### Job Introduction

**Driving is essential to be eligible to apply for this role**

Turning Point is a leading Social Enterprise which supports people with a wide
range of complex needs across Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Substance
Misuse and Public Health. We are currently recruiting for a Registered Nurse
(RGN) or Mental Health Nurse (RMN) to work in our Wakefield Inspiring
Integrated Substance Use Service as a Substance Use Nurse, where you’ll have
the chance to make a real difference to the lives of the people we support who
are experiencing difficulties from drugs and alcohol usage.

Passionate about people, you’ll enjoy the opportunity and support to enhance
your own life and career too, as you gain the experience and training you need
to progress in your nursing career within a social enterprise. So if you’re
ambitious and ready for a fresh challenge with a sector leader then this could
be the opportunity for you.

### Role Responsibility

You will undertake a diverse role including running well-being clinics in the
community including full healthcare assessments, Blood Borne Virus screening
and vaccination, supporting the management of alcohol and opiate community
detoxifications and other harm reduction and well-being interventions.

You will have a real opportunity to help shape service delivery and contribute
to delivering clinically excellent services.

### The Ideal Candidate

**_You will need to be a qualified nurse registered with the Nursing &
Midwifery Council_****.** As an employee you will have access to RCNi to
assist with revalidation, indemnity insurance and support and supervision from
the nurse manager and clinical lead.

And of course, we’re looking for a Nurse who loves talking to people with
different needs, is genuinely interested in helping them, and possesses a deep
level of empathy, understanding and patience.

### About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations
across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every
penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for
the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we
support.

**_What Benefits Will I Receive?_**

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make
your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or
opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we
can with our total reward package that includes:

* 25 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
* Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees [** _Turning Point Benefits_**](https:=https%3A%2F%2Fjobs.turning-point.co.uk%2Fbenefits.html%3Futm_source%3Djobad%26utm_medium%3Dreferral%26utm_content%3Dbenefits&data=05%7C02%7CTania.Vieira2%40turning-point.co.uk%7C955fedcf4c88560%7C0e3b206e48d14e3ab5995e7daeec0bb0%7C0%7C0%7C%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=klGZl3OBwu4I6RUwuG3i0n9f2OK6myA%2BfOYmZn12g9E%3D&reserved=0).

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to
the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

Turning Point

### Attached documents

*  [Specialist SM Nurse 071022.pdf](https:join.turning-point.co.ukmembersmodulesjobV2fdownload.php?j=e63ffe6d3009bab5&f=67cc&mode=job_s2)

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