# Nurse Independent Prescriber - Durham Substance Misuse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Spectrum Community Health CIC. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/nurse-independent-prescriber-durham-substance-misuse/8cf04f1c-f718-441a-8dcb-e8fe3d2b6077 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/nurse-independent-prescriber-durham-substance-misuse/8cf04f1c-f718-441a-8dcb-e8fe3d2b6077.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Spectrum Community Health CIC - **Location:** Horden Recovery Centre, Sunderland Road, Horden, SR8 4NU, United Kingdom - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 to £48,117 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-12T00:03:25.389Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/E9847-26-0326 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8276964?FromJobsNHS=1&ShowJobAdvert= - **Employer website:** https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job summary Substance misuse prescribing nurse, providing access to medications that both manage withdrawal from substances of abuse and offer Detox in clinical setting or domiciliary setting. Encourage Service Users to work towards recovery whilst maintaining stability. Promote engagement with treatment plans and offer access to treatment promoting an every contact counts approach. Provide management support for lower grades, supervision and appraisal. Encourage long term condition compliance. ### Main duties of the job - Providing substitute prescribing for dependency and recovery - Relapse prevention prescribing - Community detoxes - BBV testing and vaccination - Health and wellbeing assessments and promotion of long term conditions - Promotion of recovery ### 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 - Time for you (additional day off) - 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 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 and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. 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. ### Details - Date posted: 11 September 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 6 - Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 847-RM-26-V980 - Job locations: Horden Recovery Centre, Sunderland Road, Horden, SR8 4NU, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Please see the job description attached and the personal specification for full outline of main roles and responsibilities. Flexible working and willingness to meet service need with a solution focused approach is key, ensuring that the client is at the centre of treatment. ### UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to act as a service user advocate. - To be able to work autonomously and also within a team. - Demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills - Solution focused - Have a good understanding of effective team working. - The ability to prepare, clear, concise and accurate reports and to be able to present these. - Able to use Microsoft applications and electronic contemporaneous notes **Desirable** - Hepatitis - Fibro scanning experience ### education **Essential** - Qualified registered nurse - The post holder is required to be a qualified NMP - Access to vehicle, with a full driving license **Desirable** - RCGP certificates for Drugs part 1 RCGP alcohol certificate ### Experience **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 - Understanding of long term conditions and effects of substance abuse on health issues ## 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.