Band 6 – Substance Misuse Community Nurse

Location: Medway

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 DOE

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

Advertising End Date: 13^th March 2026

About The Role

We’re looking for a Full Time (35 Hours) registered Community Nurse to join our multidisciplinary substance misuse team, delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to people affected by drug and alcohol dependency across East Kent.

This community-based role offers the chance to make a real difference through assessment, treatment, harm reduction and recovery-focused interventions, always keeping the person at the centre of care.

What you’ll be doing

• Deliver and supervise high standards of nursing care for people with substance dependency
• Undertake triage, health assessments and ongoing clinical reviews alongside case managers
• Provide 1:1 interventions, group work and brief interventions within a recovery framework
• Support physical and mental wellbeing, including access to primary care and mental health services
• Facilitate and support community alcohol detox programmes
• Provide specialist clinical interventions, including health checks, ECGs, FibroScans, Pabrinex and Buvidal administration, as well as Hepatitis B vaccinations and Hepatitis C testing.
• Promote harm reduction, including needle exchange, naloxone and OST awareness
• Work closely with partner agencies to ensure effective through-care and safe discharge

What we’re looking for

• Registered Nurse with current, active NMC registration (essential)
• Experience or strong interest in community, substance misuse or mental health nursing
• Confident in assessment, risk management and safeguarding
• Skilled in motivational interviewing and person-centred communication
• Able to work autonomously while contributing to a multidisciplinary team
• Committed to evidence-based practice and inclusive, person-centred care

You’ll be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team doing meaningful work that genuinely changes lives. We offer strong clinical supervision, opportunities to develop specialist substance misuse nursing skills, and a values-driven environment where the 6 Cs of Nursing are embedded in everyday practice.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits:

• Flexible working
• Training and development opportunities
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays 
• Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter 
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) 
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. 

Diversity at Forward Trust

The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness.

When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know. 

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

Dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.

If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. Forward Trust follow safer recruitment practices and support a culture of openness and accountability.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to our website to complete your application.

https://careers.forwardtrust.org.uk/vacancies/532/band-6--substance-misuse-community-nurse.html

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