June 5, 2026
Temporary
Lancashire
£0
June 5, 2026
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| 1 Main purpose of the role |
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| As directed by the Lead/Cluster Lead Nurse, the post-holder will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team offering specialist clinical interventions individuals accessing our services. All members of staff are required to always act in accordance with CGL expectations of attitudes and behaviours. These attitudes and behaviours include, but are not limited to:
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| 2 Reporting and working relationships |
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| Reporting relationships: The role will report directly to the Lead/Cluster Lead Nurse. Reporting relationships may change |
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| 3 Role-specific responsibilities | |
| Clinical Practice | |
| 3.1 | Undertake physical and mental health assessments for people who access our services when indicated by clinical need and ensure appropriate sign posting/referral to primary care or appropriate secondary health care services for identified health issues. |
| 3.2 | Undertake assessments for all alcohol individuals who use our services as indicated in the CGL Alcohol Policy and Procedure, using the outcome to determine safe detoxification as required. |
| 3.3 | Assist in the titration process for opioid individuals who use our services as required by service need to ensure the service user achieves an optimum dose of opioid substitution therapy (OST). This process is supported by good communication to other team members, including community pharmacists. |
| 3.4 | Provide education, health promotion and screening for blood borne viruses (BBV). Provide Hepatitis A and or B vaccinations when indicated. |
| 3.5 | Work within and consolidate integrated care and treatment pathways for individuals who are identified as being infected with BBVs (Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and/or HIV). |
| 3.6 | Undertake community alcohol detoxification either at the service or at the service user’s home. |
| 3.7 | Support opioid detoxification in the community. |
| 3.8 | Undertake phlebotomy, as required, ensuring adherence to identified pathways for blood sample labelling, collection, obtaining results and signposting. |
| 3.9 | Use blood results to support the assessment of the current health status of individuals who use our services, the need for specialist medical referral and the suitability for community detoxification. |
| 3.10 | Where indicated, refer for specialist inpatient services (including detoxification) and liaise with hospital and inpatient unit staff. |
| 3.11 | Contribute to CGL’s Naloxone Strategy by training staff and individuals who use our services in the use of naloxone. Ensuring naloxone is distributed to individuals who use our services at every opportunity. |
| 3.12 | Offer wound care assessment and basic wound dressing to individuals who use our services. Organise signposting to other services as required and ensure clear pathways into other treatment arenas as appropriate. |
| 3.13 | Have a demonstratable ability to manage emergency situations by being proficient in basic life support, defibrillation and managing a medical emergency e.g., anaphylaxis and overdose until the ambulance arrives |
| 3.14 | Understand and adhere to the legislation surrounding the use of patient group directions (PGDs). |
| 3.15 | Utilise psychosocial intervention in both one-to-one and group settings to promote engagement in treatment services and ownership of recovery planning. |
| Communication | |
| 3.16 | Develop therapeutic alliances with individuals who use our services and develop effective partnerships with them to support their individual recovery journeys, offering health promotion and harm reduction advice. |
| 3.17 | Ensure that there is good communication of treatments offered, treatment progress and outcome of any investigations to other healthcare agencies, including GPs. |
| 3.18 | Maintain a current knowledge of appropriate interventions. Ensure that all revalidation requirements are being met and communicated to line manager. |
| 3.19 | Develop and provide health education, regarding problematic alcohol and drug use and alcohol and drug detoxification. |
| 3.20 | Attend meetings appropriate to the development and maintenance of the role in agreement with and under the direction of the Lead/Cluster Lead Nurse. |
| Delivering a Quality Service | |
| 3.21 | The post-holder will contribute to the service to ensure that people who use substances consistently receive high quality services that adhere to the best practice guidelines and to the highest professional standards. |
| 3.22 | Ensure that procedures are constantly reviewed to promote best practice and evidenced based practice in accordance with UK Guidelines on Clinical Management, NICE guidance, and CGL clinical protocols and procedures. |
| Leadership | |
| 3.23 | Provide clinical leadership within the service, including providing support, coaching, and teaching to staff working at the service around harm reduction including BBVS and health promotion. |
| 3.24 | Dependent on service structure will provide line management/supervision to named health care assistants, student nurse placements and or volunteers working with the nursing team. |
| Team Working | |
| 3.25 | To take part in assessing the suitability for transfer of clients to shared care services within the community. |
| 3.26 | To work with others to ensure individuals who use our services have timely access to safe and effective prescribing for community detoxification from substances, across operational sites. |
| 3.27 | Contribute to the overall performance of the service to ensure that contractual output targets are achieved. |
