Clinical Lead - Wigan (Ref:0101ZN)

Join our team as a Clinical Lead in Wigan and Leigh. Are you a compassionate and motivated nurse or pharmacist who wants to change people's lives? Our team in Wigan is looking for a Clinical Lead to join them in providing high-quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are a strategic leader and passionate about supporting clinical development and innovation for our services, we'd love to hear from you.

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.

All applicants must submit a CV along with a cover letter explaining why they should be considered for this role. Applications will not be accepted without a cover letter. Please note: This role may close earlier than the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

This role will be based on site across our services in Wigan and Leigh. Hours of work will be Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm and occasional Saturday working will be required. The salary for this role is £49,261.60 to £61,800, depending on experience. Closing date: Wednesday 4th February 2026.

Main duties of the job:

• You will lead on the provision of clinical care in our Wigan and Leigh services, ensuring that our standards of care allow those we support to achieve their recovery goals.
• Using your knowledge and expertise, you will provide professional leadership and supervision to clinical staff working within the service, working with the Head of Service Delivery to promote continuous improvement and ensure that evidence-based clinical practice is delivered in line with national, organisational and local standards.
• Key priorities will include:

• Actively promoting strong and effective leadership within a care quality governance structure that is built on open engagement, enquiry and learning.
• Working collaboratively to maximise the potential for delivering excellent care quality.
• Assisting operational management to ensure robust management and care quality structures for the delivery of high quality, effective and safe services within agreed financial limits and to contractual requirements.
• Delivering opioid substitution and detoxification treatment, alcohol detoxification and relapse prevention treatment and other clinical interventions.
• Playing a key role in the monitoring, development and improvement of the clinical service.
• Ensuring all clinical interventions take place within the context of a recovery oriented integrated service approach.

About us:

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.

Creating an Inclusive Environment:

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.

Job responsibilities:

Please see the linked job description and person specification for more information on the role and its responsibilities.

Person Specification:

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

• First level nurse registration or registered pharmacist.
• Successful completion of a qualification to fulfil the role of supplementary/independent prescriber, holding appropriate entry on the NMC register or GPhC register.
• Completion of a postgraduate course/study programme relevant to substance misuse.
• Substantial experience working with substance misuse clients and harm minimisation in drug treatment.
• Demonstrable experience and successful track record of responsibility and development of others, along with experience of providing a supervisory role within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience and awareness of relationship between offending and substance misuse and need of special groups.
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of current health and social care issues.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.