Health and Wellbeing Nurse

The Role

We are looking to recruit Registered Nurses with a passion for working with people who use substances. Via offers a host of great, sector‑leading benefits, including payment for professional registration fees. This position requires a nurse with appropriate and valid registration with the NMC and experience of working with individuals who use alcohol or substances.

Responsibilities

• To deliver clinical interventions in community‑based hubs.
• Improve healthcare access for service users, including BBV testing/treatment, healthcare assessments and community ambulatory detox and health checks/clinical observations.
• To provide and supervise the delivery of high standards of nursing care to those who use our services in accordance with up‑to‑date evidence‑based professional practice and Via policies.
• Deliver general healthcare activity, including wound care, ECGs, and other similar activity.
• Undertake basic life support/anaphylaxis training so you are confident and competent to manage a medical emergency, including administration of emergency drugs.
• To support people affected by drug and alcohol use to achieve and sustain their recovery, optimising health and well‑being.
• Being flexible in the hours worked will be expected of the post holder, including late evenings.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, are essential. Confidence to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

The Service

Via Cheshire West & Chester deliver high quality services including specialist prescribing services, rapid access to treatment, and other health and wellbeing interventions to better equip individuals to improve their physical and mental health. This position requires a nurse with appropriate and valid registration with the NMC and experience of working with individuals who use alcohol or substances.

Benefits

We offer a generous range of benefits, including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities. Visit our Benefits Package for more information.

Contact

For an informal chat about the role please contact Elizabeth Ayres, Team Manager (Elizabeth.Ayres@viaorg.uk) or Shiv Mistry, Clinical Lead (Shiv.mistry@viaorg.uk).

Closing Date

The closing date for applications is Sunday 15th Feb at midnight. However, we are reviewing applications on a rolling basis and encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

Application Process

We only accept applications via http://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/career-paths/ using our application form; we do not accept CVs. For guidance on how to complete the application visit http://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/how-to-apply/. Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we may close adverts at any time if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Diversity and Inclusion

Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.

Disability Confident

We’re a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our jobs; please confirm in the personal statement part of our application form that you are applying under this scheme.

Safeguarding

Appointment to all our posts is subject to satisfactory completion of our safeguarding checks, including DBS, and we follow safer recruiting principles.

Enquiries

Please email people@viaorg.uk if you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format.