The Substance Misuse Nurse role is diverse, rewarding, and central to the delivery of high‑quality care within our Cheshire East service. As an integral member of a skilled multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist clinical interventions to people accessing our services, supporting them at every stage of their recovery journey.
In our service, no two days are the same. We work with people as individuals, valuing a whole‑person approach that recognises physical health, mental wellbeing, and social needs. Curiosity, strong listening skills, clinical confidence, and flexibility are essential qualities, alongside a genuine commitment to compassionate, trauma‑informed care.
Your role will include:
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Undertaking comprehensive physical and mental health assessments
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Appropriately signposting and referring individuals to primary or secondary healthcare services
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Providing health promotion, education, and blood‑borne virus (BBV) screening
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Administering Hepatitis B vaccinations where indicated
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Contributing to Change Grow Live’s Naloxone Strategy
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Ensuring clinical practice reflects current evidence, UK Guidelines on Clinical
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Management, NICE guidance, and CGL clinical protocols
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Delivering harm reduction advice to people who inject drugs, including the provision of information, equipment, and safe disposal guidance
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Accurately recording and maintaining clinical documentation and client data
How we support you to thrive
At Change Grow Live, we are committed to supporting your development, wellbeing, and career progression. Within our Cheshire East service, you’ll benefit from both strong local support and wider organisational opportunities to help you grow and succeed in your role:
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Supportive local management alongside access to regular national Nurse and Healthcare Assistant forums, helping you feel connected both locally and nationally
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Structured 1:1 supervision and annual appraisals, creating space for reflection, learning, and professional development
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Active support with NMC revalidation, including protected continuing professional development time (up to 6 days per year)
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Free access to the RCNi learning platform and reimbursement of your NMC registration fee
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Opportunities to use the Apprenticeship Levy to further develop your nursing practice in line with service and career aspirations
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A dedicated weekly wellbeing hour and access to a wide range of wellbeing and support resources
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Nursing pay competitive with NHS Agenda for Change bands, recognising your expertise and contribution
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Working in Cheshire East, you’ll be part of a close‑knit service embedded within a supportive local community, while also benefiting from the stability, learning opportunities, and professional networks of a national organisation.
What we offer
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Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
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Flexible working arrangements
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A paid weekly wellness hour, access to our Wellness Hub, and Employee Assistance Programme
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Contributory pension scheme
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Discounts on shopping, cinema, holidays, and more
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A friendly, inclusive, and supportive team environment
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Free eye test vouchers
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Extensive training, development, and progression opportunities
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Cycle to Work scheme and generous Refer a Friend incentives
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.
When completing your application and supporting statement, please reflect carefully on the criteria outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills, experience, and values align with the role.
A note about using AI in your application
AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you.
We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles.
There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.
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.
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.
