Community Nurse - Addictions


Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 Dependant on experience
Profession
Nurse (community and district)
Grade
Band 5
Deadline
20 Sep 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
04 Sep 2026
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Job requirements

Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.

Essential

13 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Experience

    Willingness to undertake and complete preceptorship; facilitating the transition for newly qualified nurse booklet and core competency development programme.

  • Experience

    Appropriate knowledge/experience of working in Addictions Nursing

  • Experience

    Understanding of caseload management responsibilities

  • Skills and Competencies

    Able to demonstrate effective interpersonal/communication skills Evidence of good time management skills

  • Skills and Competencies

    Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive

  • Skills and Competencies

    Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity

  • Skills and Competencies

    Ability to commute between the various sites

  • Qualifications and Knowledge

    Part III or 13 of NMC live register

  • Qualifications and Knowledge

    Degree/diploma in adult / mental health nursing

  • Qualifications and Knowledge

    Willingness to undertake mentorship training and responsibilities

  • Qualifications and Knowledge

    A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical and service area

  • Qualifications and Knowledge

    An understanding of relevant clinical practice/standards within identified clinical area

  • Qualifications and Knowledge

    Standard IT skills

Desirable

12 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Experience

    Successful completion of preceptorship Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care

  • Experience

    Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development

  • Experience

    Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation

  • Experience

    Act as Care Programme Approach (CPA) co -ordinator

  • Skills and Competencies

    Awareness of leadership/management skills and qualities

  • Skills and Competencies

    Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures

  • Skills and Competencies

    Ability to manage daily operations and maintain a safe working environment

  • Qualifications and Knowledge

    Be on the live register for mentors

  • Qualifications and Knowledge

    Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students

  • Qualifications and Knowledge

    Evidence of current CPD/formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g. degree or post graduate level or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning

  • Qualifications and Knowledge

    Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area

  • Qualifications and Knowledge

    Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Band 5 nurse to join our team at the East Riding Partnership Addictions Service in Goole.

The primary responsibilities of this role entails managing a caseload comprising of diverse needs, specifically catering to individuals undergoing alcohol reduction/detoxification, minimising drug usage, and facilitating opiate substitute prescribing.

The duties include conducting comprehensive physical examinations, encompassing electrocardiograms (ECGs), blood pressure assessments, and physical health screenings.

You will be maintaining the clinical environment, which encompasses infection prevention and control (IPC) protocols, inventory management through regular stock checks, and conducting daily clinic inspections.

The role also involves the procurement of medications, performing phlebotomy procedures, and administering medications and vaccinations as required.

Main duties of the job

  • To support the Lead Nurse in providing clinical and professional leadership to nurses within own area of responsibility.
  • To support the Lead Nurse and other colleagues with the implementation of policy, protocol, service/practice development and change within own area of responsibility
  • To continue to demonstrate specialist clinical skills in practice and provide support/advice re service development and the delivery of care, in partnership with service users, carers, staff, managers and other agencies.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

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.

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This advert is for Community Nurse - Addictions with Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust in Hull, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £31,049 - £37,796 Dependant on experience. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 20 Sep 2026.

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