Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Alcohol Liaison Nurse Specialist, to work as part of the liaison team at University College London Hospital A&E department.
The post-holder will need to be a Registered Health Mental Nurse (RMN) and or a Registered General Nurse (RGN), with a BSc/degree in Drug & Alcohol Studies or other relevant qualification.
The post-holder will provide brief intervention, solution-focused or similar counselling training & Motivational Interview.
The post holder will need extensive post-qualification clinical employment, with substantive experience working in a substance misuse team and specific alcohol team experience in a community setting. Experience in planning and delivering training to multi-disciplinary staff of all levels and managing and developing services would be an essential criterion.
Main duties of the job
The role of the addictions nurse specialist is to assess and provide brief nursing interventions, including personalised feedback and motivational interviewing, to dependent and other high-risk drinkers and drug users attending UCLH Hospital A&E or admitted to hospital. The post will support them to access community-based structured treatment or out-patients services, as appropriate.
The post-holder will ensure that A&E and ward staff are aware of alcohol-and drug-related issues and committed to screening, identifying and referring patients who are dependent or high-risk drinkers drug users. The post-holder will offer ongoing on-the-job training, equipping hospital staff to deliver brief interventions to harmful and hazardous drinkers. The post-holder will also act as a source of expert advice, guidance and support for both A&E and ward staff on alcohol matters. S/he will develop corporate guidance for clinicians throughout the hospital on alcohol-related matters, including managing withdrawal and detoxification.
About us
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 7,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond.We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of deployment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users and we will therefore be seeking proof of vaccination or medical exemption during the recruitment process.As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinical Practice
- The post holder will mange the project and take the lead and formulate/plan, organise, review and adjust a specialist clinical nursing service including clinical practice education and training programmes within a general medical environment with high numbers of client throughput and high numbers of staff turnaround.
- The post holder will use their highly developed specialist knowledge, which is underpinned by theory, evidence, training and experience to develop and implement clinical, and process policy/protocols, which consolidate and enhance safe working practices.
- The post holder will propose policy or service changes which impact on their own specialist area and beyond that specialist area, across other professional disciplines and structures within UCLH Hospital, within CNWL core service teams and within the boroughs treatment partnership framework.
- The post holder will to a high standard, assess, develop and implement specialist pathways of care and provide highly specialised advice concerning that care to professionals, clients and relatives/carers.
- The post holder will use their highly developed specialist knowledge to manage complex facts or situations which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options after assessing specialist acute and other conditions found in clients who are experiencing multi-diagnosis of alcohol misuse with medical and/or mental health complications.
- The post holder as a lead specialist for their defined area will have freedom to act and will be accountable for their own clinical practice. They are expected to operate in line with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and other relevant ethical Codes of Practice.
- The post holder will act within the guidance, policies and procedures that are issued by the CNWL Foundation Trust Directorate of Nursing and comply with Mental Health and other legislation as appropriate.
- The post holder will maintain and continually improve their clinical practice as outlined in PREP.
- The post holder will :
Promote the screening of A&E or ward patients for alcohol and drug use within the concept of the model of harm minimisation.
Promote clinical skills and competencies in general hospital staff related to alcohol and its management.
Provide specialist clinical advice on the management of clients with alcohol dependence or other alcohol problems to general medical teams.
Provide specialist clinical advice on alcohol treatment options including medication-prescribing regimes to A&E/ward medical and nursing staff.
Assess clients who are referred by the A&E team or wards through dedicated assessment and liaison sessions.
Assess the psychological, emotional, social and treatment needs of the client, taking account of the needs of relatives/carers and local community.
Plan, deliver and evaluate treatment interventions as clinically appropriate, using current evidence.
Provide brief interventions, health education, advice and information to clients regarding their alcohol use and inform them of local services available to them.
Manage and care co-ordinate clients with complex needs and/or high risk levels until transfer to core specialist services.
Implement local Clinical Risk Assessment and Management Protocols.
Monitor referrals to the A&E sessions and their outcomes and provide feedback to referrers.
Appropriately refer clients as part of care planned agreements to other statutory and non-statutory services for longer-term medical and psychosocial interventions such as detoxification, counselling, psychology, and family therapy.
Manage and provide supervision and training for colleagues who cover A&E liaison sessions and other staff members as appropriate to the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinical Practice
- The post holder will mange the project and take the lead and formulate/plan, organise, review and adjust a specialist clinical nursing service including clinical practice education and training programmes within a general medical environment with high numbers of client throughput and high numbers of staff turnaround.
- The post holder will use their highly developed specialist knowledge, which is underpinned by theory, evidence, training and experience to develop and implement clinical, and process policy/protocols, which consolidate and enhance safe working practices.
- The post holder will propose policy or service changes which impact on their own specialist area and beyond that specialist area, across other professional disciplines and structures within UCLH Hospital, within CNWL core service teams and within the boroughs treatment partnership framework.
- The post holder will to a high standard, assess, develop and implement specialist pathways of care and provide highly specialised advice concerning that care to professionals, clients and relatives/carers.
- The post holder will use their highly developed specialist knowledge to manage complex facts or situations which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options after assessing specialist acute and other conditions found in clients who are experiencing multi-diagnosis of alcohol misuse with medical and/or mental health complications.
- The post holder as a lead specialist for their defined area will have freedom to act and will be accountable for their own clinical practice. They are expected to operate in line with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and other relevant ethical Codes of Practice.
- The post holder will act within the guidance, policies and procedures that are issued by the CNWL Foundation Trust Directorate of Nursing and comply with Mental Health and other legislation as appropriate.
- The post holder will maintain and continually improve their clinical practice as outlined in PREP.
- The post holder will :
Promote the screening of A&E or ward patients for alcohol and drug use within the concept of the model of harm minimisation.
