Are you a passionate and dedicated Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP) looking to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable individuals?
Change Grow Live is seeking an experienced NMP to join our Kirklees service on a full time or part time basis.
In this role, you will play a vital part in delivering high-quality, person-centered care to people on our opiate cohort, some of whom face complex physical and mental health challenges alongside substance use. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide clinical assessments, prescribe appropriate treatments, and support individuals on their recovery journey.
If you are committed to reducing health inequalities and have experience working with vulnerable populations, we would love to hear from you.
Where: Huddersfield or Dewsbury
Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week
Full Time Salary Range: £47,792.23 - £53,329.99 dependent on experience (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time)
Contract: Permanent
ResponsibilitiesChange, Grow, Live are the lead provider of the Integrated Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services in Kirklees.
The successful applicant will join an established and dynamic service with a large clinical team and aims to help people improve their lives. We are already a high performing service, with a supportive culture and a real focus on supporting people to achieve their goals.
The role will include working flexibly maintaining the most appropriate level of service provision. This will include at least one evening per week until 8pm (Tue/Wed/Thu) with an early finish on another day structured in your diary, as well as weekly CPD. The role is based on site daily and is not suitable for hybrid working.
We would however consider applicants who wish to work agreed part time hours from 0.5FTE to full time.
We are interested to hear from qualified NMP applicants who have experience of prescribing in a community service and are either a first level registered nurse with a current PIN and three years post qualification experience or a qualified pharmacist with current GPhC registration and two years’s post-qualification experience.
The successful post holder will need to undertake a DBS check at Enhanced Level (Adult and Child).
About the role:
Assess, diagnose, plan; implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for service usersPrescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness appropriate to service user needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and local protocols, and within scope of practicePrioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the service user in complex, urgent or emergency situations seeking immediate advice and direction from the Clinical Lead if neededAssess, update, and refer service users for BBV vaccination and immunisation programmes. Support service users to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestylesCommunicate effectively with service users and carers, anticipating barriers to communication and recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicatingMaintain effective communication within the organisational environment and with external stakeholders, acting as an advocate for service users and colleagues where necessaryProduce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and proceduresAssess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking, and formal evaluation. Be actively involved in the annual appraisal systemFull driving licence and access to own transport, or ability to demonstrate easy movement between services, if necessary
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 during your first five years, therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us.Flexible working arrangements Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme Protected CPD time Free access to the RCNi learning platform. Contributory pension scheme A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
Please ensure that in your application you address the essential criteria in the job description as this is what we will use for shortlisting.
If this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we’d love to talk to you.
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.
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 Interview Date 8/5/2025 Closing Date 27/4/2025 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details: Clare Groves | clare.groves@cgl.org.uk | 07595416429 This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level. Options ApplyApplyShareEmail this job to a friendRefer <p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"> </span></p> Share this vacancy on your newsfeed
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.
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