Job summary
- Main area
- Secured Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 270-TH012-HMPLG
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Lowdham Grange
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/04/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Senior Substance Misuse Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
Make a Difference Where It Matters Most
Are you a skilled and compassionate nurse with experience in substance misuse and mental health? Join Team NHFT as a Senior Substance Misuse Nurse and help deliver high-quality, trauma-informed care to residents at HMP Lowdham Grange.
At Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), we’re proud to be rated Outstanding by the CQC. We’re committed to innovation, inclusivity, and making a real difference in the lives of our patients and staff.
Why Join NHFT?
- Annual Leave: 27 days + 8 bank holidays (rising with service)
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Health & Wellbeing Support
- Learning & Development Opportunities
- Inclusive and supportive team culture
Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency.
Main duties of the job
About the Role
As a key member of the Substance Misuse Service, you’ll lead on mental health assessments and care for residents with dual diagnosis needs. You’ll work autonomously, managing your own caseload, and collaborate closely with the prison’s mental health team, psychosocial services, and wider healthcare colleagues.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Delivering specialist clinical and mental health interventions
- Conducting comprehensive assessments and risk evaluations
- Administering medication and opioid substitution therapy
- Supporting service development and continuous improvement
- Supervising junior staff and contributing to team leadership
- Promoting trauma-informed care and health education
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Be Part of Something Bigger
If you’re ready to lead with compassion and make a lasting impact in a unique healthcare setting, we’d love to hear from you.
🔗 Apply today and help shape the future of substance misuse care in secure services.
Learn more about us at www.nhft.nhs.uk or bit.ly/24hoursinNHFT
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN qualification with post-graduate education or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- RCGP Level 1 (or working towards) in Substance Misuse
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Strong assessment, caseload management, and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team
- IT literacy and familiarity with clinical systems (e.g. SystmOne)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in substance misuse and mental health care
Desirable criteria
- Experience in prison or secure settings
Security Vetting
Essential criteria
- The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jain Clayton
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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