Band 5 Tobacco Dependence Specialist for Mental Health

West London NHS Trust; Southall; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a Tobacco Dependence Specialist to support smoking cessation efforts in a mental health context. This role involves delivering personalized interventions, promoting health events, and working with vulnerable populations. The ideal candidate will hold relevant qualifications and have experience in mental health services, with a passion for making a positive impact on community health.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering smoking cessation support.
• Experience of working in a mental health service.
• Ability to travel to various community locations.

Responsibilities

• Support smokers in making planned quit attempts.
• Deliver one-to-one and group treatments.
• Provide intensive psychological and social support.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Initiative and proactive work development

Ability to work sensitively with diverse backgrounds

Ability to develop therapeutic relationships

Education

Educated to degree level or equivalent

NCSCT Smoking Cessation Training Level 2

Qualification in Health Psychology or related subject

Tools

Knowledge of electronic patient database

Basic reporting and auditing skills

Job description

Band 5 Tobacco Dependence Specialist for Mental Health

The healthy Lifestyle Service sits within Long Term Conditions Department. The objectives of the department are to support those who suffer from long term conditions through the direct treatment of those conditions of the behaviours that cause or exacerbate those conditions. Within the Ealing Smokefree Service, we focus on delivering evidence-based smoking cessation (or harm reduction) interventions to reduce the impact that tobacco use has on an individual health outcomes. The successful candidate will help us achieve this objective by delivering evidence-based intervention to some of the most vulnerable people in the community and inpatient setting. The successful candidate will be expected to support in promotional activities such as representing the service and health and wellbeing events.

Main duties of the job

Support smokers who wish to make a planned quit attempt.

Support smokers who do not wish to quit during an inpatient stay, to manage temporary abstinence from tobacco.

Deliver one to one, drop in and group based treatment to patients and staff who smoke

Carry out a comprehensive assessment of a smoker's needs, including the severity of tobacco dependency, patient preference for treatment, assessment and recommendation for the use of stop smoking pharmacotherapies.

If authorised to administer NRT under the Trust's Patient Group Direction for NRT or following consultation with a prescriber, facilitate access to pharmacotherapy in line with Trust protocols.

Liaise with prescriber (ward, community, primary care) re potential interactions of stopping (and restarting smoking) and psychotropic medication.

Provide intensive psychological, behavioural and social support to assist the smoker

Understand the personal relevance of smoking in a mental health setting

Cope with cravings

Maximize motivation and commitment

Maximize mental health

Maximize physical health

In collaboration with the smoker and their primary nurse.

Supporting their care plan

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NCSCT Smoking Cessation Training in Level 2
• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification
• Experience of working in a mental health service
• Qualification in Health Psychology, Promotion, Counselling or related subject

Experience

• Experience in delivering smoking cessation support
• Working in the statutory or voluntary sector in health related work
• Working within outcome based environment
• Providing evidence based psychology interventions
• Working with mental health service users
• Experience of working in the statutory or voluntary sector

Knowledge

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Initiative and ability to be proactive in developing work
• Well organised, able to co- ordinate, prioritise and work to deadlines
• Ability to work sensitively with people from a wide range of backgrounds
• Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
• Knowledge of theoretical and practical approaches to smoking cessation and mental health
• Good IT skills, including use of electronic patient database
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
• Basic reporting and auditing experience
• Ability to support strategic planning and policy development
• Ability to effectively deliver and evaluate training
• Research, monitoring, evidence based evaluation of intervention

Other Requirements

• Ability to travel to different community locations across the London Borough of Ealing

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£35,763 to £43,466 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS