Alcohol Care Team Nurse

Band 5

• Medicine & Emergency Care Services
• Band 5
• Secondment: 6 months
• Full time - 37.5 hours per week
• 328-UE-7466865

• The James Cook University Hospital
• Middlesbrough
• £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
• Yearly
• 25/09/2025 23:59

Job overview

The band 5 Alcohol Lead Nurse will be an integral member of the Alcohol Care Team which provides care and treatment for patients with alcohol misuse issues. They will advise Trust staff on the care and management of acute alcohol withdrawal, deliver training to staff on the management of alcohol dependency and addiction and will be responsible for holding a caseload of individual patients who are not engaging in the community but continue to come to hospital and patients who are pre or post detox.

Main duties of the job

• To comprehensively assess patients, gaining information about their physical health, mental health, social issues as well as their alcohol history to format a plan of care based on the patients individual needs.
• To advise clinical staff on the management of patients experiencing acute alcohol withdrawal, including detoxification medication and vitamin prescribing.
• To advise and support emergency department staff on the admission criteria for patients with alcohol misuse issues attending the department.
• To liaise with and build strong professional relationships with other healthcare professionals both within the hospital and external agencies to meet the needs of the patient.
• To provide training to Trust staff on screening and brief interventions, and to participate in the development and delivery of education programmes.
• To act as team leader in the absence of senior staff.

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions

· Your Leadership Impact

· Leading your Team to Success

· Leading Into the Future

· Service Improvement for Beginners

· Developing your Service Improvement Skills

· Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

· Explore leadership within the NHS

· Promote Trust values and behaviours

· Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills

· Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RN/RMN or equivalent professional registration
• Evidence of relevant post registration training and development
• BSC Honours Nursing

Desirable criteria

• Independent and supplementary Prescriber

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post registration experience in working with people with alcohol dependence
• Knowledge base in the provision of substance misuse and preferred treatment methods with a recovery focused agenda
• Experience of effective collaborative working
• Experience in alcohol misuse service delivery within hospital and/or primary care settings
• Evidence of Interdisciplinary / multi-agency working experience

Desirable criteria

• Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
• Ability to prioritise workload effectively, meeting expected deadlines
• Excellent analytical and decision-making skills
• Good interpersonal skills demonstrating the ability to communicate and work with a wide range of professionals
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• High level of self-awareness, recognising own strength and limitations
• Ability to manage change and deal with conflict / stressful situations
• Effective negotiation skills

Desirable criteria

• IT skills including word, outlook, excel and power point

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

• Name
• Natalie Cockfield
• Job title
• ED Matron
• Email address
• n.cockfield@nhs.net
• Telephone number
• 01642 257281

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