Lead Nurse

Believe in People?

The best people have one thing in common.

They care.

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our Nurses play an integral part in Change Grow Lives mission to help people change the direction of their lives, to grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you would offer specialist clinical interventions to people who use our services.

Here is your opportunity to lead the nursing team and support our multidisciplinary team, whilst continuing to provide clinical interventions to service users in the Wirral.

We have an excellent opportunity for an energetic and passionate Lead Substance Misuse Nurse at our Wirral service to help shape our vision in how we provide clinical services to individuals whose lives have been affected by drugs and alcohol.   

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.

Where: Wirral

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week 

Full Time Salary: £44,471.72 - £48,906.23 dependent on expereince (Based on full time hours, pro rata for part time)

Responsibilities:

As a lead nurse within the Change Grow Live Wirral 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 (Capped at 30 days.)
• 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.

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.

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

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.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

We will accept direct applicants only for this role.