Lead Nurse

Change Grow Live (CGL) is a national charity committed to helping people make positive changes in their lives. Guided by our values of Be Open, Be Compassionate and Be Bold, we work alongside individuals to find the right treatment, care and support to achieve lasting recovery and wellbeing.

We are looking for a passionate and proactive Lead Nurse to help shape our vision in how we provide clinical services to individuals whose lives have been affected by drugs and alcohol.   You will be joining a dedicated multi-disciplinary outreach team working across West Sussex (Drug & Alcohol Response Team DART). This exciting role focuses on engaging people who are experiencing rough sleeping, or who are at risk of rough sleeping, and supporting them to access drug and alcohol treatment, harm reduction interventions and wider recovery support.

You will also be working with our Cluster Lead Nurse providing leadership and strategic oversight for the county, including the ongoing development of Buvidal provision in the service and clincial and operationals supervision for our nursing team. 

This is a rewarding and varied role for someone who is resilient, compassionate and motivated to improve outcomes for people facing multiple disadvantage. Working flexibly across community and street-based settings, you will build trusting relationships, reduce barriers to treatment and provide assertive outreach to individuals who we might usually struggle to engage with traditional services.

You will be based from one of our hubs in Worthing, Chichester or Crawley, but be prepared to travel across the county. 

You should be comfortable working outdoors in different weather conditions, adapting your approach to meet people where they are. 

No two days are the same. We're looking for someone who is curious, flexible and a skilled communicator, with a commitment to person-centred, trauma-informed practice. Alongside direct work with service users, you'll maintain accurate records, contribute to safeguarding and risk management processes and support service development through partnership working and shared learning.

Where: West Sussex

Hours: 37.5 per week, full-time.

Contract Type: Permanent

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. 

The Lead Nurse role is a varied one, the successful candidate will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team, offering specialist clinical interventions to people who use our services. 

Every person who comes into our service is treated as an individual. 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, on outreach and at community sites. 
• Engaging and providing care for people who are street homeless and sleeping rough. 

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 reimburse your NMC fee 

• 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 

As part of our commitment to patient safety and professional standards, all nurses are required to wear the designated company uniform while on duty. This ensures a consistent, hygienic, and professional appearance in line with our healthcare protocols 

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.