Job summary
- Main area
- ACTS
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 12 months (this 12 month fixed term contract has been agreed by Hayley Roberts GM & Jeanette Beach management accountant)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-ME03455
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poole Hospital
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pa/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Assertive Outreach Alcohol Worker
Band 4
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a compassionate and dedicated Assertive Outreach Alcohol Worker to join our dynamic Addiction Care & Treatment Services at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) on a fixed term 12-month contract.
The successful candidate will work autonomously in the community. In addition to an excellent Assertive Outreach Alcohol Worker peer support forum, you will also receive quality supervision and support from the lead addiction nurse of the service.
The aim of this innovative approach to patient care is to provide intensive support to those patients who frequently attend hospital as a consequence of their problematic use of alcohol, with the goal of reducing emergency department admissions and non-planned admissions.
In addition to supporting people with their use of alcohol the successful candidate will focus on helping with non-medical factors including, housing instability, social isolation, loneliness, deprivation, as well as poor physical and mental health. Interventions will be determined by the addiction recovery and social re-integration needs of individual patients and their carers.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual eager for a challenge and keen to expand their skills and knowledge in this specialist field. UHD recognises the need for a quality patient focused service so training will be provided for the right candidate.
Base Location Poole but in the community
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Satisfactory English skills, both written and oral.
- Ability to engage challenging and/or acutely distressed service users
- Demonstrate flexible approach to care.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of mental health disorders as well as their relationship to physical disorders, or vice versa
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 3 or a willingness and ability to undertake.
- English and Maths to GCSE or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- To hold or to be working towards a foundation degree in health and social care or equivalent qualification.
- Academic qualification in substance misuse
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people with alcohol/substance misuse difficulties.
- Dealing with a challenging workload
- Ability to work under pressure
- Experience of working autonomously
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of counselling skills / cognitive behavioural skills, psychosocial interventions
Personal
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated
- Hold a full driving licence with access to own transport
- Exercise initiative, flexibility and tact
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Katie Ballard
- Job title
- Lead Nurse - Assertive Outreach Alcohol Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 2871
- Additional information
If you believe you have the skills and experience to fulfil this role, Informal enquires are encouraged on the contact below:
Katie Ballard Lead Nurse - Assertive Outreach Alcohol Team 0300 019 2871
Informal enquiries are actively encouraged to [email protected]
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