# Hospital Liaison Nurse

**Company**: Via
**Location**: Surbiton
**Salary**: £38401.00 to £44571.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Via is seeking a Hospital Liaison Nurse to join their Kingston service. As a Hospital Liaison Nurse, you will play a vital role in bridging acute healthcare services with specialist community addiction services. You will provide expert advice, advocate for safe, person-centred care, and support collaborative working practices with hospital teams and secondary care partners.

The role involves:

- Providing specialist nursing assessment, brief interventions, and care for patients with drug and/or alcohol-related health and social needs

- Developing person-centred discharge plans and direct referral pathways into community drug & alcohol services and partner agencies

- Holding a caseload to provide brief interventions, evidence-based low-level psychosocial support, and motivational interviewing

- Acting as a liaison between Via, secondary care partners, and partner agencies

- Identifying and responding to safeguarding concerns

- Maintaining accurate clinical records and contributing to service activity, data collection, and auditing

The ideal candidate will have:

- Current UK professional registration as a Registered Nurse (Adult)

- At least 2 years post-registration experience and 1 year's experience working within substance misuse treatment and/or alcohol-related illnesses

- Demonstrable clinical assessment skills, including risk assessment, withdrawal risk, and physical health assessments

- Knowledge of harm reduction approaches, BBV testing/vaccination pathways, naloxone, and overdose prevention best practice

- Ability to work autonomously and make clinical decisions

The salary range for this permanent, full-time role is £38,401.00 - £44,571.00 per annum, including London Weighting.

## Skills

### Required
- substance misuse treatment
- alcohol-related illnesses
- clinical assessment skills
- harm reduction approaches
- BBV testing/vaccination pathways
- naloxone
- overdose prevention best practice
- motivational interviewing

### Nice to have
- previous hospital liaison experience
- training in substance misuse specific interventions
- qualification in addictions/dual-diagnosis care

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