Promote clinical skills and competencies in general hospital staff related to alcohol and its management.
Provide specialist clinical advice on the management of clients with alcohol dependence or other alcohol problems to general medical teams.
Provide specialist clinical advice on alcohol treatment options including medication-prescribing regimes to A&E/ward medical and nursing staff.
Assess clients who are referred by the A&E team or wards through dedicated assessment and liaison sessions.
Assess the psychological, emotional, social and treatment needs of the client, taking account of the needs of relatives/carers and local community.
Plan, deliver and evaluate treatment interventions as clinically appropriate, using current evidence.
Provide brief interventions, health education, advice and information to clients regarding their alcohol use and inform them of local services available to them.
Manage and care co-ordinate clients with complex needs and/or high risk levels until transfer to core specialist services.
Implement local Clinical Risk Assessment and Management Protocols.
Monitor referrals to the A&E sessions and their outcomes and provide feedback to referrers.
Appropriately refer clients as part of care planned agreements to other statutory and non-statutory services for longer-term medical and psychosocial interventions such as detoxification, counselling, psychology, and family therapy.
Manage and provide supervision and training for colleagues who cover A&E liaison sessions and other staff members as appropriate to the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse RMN/RGN
- Qualification in Drug and Alcohol/Addiction
- Brief intervention, solution focused or similar counselling training & Motivational Interview
Desirable
- ENB 998-7/ NVQ Assessor or equivalent such
Skills, abilities & knowledge
Essential
- Ability to co-ordinate and deliver services within a multi-disciplinary setting
- Ability to manage and develop a new service
- Ability to provide and co-ordinate clinical and management supervision
- Ability to lead and facilitate decision making processes
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills in varied settings
- Ability to work with a wide range of partners and professionals in both CNWL and Charing Cross
- Ability to develop, plan and implement new services or structures in consultation with partner agencies
- Ability to provide alcohol awareness training to wide - ranging multidisciplinary groups
- Knowledge of current legislation and initiatives in alcohol, substance misuse and accident and emergency medicine
- Understanding of the competencies associated with coordination of an alcohol liaison service
- Knowledge of the legal and ethical issues relating to substance misuse and health care
- Be able to demonstrate flexibility and creativity when developing care packages
- Ability to plan, co-ordinate and develop local policy and procedure in line with government strategies and recommendations
Desirable
- Ability to plan, co-ordinate and develop local policy and procedure in line with government strategies and recommendations
- Knowledge of local services for alcohol and other substance misuse problems
- Computer literacy and ability to manage and present information clearly
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working in Drug & Alcohol/Addiction Psychiatry treatment settings
- Experienced in health assessment and treatment formulation
- Previous experience of alcohol work at level - Band 6
- Experience of developing new services and managing the change process
- Previous extensive post qualification clinical employment, with experience in a specialist alcohol or substance misuse team
- Previous post registration experience in mental health
- Familiar with clinical risk assessment and management if vulnerable client groups
- Previous experience of providing education in alcohol awareness for nurses and other professionals
Desirable
- Previous experience in substance misuse hospital or GP liaison
- Experience of working in a community alcohol treatment / counselling service
- Experience of staff management, development and appraisal
- Previous experience of providing education in substance misuse awareness for nurses and other professionals
- Experience of substance misuse liaison working with Accident & Emergency setting
- Previous experience of providing education in substance misuse awareness for nurses and other professionals
- Experience of developing and implementing quality approaches such as standard setting and clinical audit
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse RMN/RGN
- Qualification in Drug and Alcohol/Addiction
- Brief intervention, solution focused or similar counselling training & Motivational Interview
Desirable
- ENB 998-7/ NVQ Assessor or equivalent such
Skills, abilities & knowledge
Essential
- Ability to co-ordinate and deliver services within a multi-disciplinary setting
- Ability to manage and develop a new service
- Ability to provide and co-ordinate clinical and management supervision
- Ability to lead and facilitate decision making processes
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills in varied settings
- Ability to work with a wide range of partners and professionals in both CNWL and Charing Cross
- Ability to develop, plan and implement new services or structures in consultation with partner agencies
- Ability to provide alcohol awareness training to wide - ranging multidisciplinary groups
- Knowledge of current legislation and initiatives in alcohol, substance misuse and accident and emergency medicine
- Understanding of the competencies associated with coordination of an alcohol liaison service
- Knowledge of the legal and ethical issues relating to substance misuse and health care
- Be able to demonstrate flexibility and creativity when developing care packages
- Ability to plan, co-ordinate and develop local policy and procedure in line with government strategies and recommendations
Desirable
- Ability to plan, co-ordinate and develop local policy and procedure in line with government strategies and recommendations
- Knowledge of local services for alcohol and other substance misuse problems
- Computer literacy and ability to manage and present information clearly
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working in Drug & Alcohol/Addiction Psychiatry treatment settings
- Experienced in health assessment and treatment formulation
- Previous experience of alcohol work at level - Band 6
- Experience of developing new services and managing the change process
- Previous extensive post qualification clinical employment, with experience in a specialist alcohol or substance misuse team
- Previous post registration experience in mental health
- Familiar with clinical risk assessment and management if vulnerable client groups
- Previous experience of providing education in alcohol awareness for nurses and other professionals
Desirable
- Previous experience in substance misuse hospital or GP liaison
- Experience of working in a community alcohol treatment / counselling service
- Experience of staff management, development and appraisal
- Previous experience of providing education in substance misuse awareness for nurses and other professionals
- Experience of substance misuse liaison working with Accident & Emergency setting
- Previous experience of providing education in substance misuse awareness for nurses and other professionals
- Experience of developing and implementing quality approaches such as standard setting and clinical audit
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
