Job summary
- Main area
- Alcohol Recovery Navigator
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday- Friday 9-5)
- Job ref
- 262-A-25-7264764
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NCIC
- Town
- Carlisle
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Alcohol Recovery Navigator
NHS AfC: Band 4
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, for NCIC, includes 81% presenting via our ambulance services. Many may subsequently be admitted. There is a high re-attendance and readmission rate and we have a higher than average alcohol related mortality.
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.
There is an opportunity for 12 month fixed term contract
Main duties of the job
Alcohol Care Teams (ACTs) aim is to:
- Reduce avoidable alcohol-related hospital admissions by reducing severe health risk among dependent drinkers
- Reduce the length of stay for inpatients by improving the management of withdrawal
- Provide appropriate, timely, meaningful education and support for those attending or being admitted with alcohol-related problems
- Facilitate integrated alcohol care between secondary, primary and community care providers and provide an alternative to admission
- Provide psychosocial interventions to support dependent drinkers to sustain abstinence following discharge
- Improve compliance with the Trust’s alcohol withdrawal guidelines
- Educate staff on alcohol use disorder and its management
- Improve information sharing between services (e.g. secondary care, primary care and community services)
- Improve data collection and opportunities for analysi
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
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· Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
· If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro – Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: [email protected]
Unlock – Tel: 01634 247350, email [email protected] or complete the online form on the Unlock website
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Please note the cost of the DBS check has increased from 2nd December 2024
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma or equivalent appropriate qualification, e.g. foundation degree; or NVQ3 level qualification plus short courses or relevant experience to diploma level
Desirable criteria
- Relevant CPD / Short courses
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as an effective team member.
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to recognise when to escalate concerns to senior staff.
- Experience in communicating with patients displaying challenging behaviour.
- Experience in assessing and managing risks to patients and others.
Desirable criteria
- Initiation and development of ward based educational programmes
- Experience of working with substance/alcohol misuse issues and a clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services.
- Evidence a proven track record of working with people impacted by violence, trauma or tragedy.
- An understanding of substance misuse and violence and its associated causal factors, through professional and/or personal “lived” experience.
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Time/resource management skills.
- Proven communication, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
- IT skills
- Ability to prioritise work in response to daily changing priorities and demand.
- Proficient in Microsoft Outlook Office programs
- Ability to be flexible and to manage your workload effectively.
- Ability to build and sustain relationships in a professional context using good communication skills
- Knowledge and experience in delivering psychological interventions including brief interventions.
- Ability to work flexibly
- Corporate approach to work.
- Self-motivated and ability to motivate staff.
- Approachable manner.
- Excellent communicator
- Excellent listener
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
- Learning agility and commitment to self-development
personal circumstances
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexibly
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karen Nicoll
- Job title
- Advanced Alcohol Specialist Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812399265
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