Change Grow Live is now hiring Non-medical Prescriber at our South Birmingham Service.
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 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.
Where: Birmingham
Full Time Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Full Time Salary Range: £47,085.94 - £52,541.86
dependent on experience, pro rata for part time hours
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 system
About you:
Qualified pharmacist with current GPhC registration and two years’s post qualification experience OR First level registered nurse with a current PIN AND three years post qualification experienceQualified Non-Medical PrescriberAt least one year’s relevant and recent experience of working within substance misuse treatmentSound and demonstrable knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventionsAbility to assess and recovery plan service users and formulate written reports as necessaryAbility to communicate confidently and effectively, verbally and in writingFull driving licence and access to own transport, or ability to demonstrate easy movement between services, if necessary
Please read attached Job Description and Role Specifics for a more detailed outline of responsibilities and Person Specification
What we will give to you:
25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ servicePaid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist ProgrammeProtected CPD timeFree access to the RCNi learning platformAnnual reimbursement of your NMC feeContributory pension schemeA great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
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.
If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details: Nicola McAlister 07469 355964 or Nicola.mcalister@cgl.org.uk
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.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Salary Range (pro rata if part time) CGL points 43 to 48 (£47,085.94 - £52,541.86) ILW / OLW /Fringe N/A - Outside London Weighting Area Closing Date 10/3/2025 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details: Nicola McAlister | nicola.mcalister@cgl.org.uk | 07469355964 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.
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.
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