NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
Axess Drug and Alcohol Practitioner
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The overall aim of this role is to empower vulnerable groups within local communities to make positive choices regarding substance use including alcohol, that negatively impacts on sexual health and relationships. Focus on reducing the incidence of; sexually transmitted infections, unintended pregnancies including teenage pregnancies, the transmission and late diagnosis of HIV are also core components.
Previous experience of working with people in addiction is essential.
The principal target groups that axess Sexual Health outreach provides services to are:
- Commercial Sex Workers
- Homeless Clients
- Drug Users
- Men who have sex with men
- BMEA communities
- Students and young people
The Post Holder Will
- Support service users to provide information and advice in relation to substance misuse which has an increased impact on risk of HIV and STI transmission.
- Improve access and signpost to appropriate services for clients with substance misuse issues.
- Provide health promotion and risk reduction around substance misuse.
- Work within a defined SOP to see clients in a sexual health setting for time limited 1:1 work specifically around risk reduction and behaviour change.
- Work with Outreach teams for targeted local work within axess areas and ensure robust pathways in/out of specialist in-reach clinics.
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The post holder will also be required to work as an accountable practitioner working on their own in community settings, making decisions according to policy and protocol. Hours of work will be flexible to include evening and weekends across the axess regional footprint as required.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
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Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Chris Higgins
- Job title: Senior Sexual Health Outreach Practitioner
- Email address: chris.higgins@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07736857850
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