Community Alcohol Care Team Practitioner

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

This post is a Fixed Term/Secondment for 12 months due to funding.

This post is a Community Alcohol Care Team Practitioner providing specialist bespoke, intense care and support to change resistant drinkers, frequent hospital attenders and the more complex patients who have not engaged with other services to support them in the community settings of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB).

Community Alcohol Care Team practitioner providing nursing care to patients in the community setting.

To work in collaboration with the Mental Health, Clinical and Nursing staff across the Primary and Secondary care sectors in the provision of highly specialised care to patients with Alcohol Misuse.

To assist the Clinical Team in the delivery of any relevant aspect of patient care from diagnosis to discharge.

To provide assessment, advice, information and referral for individuals experiencing alcohol misuse problems from the general hospital setting.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We Live By Our Core Values

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Kyle Newton
Job title: Alcohol Care Team Lead
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 01685 728888