Lead Nurse

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 experienced Lead Nurse to join our dynamic, multidisciplinary team in Knowsley.

If you're ready to inspire change, this is the place for you.

Why Work With Us?

Are you seeking a role where every day brings new challenges and opportunities? At Change Grow Live, we embrace a whole-person approach to care, treating each person accessing treatment with us as a unique individual on their recovery journey. Our team thrives on collaboration, bringing together service managers, consultant psychiatrists, dedicated healthcare professionals, compassionate nurses, empathetic recovery staff, enthusiastic volunteers, and supportive peer mentors.

Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: £43,814.50 to £48,183.48 (Based on full time hours - pro rata for part time)

Our teams are multi-disciplinary, they consist of a service manager, doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants, recovery staff, volunteers, administrators, and peer mentors, all focussed on bringing the individuals using our services the best possible support & interventions.

Responsibilities:

As a Lead Nurse within the Change Grow Live Knowsley service, you will work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be in their recovery journey.

In our services no two days are the same. Every person who comes into our service is treated as an individual so understanding the importance of a whole person approach along with being curious, a good listener, a clinically robust practitioner and having a flexible approach are essential skills.

Your role includes:

• Demonstrating skills of a motivated leader including being enthusiastic, creative, ability to inspire and committed to leading the nursing team.
• Developing and delivery of clinical, health and wellbeing interventions.
• Providing clinical and managerial supervision to the nursing team.
• Contributing to service development to ensure that all who use our services consistently receive high quality interventions that adhere to best practice guidelines and achieve high professional standards.
• Demonstrating excellent clinical skills and monitor, audit and sustain best practice across the sites within the location.
• Providing clinical interventions at hub and community sites.

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 pay 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.

We always keep the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to the active involvement of service users in their care and service delivery.

Does this sound like you?

If so, please read the job description and we look forward to reading your application soon. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact - Diane Rapley at diane.rapley@cgl.org.uk or ring 07507847530.

We will accept direct applicants only for this role.

**please note: 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.