Community Alcohol Detox Nurse

Posting date:	28 July 2025
Salary:	£38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£38682.00 - £46580.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	11 August 2025
Location:	Durham, DH1 3BQ
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	E9847-25-0273

Summary

Maintaining patient records, contributing to care plans and medication records on the electronic patient record in line with NHS Information governance standards. Providing appropriate clinical information and assessment to support service users (SU) in treatment. Communicate pharmacological information in a manor that SU and none registered staff will understand and be able to support prescribed regimes. Provide information as appropriate to support the service in its work with primary care Work collaboratively with Humankind staff to deliver a fuller recovery package for SU and enable progression in treatment and detoxes both alcohol and opiate. Participate in service audits, both local and national and to provide accurate information. Support SU to identify any unmet healthcare needs and to take account of other health problems that could interact with drug treatment Support patients and exercise positive relationships within professional boundaries as part of a purposeful and caring regime Adhere to Spectrums information sharing policies and those of the partnership when dealing with requests for potentially sensitive information To actively participate in individual and/or group clinical supervision 1. Analytical Data and Information Respond effectively to emergency situations which require a rapid nursing response analysing the SU, immediate risks and management strategies required Systematic assessment and screening of SUs Analysing outcome from assessments to provide judgement on clinical problems which require further investigation, treatment or referral and develop appropriate treatment plans with SU. Assess and manage a SU who expresses suicidal ideation, liaising and referring to appropriate services to support the SU and establish protecting factors Determining when to seek advice from senior clinical or management staff. Determining appropriate response to crisis situations and acting accordingly. Manage competing priorities and react to unforeseen circumstances, incidents, and emergency situations. Engaging support/intervention from other professional or agencies. Work within a demanding and high emotion environment with challenging patients which requires compassion and empathy Participate in audits both local and Spectrum specific and NHS data collection activity. 2. Planning and Organisational Work Plan, organise and carry out allocated tasks/ activities. Organise own time and may organise that of junior staff and learners. To balance SU related and professional demands, and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the service as a whole. To attend relevant meetings and participate in discussions concerning the running of the service and management of SUs. Deliver training to SUs to empower them to self-manage their chronic disease. Deliver training to Humankind staff as required to enhance their substance misuse knowledge. 3. Patient/Client Care To deliver high quality care and intervention to SUs by demonstrating up to date evidence based practice To ensure SUs medication is administered in accordance with risk assessment and policy Develop detox plans with the SU inline with their assessment needs using the monitoring tools of the service for e.g. SADQ, CIWA, AUDIT and observational assessment. Deliver programmes of care for individual SU that meet their needs Assess, Plan, implement and evaluate episodes of care for all SUs. To be involved in multi-disciplinary and inter-agency care planning to support seamless care provision for those identified with complex health needs. This also includes carers or significant others as necessary or required. To be involved in the multi-disciplinary and inter-agency liaison to support and/or facilitate assessments as part of the agreed care-pathway. To attend all clinical meetings or multi-disciplinary meetings at the request of the Clinical Lead. To work effectively as a member of the partnership multi-disciplinary team. To support the coordination of the primary care, mental health and substance misuse services for the SU to empower their recovery To liaise with primary care, mental health and A&E services for allocated patients. Empowering SUs to take responsibility for their own medication administration as directed, health, wellbeing, recovery and future lifestyle. To conform to NMC professional codes of conduct thus safeguarding the interests and wellbeing of SU. Maintain accurate up-to-date clinical records and care plans in accordance with NMC standards for records and record keeping, ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Provide clinical input to the multi-disciplinary referral allocation, assessment and post assessment decision making to ensure accurate, effective and sensitive feedback to all referring agencies. Attain and maintain clinical competencies required for effective care and treatment of SUs within the substance misuse service Provide support to primary care in conjunction with alcohol detoxification in the community, offering advice and monitoring of withdrawal symptoms using service tools Support alcohol and opiate detox preparation, for both SU and associated professionals. Support SU through domiciliary visits to complete alcohol detoxes, offering symptom review and recording signs on Spectrum clinical system to enable prescriber to make decisions about future care or reviews. Signpost SU to secondary, acute and primary care services to meet their Long term conditions or acute needs. Promote adherence to recovery plans for substance misuse and their primary care plans for existing conditions. Promote relapse prevention medication for post detox needs 4. Policy and Service Development. To support managers to develop effective pathways and audits Manage own pathways to support better delivery and SU outcomes for the patient 5. Financial Resources To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out clinical duties, and to adhere to departmental policy, including competence to use equipment. Support Spectrums SAVE cost improvement programme, working efficiently and effectively; alerting managers to potential cost savings 6. People Management and Development mentoring nurse associates, offering professional support to none qualified staff within the service. Willing to develop own skills and progress inline with service need. 7. Continuous Professional Development Participate in the induction all new nursing and health care support staff into the team. Supervise junior staff and learners in all areas of nursing practise and revalidation Responsible for own clinical supervision. To ensure compliance with NMC CPD requirements for successful revalidation Undertakes statutory and mandatory training in line with Spectrum policies. 8. Information Resources Keep contemporaneous notes on the digital service system and any other required system to support Data capture and safe note keeping for patient safety. 9. Research and Development Assist and participate with research department as requested and raise any potential research opportunities if available 10. Freedom to Act and Autonomy Act autonomously within NMC and Spectrums code of practice, manage own work load and work within lone working policy. Liaise with service manager to notify work plan