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Job requirements
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Competencies
Ability to use IT system
- Skills and Competencies
Comprehensive continuous assessment of skills
- Skills and Competencies
Risk Assessment skills.
- Skills and Competencies
Risk Management and Safety Planning skills.
- Skills and Competencies
Ability to establish a rapport and demonstrate engagement skills with service users
- Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of mental health care and evidence based interventions.
- Knowledge and Experience
Understanding of the statutory issues which impact on service users.
- Knowledge and Experience
Nursing Degree
- Education and Qualifications
First Level Registration RMN/RNMH/RNLD Qualification
- Education and Qualifications
Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of treatment plans
- Education and Qualifications
Complete preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
- Education and Qualifications
Multi-disciplinary team work.
- Education and Qualifications
Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
- Education and Qualifications
Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
Northumberland Recovery Partnership have an exciting opportunity for a band 5 registered nurse to join our team.
The team consists of a well-established mix of professionals that work collaboratively to deliver individualised care. The role involves individualised clinical assessment, care planning, formulation, and collaborative working across the multi-agency team.
The applicant will be expected to demonstrate leadership within the team, providing supervision and supporting students.
The post holder will represent the Trust in a number of forums and develop links with external agencies to ensure that service users have clear pathways into appropriate services.
You will have excellent communication, time management and organisational skills.
You must have a strong commitment to the delivery of high-quality safe care.
You should have an interest in working within a busy and challenging environment as well as the ability to demonstrate a warm, person centred approach to care.
You will work in a highly supported environment and will be provided with training opportunities to further develop your knowledge and skills.
Main duties of the job
Physical health Nurse
The opportunity to work within our physical health pathway
The role entails working with those affected by substance and alcohol misuse that may have a range of physical health needs alongside. The role will be to provide safe and effective interventions, harm reduction advice and use of psychosocial interventions to support service users to consider and achieve recovery.
The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary team to provide care to those affected by substance use.
The post holder will complete comprehensive physical health assessments in line with Trust standards and offer appropriate interventions, onward referrals and monitoring of health. Your role will be pivotal in addressing health inequalities within areas of deprivation, delivering essential care to those who’s physical health is negatively impacted by substance and alcohol misuse.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 21st October 2026
Closing date : 25th October 2026
We welcome your application.
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 with Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is 24 months (24 months Fixed Term). The application deadline is 25 Oct 2026.
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