Nursing Associate - Alcohol Care Team

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, caring, highly motivated Registered Nursing Associate to join the expanding Alcohol Care Team for 22.5 hours a week.

The post offers a unique opportunity to be an integral part of the Alcohol Care Team and will assist in the comprehensive assessment and treatment of patients with alcohol related conditions, provide appropriate disease related advice and promote health education in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.

They will be expected to refer patients appropriately and in a timely manner to other service providers and clinical pathways - support is available from a Nurse Specialist as required. They will accept referrals from other Health Care Professionals and work unsupervised, with regular monitoring/clinical supervision from senior staff. As such, whilst the post is based at NSECH for most of the working week, there is an expectation that the post holder has access to a vehicle to travel to NTGH, WGH and on occasion HGH., 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.

Collaborate and communicate effectively with a range of other health care professionals, patients and carers.

To advise and support emergency department staff on the admission criteria for patients with alcohol misuse issues attending the department.

To liaise with other professionals both within the hospital and external agencies to meet the needs of the patient, including raising safeguarding concerns and referrals to local recovery services.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes'