Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Alcohol Care Team, based at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) in a full-time role for  a permanent post.
The Alcohol Care Team (ACT) consists of a small team of specialist nurses, working across all wards and department MRI. The service is
currently operating Monday to Friday 08:00-1600, with a view to increasing to 6 days 0800-1800 hrs. You will be expected to be able to work autonomously within this small team, and in partnership with the wider MFT Alcohol Care Teams, Multi-disciplinary Teams, and Community Substance Misuse Services. The team provides clinical expertise and knowledge relating to the identification, assessment, treatment, and management of patients attending or admitted to MRI with Alcohol-use Disorders or alcohol related harm.
The successful applicant should be highly motivated in working with this patient group and have an interest in developing their skills further in this
specialized field. They should be able to work as an independent practitioner and have excellent communication and time management skills. They will work with the team to improve quality of care and development of the service.The ability to be able to deliver teaching and training sessions to colleagues is also an important part of the role.
This role will require some cross site working to 2 other sites Wythenshawe and NMGH which currently have functioning Alcohol Care Teams

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant should be highly motivated in working with this patient group and have an interest in developing their skills further in this
specialized field. They should be able to work as an independent practitioner and have excellent communication and time management skills. They will work with the team to improve quality of care and development of the service. The ability to be able to deliver teaching and training sessions to colleagues is also an important part of the role.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.