Role Purpose

• To deliver excellent drug and alcohol services to those who use our services and their significant others, including family members friends and carers, to facilitate positive outcomes.
• Where indicated, undertake community alcohol detoxification, support Opiate detoxification and titration in the community and refer for specialist inpatient services including liaising with hospital and inpatient unit staff.
• Support outreach work across the borough, particularly around alcohol misuse.
• Lead on Harm Reduction approaches within the service, including helping to reduce the spread of BBVs via testing and immunization schemes.
• Deliver general healthcare support, including Wound Care, ECGs, healthcare assessments, and other similar activity.
• Undertake basic life support/ anaphylaxis training so you are confident and competent to manage a medical emergency including the administration of emergency drugs.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high quality, person centred, low threshold services, responding to the individual and diverse needs and preferences of people and their significant others.
• Deliver evidence-based clinical and psychosocial one-to-one and group interventions as part of an effectively integrated care package. Take an assertive approach to service user disengagement.
• Deliver harm reduction advice, guidance and education. To include blood borne virus interventions (screening, vaccination and treatment access), overdose prevention including naloxone programs, health and wellbeing screening brief and facilitated signposting and referral to partner services, including primary care.
• Enable people to access education and employment services and health, wellbeing and recovery support activities and to signpost to other available services.
• Support students, volunteers, peer mentors and service user representatives to take an active part in Via services.
• Identify risks and take appropriate action in accordance with local, national and organisational Safeguarding policies, contributing to multi-disciplinary review meetings.
• Maintain accurate and timely records using the designated case management system in compliance with Via Information Governance policies and procedures.
• Work flexibly, including across multiple sites and peripatetically when required.

About us
At Via, our mission is to provide the best health and wellbeing support to as many people as possible, helping them to change their lives for the better.

Last year, we supported over 11,000 people across the UK affected by alcohol and drug use. Everything we do is driven by our values:

• Care. Care for people is at the heart of everything we do.
• Be human. We are accessible, genuine and humble. Always learning.
• Do the right thing. We are open, honest and inclusive. We get things done.

We want to recruit the very best talent. We believe in nurturing a positive workplace culture where our colleagues feel valued, recognised, empowered, and supported.

Job responsibilities
This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced and growing organisation.

We are looking for a Health and Wellbeing Nurse for our Merton service.

You will be stepping into a role where your compassion and clinical skills truly change lives. You will work closely with people at some of their most pivotal moments, offering guidance, delivering evidence-based interventions and a human connection that empowers individuals to take positive steps toward recovery.

As Health and Wellbeing Nurse, you will be joining a vibrant body of clinicians across Via's wider national workforce, with regular meetings for peer support, case discussion and CPD.

This is not just a job. You will help people rebuild their lives, reconnect with their family and friends, return to work or education, and much more.

We are looking for individuals with compassion, good communication skills and the ability to stay calm under pressure.

If you are someone who is a good listener, stays curious, and wants to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.

Deadline: Monday, November 16th, 2026
Salary: £38,401.00 - £44,571.00 per annum including London Weighting
Vacancy type: Permanent
Working hours: This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week)

Our Director of Nursing, Ade is happy to talk through the role, what a typical day might look like, development opportunities, and Via's national network. You can reach him on Adebiyi.Ashaye@viaorg.uk or 07918 641537

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered nurse (RMN, RGN or Learning Disabilities Nurse) with a current active PIN number.

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: Via
Address: 7-8 Langdale Parade, Mitcham, CR4 2PF, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://via.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/vacancy

Employer contact details
Adebiyi Ashaye
Adebiyi.Ashaye@viaorg.uk

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