Band 4 Tobacco Dependency Advisor - Community

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Highgate; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider is seeking a dedicated individual to join their Tobacco Dependency Service, providing behavioural support for community service users aiming to quit smoking. The role includes delivering evidence-based interventions and supporting a smokefree culture within services. Ideal candidates will have experience with tobacco dependency and understanding of relevant health legislation. The position requires travel within designated areas and offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on community health.

Qualifications

• Experience with evidence-based tobacco dependency interventions.
• Understanding of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act legislation.
• Ability to maintain professional development and training.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a stop smoking service providing 1:1 and group interventions.
• Identify smoking status of service users within CMHT teams.
• Support service users recently discharged from inpatient settings.

Job description

Overview

The principal role of the post holder will be to work with the Trust's Tobacco Dependency Service team and Tobacco Dependency Project Lead to provide behavioural support and treatment in relation to tobacco smoking for our community service users.

They will support the day to day running of the Community Tobacco Dependency Service to ensure safe, well organised and evidenced based care is offered routinely to all identified smokers and provided to all that access the service. This will include an understanding of working with service users subject to the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act legislation.

They will support community teams to develop a smokefree culture and to adhere to the Trust wide Smokefree policy, by supporting staff with smoking related issues, providing tobacco dependency related resources and signposting patients and staff to appropriate information and services alongside promoting training.

They will support the delivery of the service key performance and reporting indicators for tobacco dependency, recording and reporting activities and results contributing to achieving all performance indicators, essential standards, and quality outcomes.

Travel is required within the designated service location, including regional travel. The Tobacco Treatment Service will operate five days a week.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an evidence-based stop smoking service by providing 1:1 and group tobacco dependency interventions.
• Work in recognised processes to allow staff and service users to access evidence-based tobacco dependency interventions and record results.
• Systematically identify the smoking status of all service users within CMHT teams.
• Systematically offer advice, pharmacotherapy, and behavioural support to all current smokers.
• Work with partners to ensure continuity of tobacco dependency support.
• Foster a culture whereby all service users are offered the opportunity to stop smoking and receive support to achieve a quit status.
• Maintain ongoing professional development and stay up to date with required training.
• Liaise with the service lead to support service users who have recently discharged from inpatient settings to quit.
• Ensure service users have access to psychological and pharmacological support to help them cope with tobacco dependence.
• Act as a subject matter resource, advising services on the most appropriate support for their service users based on knowledge of local stop smoking provision.

Note: This description includes context about the Trust and its services to provide a full picture of the role within the organization.