Job summary
- Main area
- Prison Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24 hours service to cover 7 day per week)
- Job ref
- 847-RM-25-V786
- Employer
- Spectrum Community Health CIC
- Employer type
- Public (Non NHS)
- Site
- HMP Liverpool
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Substance Misuse Nurse - HMP Liverpool
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Are you a Registered Nurse with a passion for substance misuse and recovery? We're seeking a dedicated Substance Misuse Nurse to join our enhanced primary care service – where you'll lead on addiction services, support life-changing journeys, and work at the forefront of recovery-focused care.
Why choose us?
✓ Outstanding reputation – CQC-praised for innovative care and strong leadership
✓ Excellent benefits – NHS pension, competitive salary, enhanced weekend/night rates
✓ Job security – stable, long-term career opportunities
✓ Career development – comprehensive development strategy for all clinical staff
✓ Supportive environment – work alongside a committed, collaborative team
This is specialist nursing with real impact – where you'll use your clinical expertise to transform lives.
See below for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Main duties of the job
Your Role: Substance Misuse Nurse
Lead our substance misuse services and be the driving force behind recovery-focused care in our Category B local prison.
What you'll do:
- Deliver Opiate Substitution Therapy (OST) – administer methadone, buprenorphine, and Buvidal injections, ensuring safe, effective treatment for patients on OST pathways
- Drive therapeutic engagement – oversee patients' recovery journeys with a focus on therapeutic engagement, motivation, and progression towards drug-free lives
- Manage detoxification pathways – support patients stabilizing from illicit drugs and alcohol by managing medications, conducting withdrawal assessments, and addressing complications with clinical expertise
- Assess new arrivals – see all new patients requiring detox, implement appropriate care plans, and ensure robust monitoring from day one
- Provide specialist clinical care – conduct bloods, ECGs, and manage blood-borne virus (BBV) screening and treatment for this client group
- Champion MDT working – collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver holistic, coordinated care
- Lead quality improvement – complete audits relating to your area of practice and contribute to service development
- Build partnerships – work alongside external agencies including CGL and prison colleagues to create and sustain a recovery-focused environment
Ready to make recovery your mission?
Working for our organisation
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
- Annual leave on your Birthday
- Welcome payment for some posts
- 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the advertised role.
Person specification
Education and Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Level 1 – Adult / General/Mental Health
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of current healthcare issues. Knowledge of clinical governance audit, risk management and quality agenda
- Working within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team
- Worked in a complex environment managing deteriorating patients.
- Understanding and application of confidentiality.
Desirable criteria
- Experienced of Drug and Alcohol Services
- RCGP 1 Qualifcation
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills.
- Able to work autonomous and part of a team
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload and that of other staff.
- Ability to work in a challenging and diverse environment
- Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Able to maintain contemporaneous clinical records following clinical activities
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Professional Attitude
- Ability to work as team member through developing and maintaining positive working relationships
- Positive attitude to change
- Non-judgmental attitude treating others with courtesy and respect at all times
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Katherine Pickard
- Job title
- Enhanced Primary Care Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 530 4110
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