Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Tobacco and Alcohol Support Nurse

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 registered nurse to work as part of the Tobacco and Alcohol Care Team (TACT). This is a fixed term post and will provide the successful applicant with the experience necessary to progress within this speciality. We are a supportive team of clinical nurse specialists and advisers and can provide the opportunity to develop skills in a highly rewarding role.

We are looking for a nurse who is highly motivated to support our nursing staff across Lancashire Teaching Hospital with assessments for both tobacco and alcohol-use and help deliver brief advice and interventions.

We would love to hear from applicants who are passionate about supporting people to improve their health outcomes and reduce health inequalities.

Main duties of the job

As a Support Nurse, you will play a crucial role in enhancing patient care through a variety of impactful responsibilities:

Comprehensive Care Management: Conduct thorough holistic assessments and design, implement, and evaluate evidence-based care plans tailored to each patient's unique needs.
Alcohol Withdrawal Management: Identify and communicate risks associated with alcohol withdrawal syndrome, ensuring timely escalation and the implementation of appropriate pharmacological treatments.
Harm Reduction Interventions: Deliver specialized interventions for tobacco and alcohol harm reduction, including providing smoking cessation support and brief advice to patients, staff, and occasionally their relatives or carers.
Promoting a Smoke-Free Culture: Actively advocate for and support the transition to a smoke-free environment, fostering a healthier culture within the facility.
Collaborative Communications: Partner with the Trust's Communications and Engagement team to create and disseminate both internal and external messages about the services offered

About us

We have 10 000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Date posted

25 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

3 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-PB1889

Job locations

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide effective care coordination to an identified caseload of service users, ensuring the delivery of evidence based interventions to encourage safe discharge and overall successful outcomes.

Proactively engage with patients, relatives and carers to seek their views, gain agreement and keep them informed about their treatment and care.

Develop individually tailored support plans, including recommending treatments based on assessed needs and provide appropriate intervention in relation to need.

Ensure planned care is delivered in a holistic manner that is consistent with evidence based practice, clinical guidelines, legislation, policies and procedures.

Escalates concerns about patients condition in a timely manner where unable to provide appropriate intervention.

To assess and manage risk, working as a team with patients, their families, and other agencies where appropriate, to minimise risk and encourage those affected to adopt safer practices and live healthier lifestyles.

Support bereaved and distressed patients/relatives in a kind and compassionate manner.

Comply fully with the trust uniform policy.

To develop/utilise clinical care pathways and robust discharge planning to facilitate access from acute care to primary care, social care, drug and alcohol specialist services, stop smoking support services, criminal justice, young persons services and mental health.

To support patients to engage with mutual aid support groups and services to help them in their recovery journey and promote independence

For more information, please see the job description and person specification

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide effective care coordination to an identified caseload of service users, ensuring the delivery of evidence based interventions to encourage safe discharge and overall successful outcomes.

Proactively engage with patients, relatives and carers to seek their views, gain agreement and keep them informed about their treatment and care.

Develop individually tailored support plans, including recommending treatments based on assessed needs and provide appropriate intervention in relation to need.

Ensure planned care is delivered in a holistic manner that is consistent with evidence based practice, clinical guidelines, legislation, policies and procedures.

Escalates concerns about patients condition in a timely manner where unable to provide appropriate intervention.

Support bereaved and distressed patients/relatives in a kind and compassionate manner.

Comply fully with the trust uniform policy.

To support patients to engage with mutual aid support groups and services to help them in their recovery journey and promote independence

For more information, please see the job description and person specification

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential

Relevant professional qualification RGN/RMN
Appropriate NMC Registration
Smoking Cessation Training - Level 2 delivered by an NHS Stop Smoking Service or the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training or willingness to undertake on commencement of post
Teaching experience

Desirable

Level 3 mentorship qualification
Counselling
Non-medical Prescribing qualification
Substance misuse qualification
Advanced communication skills

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

At least 12 months experience post-registration.
Knowledge of the physical, psychological and social effects of alcohol and tobacco addiction and the appropriate interventions
Knowledge relating to tobacco control and tobacco dependency treatment
Experience of assessing service users/patients needs and working in partnership with them and other services to set and monitor goals
An understanding of the complex needs of this patient group.
Experience of delivering smoking cessation and tobacco and alcohol harm reduction interventions
Experience of delivering healthcare, or specialist health advice to patients and the public
Understanding of factors contributing to health inequalities.

Desirable

Experience of leading on a piece of work that has contributed to effective and efficient service delivery.
Experience in developing guidelines or protocols
Knowledge of patient engagement techniques for service development or improvement
Knowledge of CURE programme
Experience of supervising staff
Experience of delivering training

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential

Relevant professional qualification RGN/RMN
Appropriate NMC Registration
Smoking Cessation Training - Level 2 delivered by an NHS Stop Smoking Service or the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training or willingness to undertake on commencement of post
Teaching experience

Desirable

Level 3 mentorship qualification
Counselling
Non-medical Prescribing qualification
Substance misuse qualification
Advanced communication skills

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

At least 12 months experience post-registration.
Knowledge of the physical, psychological and social effects of alcohol and tobacco addiction and the appropriate interventions
Knowledge relating to tobacco control and tobacco dependency treatment
Experience of assessing service users/patients needs and working in partnership with them and other services to set and monitor goals
An understanding of the complex needs of this patient group.
Experience of delivering smoking cessation and tobacco and alcohol harm reduction interventions
Experience of delivering healthcare, or specialist health advice to patients and the public
Understanding of factors contributing to health inequalities.

Desirable

Experience of leading on a piece of work that has contributed to effective and efficient service delivery.
Experience in developing guidelines or protocols
Knowledge of patient engagement techniques for service development or improvement
Knowledge of CURE programme
Experience of supervising staff
Experience of delivering training

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.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)