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Specialist Nurse - Alcohol / Addictions Team

North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol

Specialist Nurse - Alcohol / Addictions Team

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North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 22 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 9bcd285fdf2b4d9691082b7cef057483

Full Job Description

  • This role will involve being part of NBT addictions team which provides holistic, patient centered, nonjudgmental care to patients who present to the trust with issues relating to alcohol or drug use. The post holder will also be involved in the deliver of interventions in relation to treating tobacco dependency where appropriate.
  • The Addictions team provides a dynamic and responsive service to the Emergency Department Monday - Friday 9-5. There is an expectation that the post holder will develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to cover the emergency department role 1 day a week.
  • This post holder will be part of a dynamic, proactive, supportive and caring team who put exceptional patient centered care at the heart of everything they do. The team maintains a positive and engaging approach with patients and supportive advocacy.
  • We are a developing service and there will be an expectation that weekends will be covered, in the future, on a rotational basis. Currently there is an opportunity to work an 8-4 Monday -Friday pattern or 3x 8-6.30 shifts and 18-4, It will provide a specialist alcohol service to service users, including the assessment of care needs, the planning, implementation, and evaluation of care to meet those needs and contributing to the evaluation of care in the acute Hospital environment and ongoing referrals to support wrap around care and support on discharge.
  • The job will involve working with patients to provide a pathway into treatment in the community for their alcohol use where appropriate. The team have a close working relationship and supportive pathways with local primary care providers.
  • The post holder will deliver opportunistic brief interventions and have a willingness to develop skills to co-facilitate the SMART recovery group at NBT. The post holder will be part of the wider Hepatology service at NBT and there is an expectation that the postholder will be in Hepatology clinics on Thursday mornings and part of the fibroscanning service at Nurse led Monday clinic. There will be training available for this if the post holder is not fibroscan trained currently.

    North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
    • North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups. Bristol is consistently voted the best place to live in the UK, with vibrant local music, arts and gastronomic scenes, a wide range of modern and state of the art shopping, recreation and leisure facilities, a wealth of great local family days out, fantastic transport links for local, national and internal holidays, and it has a rich history. If you prefer country, village or smaller town living, our Trust is also easily commutable from a range of attractive locations in North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and South Wales (such as Portishead or Chepstow. For band 5 Registered Nurses and ODPs, relocation support may be available. Please emailNursing@nbt.nhs.ukfor more information.

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