Alcohol Recovery Navigator

Band 4

• Medicine & Emergency Care Services
• Band 4
• Permanent
• Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day services 12 hour day shifts)
• 328-UE-7575297

• The James Cook University Hospital
• Middlesbrough
• £27,485 - £30,162 Per annum
• Yearly
• 24/11/2025 23:59

Job overview

Alcohol excess plays a significant role in a wide array of health and social care needs. Consequently this impacts and imposes a burden on the whole health economy.

A significant and rising number of patients with alcohol related problems attend our Emergency Departments which may subsequently being admitted. There is a high re-attendance and readmission rate and we have a higher than average alcohol related mortality in Teesside.

Consequently there is a case for improvement in the provision of alcohol related services and better coordination of care together with our community providers.

The North East and North Cumbria ICS support the development of alcohol services and NCIC have made a successful bid for funding to support Alcohol Care Teams. They invite us to join with colleagues within our ICS to pledge support for the development of services to address this pressing need.

We would like to invite applicants from enthusiastic persons to support the Trust in raising the profile of alcohol related problems, seek engagement of teams to enable interventions and to act as a conduit to community based alcohol services.

Main duties of the job

The role involves working 12 hour day shifts as part of a dynamic alcohol care team that provides a 7 day services within The James Cook University Hospital (JCUH) carrying out assessment of patients who maybe drinking alcohol outside of the safe recommended levels. Identifying the different levels of alcohol dependant drinkers and providing IBA , PSI and relapse prevention work.

Referring onto community alcohol support services, also liaising with community alcohol support service to enable a seamless transition from hospital to community in the best interest of the patient.

Work closely with the ACT specialist nurses.

The role involves looking at the patient from a holistic approach identifying social needs, safeguarding, housing, domestic violence, mental health and liaising with the appropriate services, both in JCUH and externally, to provide support whilst in hospital which is then carried on into the community.

Using IT database to accurately record patient records

Working for our organisation

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individual patients and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff 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

· Service Improvement for Beginners

· Developing your Service Improvement Skills

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

· Explore leadership within the NHS

· Promote Trust values and behaviours

· Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills

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

After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house 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

• NVQ in social & Health level 3
• Level 1 in Maths/English or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Psychosocial intervention training
• Relevant CDP/Short courses

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience working with addiction

Desirable criteria

• Experience working in mental health

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and experience in delivering psychological interventions including brief interventions.
• Excellent communicator
• Ability to be flexible and to manage your workload effectively
• Basic IT skills

Applicant requirements

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
• Jessica Beck
• Job title
• Alcohol Care Team Manager
• Email address
• Jessic.beck1@nhs.net
• Telephone number
• 01642 282678
• Additional information

• Contactable Tuesday-Friday 08:00-18:00 via email or telephone

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