| 3.28 | Working with colleagues in the service to design and deliver a community opioid and alcohol detoxification plan utilising a care co-ordinated approach to service user care. |
| Risk Management | |
| 3.29 | Provide harm reduction advice to injecting individuals who use our services, providing information and equipment and ensure all equipment is disposed of safely. |
| 3.30 | Undertake risk assessments and contribute to risk management plans for individuals who use our services engaged in the service. |
| 3.31 | Utilise appropriate prevention techniques to reduce substance misuse related harm and to aid in the prevention of multiple physical harms caused by drugs and alcohol. |
| Managing Information | |
| 3.32 | Record and input client data and information in order that the service operates within contractual, administrative, and financial requirements. |
| 3.33 | Ensure that all data requirements in relation to individuals who use our services are met within defined deadlines. |
| The above is an outline of the post holder’s duties and responsibilities. It is not intended as an exhaustive list and may change from time to time to meet the changing needs of CGL. | |
| Staff will need to work flexibly across operational sites as required and to work flexibly within an agreed number of hours to maintain the most appropriate level of service provision. | |
| This role may involve evening, weekend, and bank holiday working. | |
| 4 CGL’s commitment to you | |
| CGL works within the following framework and requires all employees to do the same. | |
| 4.1 | Equal Opportunities CGL are committed to creating an inclusive environment, which celebrates difference and allows our staff and individuals who use our services to flourish. CGL are committed to promoting and ensuring anti discriminatory practices through our organisational values, policies, and procedures, which we expect all staff to promote and adhere to. CGL expect all staff to challenge prejudice and discrimination, to support staff with this we offer robust supervision alongside training and development opportunities to continually improve equality, diversity, and inclusion practices. |
| 4.2 | Vision CGL enables people to make the positive changes necessary to lead independent and purposeful lives and create safer, healthier communities. |
| 4.3 | Career Development and Progression CGL is committed to providing its staff with opportunities for personal and professional development. We provide an internal training and development programme and aim to keep all our people up to date with new legislation and trends in social care work, with specialist training provided as required. Where appropriate, staff undertake external training courses in line with their development needs. |
| 4.4 | Safeguarding CGL are committed to ensuring the safeguarding and wellbeing of children and adults at risk, and all applicants will be required to demonstrate understanding of and commitment to best safeguarding practice. |
| 5 Your commitment to CGL | |
| 5.1 | CGL Vision and Values Promoting and understanding the values and vision if CGL. To understand what it means to you in your respective role, to your team and to service delivery. |
| 5.2 | Children and adults at risk Demonstrating an understanding of and commitment to best safeguarding practice. Taking immediate and appropriate action as required. |
| 5.3 | Boundaries and behaviours Observing professional integrity in relationships with individuals who use our services, peers, and other relevant professionals. |
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| 5.4 | Health & Safety Being responsible for your health and safety and that of colleagues and individuals who use our services. Employees should co-operate with management and follow established systems of work. |
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| 5.5 | Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Being committed to helping to build an organisation that respects and values the diversity of all staff, making our services accessible and inclusive, regardless of an individual’s protected characteristic (age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation) recovery status or offending background. |
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| 5.6 | Confidentiality Treating all information acquired through the course of your employment as confidential and complying with all the appropriate policies, systems, and procedures. |
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| 5.7 | Information Governance Applying information governance processes to ensure all necessary safeguards are in place regarding personal information – and its appropriate use – about our individuals who use our services, workforce, and members of the public. |
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| 5.8 | Continuous Professional and Personal Development Working within a learning organisation, seeking learning opportunities either by attending learning and training events either externally or internally to improve and broaden their knowledge and skills and develop the personal qualities required in their professional lives. All nurses will be subject to appropriate professional revalidation program. |
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| This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check at an enhanced level. | |||
| We expect our Values to be at the heart of everything we do: Believe in people · Be open · Be compassionate · Be bold Make a difference |
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| We support nurses and nursing associates in upholding the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)Code professional standards: | |||
We are committed to your continuing professional development (CPD), and you will have opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills to enhance your career pathways and support you in achieving and maintaining NMC revalidation. |
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