Substance Misuse Nurse
CV-LibraryChestercontractPosted: 3 March 2026
Apply NowSubstance Misuse Nurse – Ellesmere Port & Chester A new opportunity is available for an experienced Substance Misuse Nurse to work within a community-based drug and alcohol service supporting adults with a range of substance use needs. The role involves delivering high quality clinical interventions, promoting recovery, and ensuring safe, effective healthcare access for service users.
Location Ellesmere Port & Chester
Hours Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm
Contract Length 3 months
Pay Rate £30 per hour (Ltd)
Role Overview Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide clinical support to individuals with drug and/or alcohol dependency. Your role will involve delivering evidence?based interventions, supporting harm reduction, working closely with recovery teams, and ensuring safe clinical management throughout a service user’s recovery journey.
You will work across community hubs, engaging with service users, supporting stabilisation, and helping improve physical and mental wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities
Deliver a wide range of clinical interventions within community based drug and alcohol services
Improve access to healthcare through:
BBV (Blood-Borne Virus) testing and treatment
Full health assessments and ongoing reviews
Ambulatory detox support
Clinical observations and monitoring
Provide safe, evidence?based nursing care aligned with national guidelines and service policy
Carry out essential healthcare procedures such as:
Wound care
ECGs
Physical health checks
Medication administration and management
Participate in harm reduction practices such as:
Naloxone training and overdose awareness
Safer injecting advice
Alcohol withdrawal monitoring
Maintain mandatory competencies including Basic Life Support, anaphylaxis management and responding to medical emergencies
Work collaboratively with recovery workers, prescribers, keyworkers, and external health services
Keep accurate clinical records, risk assessments, and documentation
Support individuals in stabilisation, relapse prevention, and long?term health improvement
Escalate clinical concerns appropriately and safeguard vulnerable adults where requiredRequirements
Valid nursing qualification and NMC registration (RGN/RMN/RNLD)
Clinical experience in substance misuse, community mental health, primary care, or a related acute setting
Confident providing physical healthcare interventions and managing emergencies
Strong understanding of harm reduction and recovery?focused approaches
Excellent communication, organisational skills, and ability to work independently within a team
Ability to maintain professional boundaries and work in a non?judgemental, person?centred wayInterested? Service Care Solutions benefits and interested please send your CV to (url removed)
Location Ellesmere Port & Chester
Hours Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm
Contract Length 3 months
Pay Rate £30 per hour (Ltd)
Role Overview Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide clinical support to individuals with drug and/or alcohol dependency. Your role will involve delivering evidence?based interventions, supporting harm reduction, working closely with recovery teams, and ensuring safe clinical management throughout a service user’s recovery journey.
You will work across community hubs, engaging with service users, supporting stabilisation, and helping improve physical and mental wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities
Deliver a wide range of clinical interventions within community based drug and alcohol services
Improve access to healthcare through:
BBV (Blood-Borne Virus) testing and treatment
Full health assessments and ongoing reviews
Ambulatory detox support
Clinical observations and monitoring
Provide safe, evidence?based nursing care aligned with national guidelines and service policy
Carry out essential healthcare procedures such as:
Wound care
ECGs
Physical health checks
Medication administration and management
Participate in harm reduction practices such as:
Naloxone training and overdose awareness
Safer injecting advice
Alcohol withdrawal monitoring
Maintain mandatory competencies including Basic Life Support, anaphylaxis management and responding to medical emergencies
Work collaboratively with recovery workers, prescribers, keyworkers, and external health services
Keep accurate clinical records, risk assessments, and documentation
Support individuals in stabilisation, relapse prevention, and long?term health improvement
Escalate clinical concerns appropriately and safeguard vulnerable adults where requiredRequirements
Valid nursing qualification and NMC registration (RGN/RMN/RNLD)
Clinical experience in substance misuse, community mental health, primary care, or a related acute setting
Confident providing physical healthcare interventions and managing emergencies
Strong understanding of harm reduction and recovery?focused approaches
Excellent communication, organisational skills, and ability to work independently within a team
Ability to maintain professional boundaries and work in a non?judgemental, person?centred wayInterested? Service Care Solutions benefits and interested please send your CV to (url removed)