Job summary
Hospital Alcohol Liaison Nurse - Full-Time, Permanent
Are you committed to delivering compassionate, recovery-focused care for those affected by alcohol use? We are seeking a dedicated Hospital Alcohol Liaison Nurse to join our Inclusion Staffordshire STaRS service.
In this full-time, permanent role, you'll provide a comprehensive treatment service to individuals with alcohol use problems, as well as their families and friends. Operating within the framework of the Staffordshire Community Alcohol Team, you'll support individuals on their journey to recovery, improving their quality of life and fostering positive change.
If you have the required qualifications and experience and have passion for making a difference, we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
1. Provision of alcohol treatment within the Staffordshire community to Service Users within the locality.
2. Holding a caseload of service users and being responsible for offering a range of interventions to that individual
3. Working to reduce unplanned alcohol related admissions and attendances to the Hospital setting
4. Supporting a service user through their treatment journey from beginning to end
5. Embracing the concept of recovery and demonstrating this in your clinical work
6. Ensuring that your work is evidence based, up to date and in accordance with current policy and legislation.
7. Delivering training and support to Hospital staff
8. Keeping up to date and accurate records and documentation
About us
Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:
9. Adhere to professional codes of conduct including accountability, confidentiality and commitment to high quality service
10. Maintain security of all records and information whilst adhering to Trust and Partner agencies confidentiality policy
11. Be responsible for ensuring that all service users have a clearly defined and agreed individual programme of care designed to meet their needs, deliver the intervention and ensure discharge of services.
12. Manage a defined caseload of alcohol dependant patients, according to care plans agreed with the service user, carers and responsible Clinician.
13. Provide alcohol interventions and clinical assessment within Staffordshire Hospitals and Emergency Departments
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
14. Registered Nurse
15. Substance Misuse Qualification (or equivalent experience)
Experience
Essential
16. Proven experience in the field of Alcohol misuse
17. Experience of developing and maintaining successful partnerships with GPs, treatment agencies and colleagues within the community
18. Experience of clinical risk assessment and management of vulnerable service user groups