Independent Prescriber

Withyou; Wigan; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Blue Light Card access

Flexible working opportunities

Refer a Friend bonus

Job summary

WithYou seeks an Independent Prescriber to join our community teams in Wigan. You will assess and support individuals struggling with substance use, providing prescribing where appropriate and contributing to harm reduction programs.

Full on-the-job training is provided; applicants without addiction treatment background are welcome. The closing date is 7 November 2026, with early closure possible.

Qualifications

• Be a Registered General Nurse, Registered Mental Nurse or a Registered Pharmacist (GPhC).
• Have completed supplementary/independent prescriber course and entry on NMC or GPhC register.
• Evidence OST prescribing experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess and support clients in community settings.
• Prescribe independently where appropriate within the treatment plan.
• Contribute to harm reduction and needle syringe programmes.
• Provide vaccination and blood testing where applicable.

Skills

Registered Nurse (RGN or RMN)

Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)

Independent prescriber course

OST prescribing experience

CPD evidence

Community nursing interventions

Care planning & assessment

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Substance misuse knowledge

Job description

About the Role

Join us as an Independent Prescriber in Wigan.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to expand our large clinical team and help us reach underserved communities struggling with substance misuse in Wigan.

If you are a first level Registered Nurse or a Registered Pharmacist who thrives working in a community setting, assessing and supporting people with their healthcare issues, this might be just the role for you.

Full training will be provided on the job, therefore prescribers without a background in addiction treatment are welcome to apply.

Closing date: 7th November 2026. Please note that this role may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised.

Job Opportunity

Our vibrant services in Wigan and Leigh provide support to people concerned about their own or someone else's alcohol or drug use. We have services in both Wigan and Leigh but much of our work is carried out in the local communities we serve. The service is an integrated drug and alcohol service, delivering an asset based community approach to treatment. We specialise in harm reduction and needle syringe provision, psycho social interventions, opioid substitution treatment, referral to detox and community interventions. Check out what our Wigan and Leigh sites have to offer here.

As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us on our website.

As an Independent Prescriber, you will be eager to keep up to date with developments in the treatments that you are prescribing and help With You to develop, implement and evaluate the interventions we use with our clients. These include:

• harm reduction
• providing support and advice in relation to substance misuse clinics; where we assess and review prescribed treatment plans
• advise on detoxification
• vaccination and blood testing programmes

It's not just about those people who actively engage with our service though - you will also be reaching out to those in our communities to offer proactive support and education.

Essential Skills

We'd be excited to see the following in your application:

• be a Registered General Nurse, Registered Mental Nurse or a Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
• have successfully completed the supplementary/independent prescriber course and hold an appropriate entry on the NMC register or GPhC register
• be able to demonstrate OST prescribing experience
• be able to evidence your continuous professional development
• have a successful track record of delivering nursing interventions in a community setting
• be able to demonstrate your experience of healthcare assessments, care planning and key working
• be able to evidence peer working or working within a multi-disciplinary team, and collaborating with external agencies
• have knowledge of the issues affecting substance misusers, including the impact on their wider health

About Company

WithYou provides free and confidential support, without judgement, to more than 100,000 people every year experiencing challenges with drugs, alcohol and mental health across England and Scotland.

Our name reflects who we are – a positive place where people can progress, connect with others and get friendly, expert help in a way that’s right for them.

Our staff team changes lives. If you’re passionate about helping people get the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol and mental health, we’d love to hear from you.

DE&I

As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our vision of a future where everyone lives a life free from the harm associated with drugs and alcohol. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans.

As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

Please note that you will be required to provide 3 years worth of references and where applicable, undergo an enhanced DBS check, to be considered for a role at WithYou.

Internal Applicants - please note that fixed term roles will be offered as secondments.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
• Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
• We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period