Health and Wellbeing Nurse

Location: Chester

Salary: £31,391 - £34,294 per annum (FTE)

Vacancy Type: Fixed Term/Full Time

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Fixed Term Contract – Maternity cover until November 2026

Application Deadline: Friday, February 13, 2026

Job Summary

The role is to recruit Registered Nurses with a passion for working with people who use substances. We offer sector‑leading benefits, including payment for professional registration fees. This position requires appropriate and valid registration with the NMC and experience of working with individuals who use alcohol or substances.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical interventions in community-based hubs.
• Improve healthcare access for service users, including BBV testing/treatment, health care assessments, and community ambulatory detox and health checks/clinical observations.
• Provide and supervise the delivery of high standards of nursing care to those who use our services in accordance with up‑to‑date evidence‑based professional practice and Via policies.
• Deliver general healthcare activity, including wound‑care, ECGs, and other similar activity.
• Undertake basic life support/anaphylaxis training to be confident and competent to manage a medical emergency, including the administration of emergency drugs.
• Support people affected by drug and alcohol use to achieve and sustain their recovery, optimising health and well‑being.
• Maintain flexibility in the hours worked, including late evenings.
• Possess good written and verbal communication skills, and confidence to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

The Service Via Cheshire West & Chester delivers high‑quality services including specialist prescribing services, rapid access to treatment, and other health and wellbeing interventions to better equip individuals to improve their physical and mental health.

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via, including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities, visit our Benefits Package.

For an informal chat about the role please contact Jane Murphy, Service Manager via Jane.Murphy@viaorg.uk.

The closing date for applications is 13th February 2026 at midnight. However, we are reviewing applications on a rolling basis and encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible. Interviews will take place week commencing 16th February 2026; candidates will need to be available.

We only accept applications via http://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/career-paths/ using our application form. We do not accept CVs. For guidance on how to complete the application, visit http://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/how-to-apply/.

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may close adverts at any time if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process. We’re a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our jobs; please confirm in the personal statement part of our application form that you are applying under this scheme.

Appointment to all our posts is subject to satisfactory completion of our safeguarding checks including DBS and we follow safer recruiting principles.

Please email people@viaorg.uk if you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format.