Specialist Complex Needs Alcohol Nurse

NHS; Derby; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NHS as a general nurse in Derby, supporting individuals with alcohol misuse in a compassionate healthcare team. This role involves managing a caseload, providing outreach, and liaising with healthcare services to ensure comprehensive support for service users. Exceptional benefits include flexible working, generous leave, and continuous training.

Benefits

Commitment to flexible working

27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays

Yearly appraisal and ongoing training

Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits

Health service discounts and online benefits

Incremental pay progression

Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7

Access to LGBT+, BAME and Christian Networks

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Structured learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• RGN qualification required.
• Experience with service users with alcohol misuse support needs.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Carry a caseload supporting service users with alcohol support needs.
• Provide outreach work and liaise with primary and secondary care to ensure treatment is planned.
• Work in a trauma-informed way with service users.

Skills

Experience of working with complex physical and mental health needs

Education

RGN

Supervision Competency

Job description

We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a general nurse to join our clinically led alcohol provision within Derby Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service.

Derby Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service is a partnership service that provides an integrated health service for Derby City residents who identify a substance misuse related need. Our approach embeds the notion of health, well-being, and recovery.

The post holders will be part of Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust's Substance Misuse Team (Derby City) offering alcohol interventions to service user who have an identified alcohol support need.

The post holders will work with service users who have a range of complex health issues alongside their substance misuse need; the post holder will work in a trauma informed way.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will carry a case load, supporting service users with an alcohol support need where there are additional physical health and mental health support requirements. The successful candidate will also provide outreach work and liaise with primary and secondary care to assess and plan treatment interventions where indicated.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of making a positive difference in people's lives.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD overall, commenting on how our colleagues treated patients with compassion and kindness and felt positive and proud about working for the trust.

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualification

• RGN
• Supervision Competency

Experience

• Worked with service users with an alcohol misuse support need
• Multidisciplinary working

Skills

• Experience of working with complex physical and mental health needs

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.