Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist – Alcohol Care Team

Torbayandsouthdevon; Torquay; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading health care team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Alcohol Care Team, focused on improving care for alcohol dependent patients. You will play a key role in reducing hospital admissions and delivering necessary education and support. This full-time position offers a chance to work within a multi-speciality care environment, ensuring seamless and effective health services.

Qualifications

• Requires a Registered Nurse qualification and clinical expertise in alcohol-related health issues.
• Experience in educational roles for health professionals is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Reduce alcohol-related hospital admissions and improve management of withdrawal treatments.
• Provide education and support for patients and health professionals regarding alcohol dependency.
• Collect and analyze data in accordance with local and national standards.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Education and support delivery

Alcohol assessment and management

Data collection and analysis

Interpersonal communication

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist – Alcohol Care Team

Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist – Alcohol Care Team

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Alcohol consumption is a key single modifiable driver of demand for acute health services. It accounts for up to 20% of emergency hospital admission, results in prolonged stays in hospital and sees patients frequently readmitted to hospital. Alcohol dependent patients often receive sub-optimal care and can pose significant challenges for non-specialist teams caring for them.

The aim of the Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Alcohol Care Team is to :

• Reduce avoidable alcohol related hospital admissions by reducing health risk among patients who are alcohol dependent.
• Reduce the length of stay for inpatients by improving the management of patients undergoing withdrawal treatments.
• Provide appropriate, timely, meaningful education and support for those individuals who are presenting with alcohol related problems and for health professionals who are providing care to this cohort of patients.
• Facilitate integrated alcohol related care across the patients’ journey.
• Provide / signpost psychosocial intervention to support dependent drinkers to sustain abstinence following discharge.
• Deputise the Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist in the management of the service.
• Collect data for analysis and interpret in order to maintain the service in-accordance with locally and nationally agreed parameters. Liaise with Public Health England, local CCG and NHSE/I
• Provide clinical expertise in the management of alcohol withdrawal programmes liaising with clinical colleagues within the team and to the wider organisation, under indirect supervision of the Clinical Lead.
• To provide case identification, comprehensive alcohol assessments, specialist nursing and medical care planning, psychosocial interventions, and discharge planning
• Provide trust-wide education in relation to alcohol related health disorders, advice and treatments to patients and professionals
• To develop and maintain excellent working relationships with the link Consultant, other specialist nurses such as the Liver team, social workers, allied health professionals, mental health services and the wider team
• To work within local trust policies and standards of practice, national policies and guidance, and NMC codes of practice
• To assist the lead clinical Nurse Specialist with an aim to provide a 7-day service
• Deputise for the lead Clinical Nurse Specialist in attending meetings pertaining to the development / planning of the Alcohol Care Team in their absence.
  
  

This is an exciting opportunity to join and continue to develop a service within Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.

The Alcohol Care Team works within a friendly and well-established Gastroenterology Department that provides seamless multi-speciality care, with an ethos in facilitating the right care, at the right time, in the right place.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michael Tresize Job title: Matron - Gastroenterology, and Colorectal Surgery Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07980773339

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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