic.nhs.uk

07802875801

Details

Date posted

04 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

847-RM-25-V633

Job locations

County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service

Centre For Change 80-88 Whinny Hill

Durham

DL1 3BQ


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