Alcohol Specialist Nurse | Mersey and West Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Alcohol Specialist Nurse | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Employer: St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Location: Southport, PR8 6PN

Pay:

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours:

Disability Confident: Yes

Closing Date: 20/03/2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse to join the Alcohol Care Team –7-day service, within Southport Hospital.

We are looking for a motivated Band 6 individual who can demonstrate a commitment to the provision of high-quality patient-centred care.

To be successful, the post holder will need substantial experience of working in acute care.

Working with this complex patient group will require good clinical skills and a positive and caring attitude.

Evidence of working autonomously is essential.

This is an exciting and rewarding post for the right person and you are encouraged to arrange an informal visit with the Hospital Alcohol Lead.

Provide programmes of extended brief interventions to patients drinking at increasing or high risk, whilst demonstrating the ability to establish a therapeutic relationship with the patient, carers and families

Effectively manage own caseload with the supervision of the lead nurse.

Promote the screening of patients attending the A&E or admitted to hospital for alcohol related ill health.

Use validated screening tools to identify levels of health risk in relation to patients' alcohol use and to identify levels of dependency and treatment plan require.

Complete comprehensive assessments, provide treatment plans and liaise with all partnership agencies in and out of the Southport area.

Management of patients requiring Medically assisted alcohol withdrawal support

Support the lead nurse in delivering staff education programmes, providing ongoing advice and supervision to other health care professionals.

The ASN will accept referrals from other Health Care Professionals, and following a period of supervision/induction using a competency framework will be able to work unsupervised and manage their own work-load/clinics, with regular supervision from the Lead Nurse and Lead Consultant.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:
Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire.

Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation.

We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Provide programmes of extended brief interventions to patients drinking at increasing or high risk and to effectively manage own caseload with the supervision of the lead nurse.

Promote the screening of patients attending the A&E or admitted to hospital for alcohol related ill health.

Use validated screening tools to identify levels of health risk in relation to patients’ alcohol use and to identify levels of dependency and treatment plan required.

Provide a timely response to referrals in keeping with Key Performance Indicators (KPI).

Ensure interventions undertaken are evidence based, in line with best practice and following guidelines and pathways.

Provide a visible clinical profile around the hospital,…