# Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist Drug and Alcohol Liaison Service > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-7-clinical-nurse-specialist-drug-and-alcohol-liaison-service/99191d4b-4dad-4ca9-b41e-f38d93a9185d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-7-clinical-nurse-specialist-drug-and-alcohol-liaison-service/99191d4b-4dad-4ca9-b41e-f38d93a9185d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Free Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 9 months (N/A) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-09T14:10:59.645Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Hepatology/Hepatology-v8326933 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8326933?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The purpose of this role is to work within a multidisciplinary team to provide an alcohol and drug assessment and treatment service as part of an alcohol care team, and to provide a nurse led assessment service to the liver transplant programme. The service works across The Royal Free and Barnet sites and is available 7 days a week. Post holders will work under the guidance and supervision of a Lead Nurse for Addictions (Lead Nurse Drug and Alcohol service) Working with patients who have been referred to the alcohol liaison service you will first assess and then provide evidence-based brief and extended brief interventions such as relapse prevention, motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy. Nurse prescribers will have the opportunity to develop their practice and the service as we look to set up a 7 day a week ambulatory alcohol detox service. All team members will be required to maintain good internal and external relationships, offering advice and expert opinion on patient management. You will provide teaching on your specialist area to teams across the hospital. You will design, implement and carry out research, audit and outcome measurement within the service and to analyse outcome data. ### Main duties of the job For main duties please refer to the Job Description The main duties are outlined in this document Please refer to this document ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable experience of substance misuse nursing - A significant period at Band 6, providing nursing management and support to patients with alcohol/drug problems - Experience of providing alcohol and/or drug liaison nursing within acute hospital setting - Significant mental health nursing experience **Desirable** - Hepatology experience - Experience of teaching and presenting to a multi disciplinary team ### Skills and aptitudes **Essential** - Evidence of working with a high degree of clinical autonomy - Excellent communication skills, both written and interpersonal - Excellent interpersonal skills - Ability to problem solve, prioritise workload and work towards deadlines - Ability to develop collaborative working relationship with different teams **Desirable** - Proven ability to write effective clinical reports - - Knowledge and experience of MI, brief interventions, CBT - Experience and skills in presenting and teaching ### Educational & Profressional **Essential** - 1 st level of registration RMN / RN Adult - Relevant 1st Degree or evidence of relevant post registration substance misuse education/qualification. - Master’s level education or willingness to work towards. - Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards **Desirable** - Mentoring & Teaching qualification - Relevant counselling courses ### Personal Qualites & Attributes **Essential** - Empathy - Clear understanding of professional boundaries - Proven IT- skills - Ability to work under pressure - Ability to be self directed but also participate as a team member **Desirable** - A willingness to work flexibility ## Documents - [fr (pdf, 95.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10683405) - [jd (pdf, 280.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672500) - [ps (pdf, 120.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672501) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.