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Non-Medical Prescriber

Location Blackpool-Lancashire
Job ID 2026-19919
Number of Vacancies Remaining
1
Category
Clinical - Nurse, NMP, Health Care Assistant
Type of Contract
Permanent employee
Contracted Hours Per Week
37.50
Salary Range (pro rata if part time)
CGL points 43 to 48 (£47,792.23 - £53,329.99)
ILW / OLW /Fringe
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
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Overview

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.  

 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Non-Medical Prescriber to join Change Grow Live Blackpool Service. You will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team delivering recovery orientated alcohol and drug intervention services.

 

Our NMP's are integral members of our multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams, delivering recovery orientated alcohol and drug intervention services. Offering care for presenting clients, prescribing and/or making amendments to prescriptions of opiate and/or alcohol substitute treatments and other related medications, they take a lead role in developing the prescribing clinic, acting as a point of contact for other workers and partner agencies around prescribing issues.  

 

Location: Blackpool

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 per week

Contract: Permanent

 

*Please note: Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 per week. For part-time roles, salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Assess, diagnose, plan; implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for
    those accessing clinical treatment.
  • Clinically assess service user needs and plan clinical care accordingly.
  • Identify and assess suitability of service users for in-patient alcohol and opioid detoxification as appropriate.
  • Pro-actively review and manage clinical treatment plans of the service user
  • Initiating and adjusting prescriptions for opiate and/or alcohol substitute treatments and other related medications.
  • Taking the lead in developing the prescribing clinic, serving as a point of contact for colleagues and partner agencies on prescribing matters.

About you:

  • Qualified Non-Medical Prescriber 
  • Experience of working within substance misuse treatment
  • Sound and demonstrable knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions 
  • Ability to assess and recovery plan service users and formulate written reports, as necessary. 
  • Ability to communicate confidently and effectively, verbally and in writing

What we will give to you: 

  • 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additionally, you'll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service up to a maximum of 30 days leave per annum
  • Flexible working arrangements 
  • Paid Wellbeing Hour each week along with a wellness hub and Employee Assist Programme 
  • Protected CPD time 
  • Contributory pension scheme 
  • A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc. 

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.

Direct applications only we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

 

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.

 

Salary is subject to review in line with the 2025/26 pay award.

 

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 43 to 48 (£47,792.23 - £53,329.99)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

31/5/2026

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Rob Dixon | Rob.Dixon@cgl.org.uk

 

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

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We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.