Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse to join the Alcohol Care Team (ACT) at the Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust. This post has been created to assist with the continuation of the pilot project within the Emergency Department (ED). We are looking for an enthusiastic nurse/practitioner with a passion for working with patients with alcohol related conditions. This is a fixed term post/secondment opportunity until the st of March with the hope that further funding will be secured for continued support in the ED.
The ACT currently operates a day service from am to pm covering all sites (John Radcliffe, Churchill, NOC and the Horton).Our team has been developed to improve the treatment of alcohol withdrawal, reduce alcohol related presentations and facilitate referrals to community alcohol services. The project is focused on offering timely and effective interventions to patients presenting to the ED. A very important part of this project is data collection to develop an evidence base for continued ACT support to this cohort of patients. The role will include cross site travelling in order to cover the needs of the service. We would like to encourage applicants from qualified nurses who like to develop a career within this speciality as well as those who have previous experience in substance misuse.
Main duties of the job
1. To work alongside ACT colleagues in the continuation of the delivery of the ED project
2. Complete timely and efficient data collection in regards to proposed metrics set out for the project
3. Ensure that patients are screened and identified as drinking at harmful or hazardous levels and deliver specialist advice regarding safe reduction, relief pattern drinking and harm minimisation advice
4. Facilitate onward referrals to primary care and community drug and alcohol services
5. Work in conjunction with ED colleagues to assess patients and formulate safe discharge plans/re-divert to more appropriate community based services
6. Provide specialist advice, guidance and education to all members of the multidisciplinary team. This will include delivering a specialist teaching package to ED staff
7. Work within current clinical guidelines regarding the protocol for alcohol withdrawal
8. Identify the education and training needs of various staff groups and disciplines within the trust
9. Help in the undertaking of clinical audits relevant to the area of expertise
10. To record all activity pertaining to clinical contact, audit and training as per the ACT requirements, and to facilitate the meeting of key targets around reduction of length of stay, inappropriate admissions, frequent attendances, onward successful referral into treatment and successful completion of detoxification
11. Flexibility with the travel will be required as cross site cover will be needed during the working week
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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