Inpatient Detox Nurse
Description
Overview
Believe in people?
The best people have one thing in common.
They care.
At Change Grow Live, we’re more than just a substance misuse charity—we’re a community driven by our core values: Be Open, Be Compassionate, Be Bold. We believe in the power of transformation, and we’re looking for an Inpatient Detox Nurse to join our dynamic, multidisciplinary team in Park House, Birmingham.
If you're ready to inspire change, this is the place for you.
Why work with us?
Park House is a busy 18 bedded purpose-built detox unit recently updated using a Psychologically Informed Environment approach to enhance the experience of staff and those who use our service.
Our team is made up of many skilled staff working together – including our Services Managers, a Consultant Psychiatrist, Doctors, Lead Nurses, Nurses, Peer Mentors, Volunteers, Health Care Assistants, Chef, Housekeeper, Administrators, and local Pharmacists. Our collective aim is to make a difference to the lives of our residents and their families.
We are looking for someone who can actively contribute to Park House, ensuring that we deliver a consistently excellent clinical service. As an Inpatient Detox Nurse, you will provide care to those undertaking medically managed detoxes. You will play a key part in developing and delivering our healthcare offer whilst working flexibly within the team to establish what is needed to have the most positive impact for people who come to Park House, their families, and the wider community.
At Change Grow Live, no two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our unit as an individual. Being curious, a good listener and having an intuitive approach are essential. We are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and our permanent staff work to a shift pattern including days, nights, and weekends. It is essential that all nursing staff are physically able to participate in safe manual handling techniques as part of Park House duties, should the need arise.
Where: Park House Inpatient Detox Unit, Birmingham (This is a fully on-site position. Remote or hybrid working arrangements are not available for this role.)
Hours: Night Shift Part Time Role of 25 hours per week
Salary: Pro rata (depending on experience)
Contract Type: Permanent
Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
Responsibilities
Your role includes:
- Ensuring nursing treatment to residents is in line with national guidelines and local inpatient detox policies and protocols
- Providing education, health promotion and screening for blood borne viruses (BBV)
- Providing Hepatitis B vaccinations when indicated
- Working within integrated care and treatment pathways for individuals who are identified as being infected with BBV/s (Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and/or HIV)
- Caring for both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into resident’s treatment plans
- Undertaking phlebotomy, as required, ensuring adherence to identified pathways for blood sample labelling, collection, obtaining results and signposting
- Maintaining accurate, comprehensive, and up to date documentation in line with the NMC Code of Conduct, NMC Guidelines on Medicines Management and the NMC Guidelines on record keeping and any relevant Change Grow Live policies
- Training staff and residents in the use of Naloxone
- Organising signposting to other services as required and ensure clear pathways into other treatment arenas as appropriate
- Utilising psychosocial in both one-to-one and group settings to promote engagement in treatment services and ownership of recovery planning
We want to support you to recognise and achieve your goals:
- We hold regular national nurse and HCA forums, and you will have regular 1:1s and appraisals
- We actively support our nurses with revalidation with protected continuing professional development time
- We also have a wide range of educational opportunities including free access to the RCNi learning platform and we reimburse your NMC fee
- All our team members are encouraged to take a wellbeing hour every week and access personal well -being resources
- Our nursing pay is competitive with the NHS Agenda for Change pay bands
What we offer you:
- Generous holiday entitlement (+ bank holidays), increasing annually for first five years’ service
- Flexible working arrangements
- Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week, plus access to our Wellness Hub and Employee Assistance Program
- Contributory pension scheme
- Discounts on shopping, cinema, holidays, and more
- A friendly and supportive team environment
- Free eye test vouchers
- Extensive training, career development, and progression opportunities
- Cycle to Work and generous Refer a Friend Scheme
As part of our commitment to patient safety and professional standards, all nurses are required to wear the designated company uniform while on duty. This ensures a consistent, hygienic, and professional appearance in line with our healthcare protocols.
A note about using AI in your application
AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you.
We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles.
There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.
Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy