Community Tobacco Dependence Advisor

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Erith; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Erith is hiring for a role in the Smokefree Team, focusing on delivering tobacco dependence treatment. The successful candidate will engage with patients and support their journey to quit smoking, contributing to public health goals. In addition to treatment responsibilities, there will be opportunities for professional development and engagement with diverse communities. Experience in healthcare and a compassionate approach are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering tobacco dependence treatment.
• Ability to work with diverse communities.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver tobacco dependence treatment to referred patients.
• Engage with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Support service evaluation and improvements.

Skills

Engagement with stakeholders

Organizational skills

Knowledge of tobacco dependence treatments

Compassionate care

Education

Relevant healthcare qualification

Job description

Overview

We welcome applications for candidates who want to work as part of the Smokefree Team at South London and Maudsley. The advertised role is based at The Pier Road Project, a community drug and alcohol advice and treatment service for adults living in the London Borough of Bexley. This role provides an exciting, new development opportunity to support people who are accessing treatment via The Pier Road Project and who are identified as tobacco dependent, to cut down and quit smoking. This is a new service, and there is scope for the successful candidate to help shape and inform how to provide the best route to care for people that are referred.

Career progression and development opportunities

We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to senior clinical posts, education and training, and clinical research. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in addictions and tobacco dependence.

Role responsibilities

• The primary role of the successful candidate will be to deliver tobacco dependence treatment to people who are referred. This will include face-to-face appointments (in clinic at The Pier Road Project, and potentially home visits or visits in the community), as well as telephone consultations. Treatment will include Nicotine Replacement Therapies (NRT), Vapes, and stop smoking medications (cytisine and varenicline), as well as frequent opportunities for motivational and behavioural support.
• All treatment and engagement will need to be recorded, and the successful candidate will participate and contribute to frequent data review / audit, to inform further development of this new service and be able to provide assurance to the Local Authority who are funding this work.
• The role will lend itself to applicants who are enthusiastic, hardworking, practical, organised, and who can employ pragmatism when required; which, will help them to be able to deliver the best-possible care for the communities we serve.

Service Development

• Contribute to the implementation and success of SLaM's Smokefree Policy and strategic goals to reduce smoking.
• Collect and manage service data to support evaluation and improvement.
• Act as a resource for staff, offering guidance and signposting where needed.
• Support research initiatives and help recruit participants for smokefree-related studies.

Leadership and Supervision

• Serve as a role model and ambassador for the Smokefree Programme.
• Share best practices and attend regular supervision and training.
• Support the development of colleagues and promote smoking cessation training.

Communication

• Engage regularly with a wide range of stakeholders including patients, carers, nursing and medical staff, service managers, and researchers.
• Maintain clear, respectful, and inclusive communication across all interactions.

Personal and Professional Development

• Stay up to date with the latest evidence and innovations in tobacco dependence treatment.
• Participate in training, supervision, and professional networks.
• Uphold ethical standards and respect the diverse backgrounds of patients and staff.

Accessibility and Inclusion

We welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and accessibility needs. The role involves travel across sites and flexible working, and we are committed to making reasonable adjustments to support all applicants and employees.

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by: - Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice - Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment - We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note: - That all applications for this post will need to be made online - Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria - The closing date listed is a guide only and the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible - That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs - That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful - That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees - That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process - That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion. South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond. We are committed to high-quality, specialist care and are rated "good" by the Care Quality Commission. We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 and our quality management system methodology to improve patient care, outcomes and staff experience. We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental illness. We are a Disability Confident Employer and promote equality, diversity and inclusion. Our values are caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listening, and delivering what we commit to.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.