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Alcohol Health Care Coach
The closing date is 07 July 2025
We are seeking a compassionate, knowledgeable, and motivated Alcohol Health Coach to support individuals in reducing or eliminating their alcohol use and improving their overall well-being. In this role, you will provide personalised coaching, education, and accountability to clients through one-on-one interactions. You will help individuals set realistic goals, develop coping mechanisms, and navigate the emotional, behavioural, and social aspects of alcohol use.
The ideal candidate is passionate about helping others achieve sustainable lifestyle changes. This position requires excellent communication skills, empathy, and a non-judgmental approach to behaviour change.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
* Provide opportunistic alcohol screening of individuals in the hospital environment.
* Conduct one-on-one coaching sessions to support clients in reducing or quitting alcohol use.
* Educate clients on the physical, mental, and social effects of alcohol and the benefits of reducing consumption.
* Use motivational interviewing and other behaviour change techniques to foster self-awareness and accountability.
* Maintain accurate and confidential patient records.
* Escalate concerns to nursing staff about individuals you are worried about.
* Promote a non-judgmental, empathetic, and inclusive environment for all clients.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost-effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job responsibilities
* Using validated alcohol screening tools to assess patients in emergency and inpatient care settings.
* Provide personalised coaching, education, and accountability to individuals identified with higher risk levels of alcohol consumption through one-on-one interactions.
* Help individuals set realistic goals, develop coping mechanisms, and navigate the emotional, behavioural, and social aspects of higher risk alcohol use.
* Understand healthy living options and behaviours for individuals, in their context.
* Help individuals to develop and action plan to change alcohol behaviours and sustain those behaviours, leading to more healthy choices and actions.
* Report concerns about individuals and those whose needs cannot be met by the Alcohol Health Coach to nursing staff as appropriate.
* Help individuals to access relevant local services.
* Refer to relevant health trainers when appropriate.
* Refer to Alcohol Specialist Nurses when relevant.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Level 2 or equivalent in English and Maths
* Certificate/Professional qualification in a related area
Experience
* Previous experience in a community or voluntary sector
* Experience of being active in a team or group
* Experience of working with local community groups in some capacity
* Experience of working with BME and migrant communities.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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