Spectrum Community Health CIC

Nurse Independent Prescriber

The closing date is 01 December 2025

Job summary

Substance misuse prescribing nurse, providing access to medications that both manage withdrawal from substances of abuse and offer Detox in clinical setting or domiciliary setting.

Encourage Service Users to work towards recovery whilst maintaining stability.

Promote engagement with treatment plans and offer access to treatment promoting an every contact counts approach.

Provide management support for lower grades, supervision and appraisal.

Encourage long term condition compliance.

Main duties of the job

  • Providing substitute prescribing for dependency and recovery
  • Relapse prevention prescribing
  • Community detoxes
  • BBV testing and vaccination
  • Health and wellbeing assessments and promotion of long term conditions
  • Promotion of recovery

About us

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.

Details

Date posted

17 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

847-RM-25-V714

Job locations

Saddler House

Saddler Street

Bishop Auckland

DL1 7BH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description attached and the personal specification for full outline of main roles and responsibilities.

Flexable working and willingness to meet service need with a solution focused approach is Key, ensuring that the client is at the centre of treatment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description attached and the personal specification for full outline of main roles and responsibilities.

Flexable working and willingness to meet service need with a solution focused approach is Key, ensuring that the client is at the centre of treatment.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowladge

Essential

  • Year qualified PIN number
  • NMP Qualification and 18 month post

Desirable

  • Driver, has own car

Experience

Essential

  • Substance misuse experience and knowledge
  • Management experience

Community working

Essential

  • experience of community working
  • CQC awareness
  • patient centred care
Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowladge

Essential

  • Year qualified PIN number
  • NMP Qualification and 18 month post

Desirable

  • Driver, has own car

Experience

Essential

  • Substance misuse experience and knowledge
  • Management experience

Community working

Essential

  • experience of community working
  • CQC awareness
  • patient centred care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

Saddler House

Saddler Street

Bishop Auckland

DL1 7BH


Employer's website

https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

Saddler House

Saddler Street

Bishop Auckland

DL1 7BH


Employer's website

https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Partnership Manager

Andy Pearson

andy.pearson@spectrum-cic.nhs.uk

07802875801

Details

Date posted

17 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

847-RM-25-V714

Job locations

Saddler House

Saddler Street

Bishop Auckland

DL1 7BH


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