# Community Addictions Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-addictions-nurse/9cbde064-3dbb-44d3-8301-0a668cf15a94 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-addictions-nurse/9cbde064-3dbb-44d3-8301-0a668cf15a94.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Bethlem Royal Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5, Band 6 - **Salary:** development post, salary dependant on experience and knowledge - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Would need to cover one late night per week until 7.30pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T12:32:40.338Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Erith_Bexley/South_London_Maudsley_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Addictions_Nursing/Addictions_Nursing-v8230688 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8230688?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.slam.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Bexley Community Drug and Alcohol Service (Pier Road Project) are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, caring, and creative nurses from any discipline to come and join us. You will be working within an exciting and fast paced environment that provides high quality addictions and recovery care to a diverse service user group. The service is a partnership between NHS and voluntary services, and we work as a single service to get the highest quality of outcomes for residents over the age of 18 in Bexley. We are looking to recruit a nurses from any discipline into a Band 5 developmental post or experienced Band 6 to be core members of the multi-disciplinary team, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning, treatment, and support of people with drug and alcohol issues to promote health, independence, and recovery. The Band 5 posts are development posts and are not solely restricted to mental health background, we welcome applications from nurses of any discipline and have worked in for example general medicine, GP surgeries, learning difficulties, sexual health etc at band 5 or higher to apply. Subject to meeting core competencies and completing where appropriate our preceptorship programmes we would look to support the post holder to transition to a Band 6 role with the expectation that they then continue their professional development with Addiction specific training and moving towards undertaking Non-Medical Prescribing Training. ### Main duties of the job To lead the clinical management of a care package to individuals who use our services, as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person-centred healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using complex clinical decision making where appropriate and responding to changes in presentation/ situation appropriately. To promote shared decision making with service user/relatives/carers, as appropriate, in terms of involvement in all aspects of their care. To deliver individual and group therapy utilising CBT skills. To ensure provision of the necessary physical care to help people who use our services i.e.: alcohol assessments, BBV interventions, pabrinex, medication administration physical observations. Harm reduction interventions ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience carrying out patient assessments and developing care plans - Experience maintaining accurate clinical records and documentation - Experience of liaison with statutory and non-statutory services - Experience administering medications safely and accurately **Desirable** - Experience of working in the community - Experience of the management of clients with complex needs ### Qualifications **Essential** - BSc Hons in nursing or Diploma in nursing - any discipline (for band 6- with considerable post qualification experience which would include lengthy clinical experience working with people with substance misuse related problems and evidence of commitment to harm reduction interventions - Evidence of continuing professional development and training (band 6: relevant to substance misuse work and harm reduction activity **Desirable** - Diploma or degree level qualification in addictions or related area of practice such as CBT, dual diagnosis, etc - Non-Medical Prescriber A/I ### knowledge and skills **Essential** - A thorough understanding of harm reduction in relation to injecting behaviour as well as safer sexual practices - Knowledge of potential physical, psycho-social problems among this client group and appropriate interventions to address them - Strong understanding of harm reduction, and relapse prevention in relation to substance misuse and planning recovery - Ability to be flexible and thrive in a rapidly changing environment - Ability to work autonomously and lead on development and maintenance of different areas of practice within the service **Desirable** - Experience of and skills in delivering training - Experience of supervising/managing junior staff and students ## Documents - [slam staff benefits (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2341) - [happy to talk flexible working (pdf, 680.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1723) - [jd community addiction's nurse band 5/6 (pdf, 440.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10540496) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.