COSTED Project Facilitator

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in London is seeking a Stop Smoking Advisor to oversee the delivery of the CoSTED Project. The role involves working closely with the Emergency Department and community services to provide support to smokers. Key responsibilities include engaging with patients, managing data for the intervention, and developing resources to aid in quitting smoking. Strong communication skills and prior experience as a trained stop smoking advisor are essential for this post.

Qualifications

• Must have strong communication and partnership skills.
• Experience as a trained stop smoking advisor is essential.
• Ability to engage with patients and facilitate behavioral change.

Responsibilities

• Active member of the Stop Smoking Team liaising with the Emergency Department.
• Manage and analyze the COSTED intervention project.
• Ensure accurate and timely data entry for the intervention.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Partnership skills

Experience as a trained stop smoking advisor

Job description

Overview

This exciting new post will deliver the CoSTED Project at UHL and QE hospitals. The project provides free e-cigarettes to smokers whilst they wait in the Emergency Department. The role will oversee the delivery of the project under the guidance of the Stop Smoking Team Lead and will work with band 4 colleagues to set up, run, and analyse the project on a day-to-day. Having strong communication and partnership skills and experience, as well as being a trained stop smoking advisor, are vital for this post.

Responsibilities

• Be an active member of the LGT's Stop Smoking Team, working in close liaison with the LGT's Emergency Department Team
• Act as a point of contact dealing with queries from stakeholders regarding COSTED implementation
• Understand patient numbers and trends for A&E attendances and delivering the COSTED intervention at location(s) and times agreed with the Emergency Department
• Engage with patients attending the A&E, identifying current smokers and applying behavioural change techniques to motivate them to take up the COSTED intervention
• Work collaboratively with Public Health colleagues and providers of community stop smoking services, ensuring optimal support pathways for smokers who are willing to quit smoking
• Be responsible for accurate and timely data entry onto the required system including baseline data and follow-up data at 4 weeks, 3 and 6 months, and assisting in the preparation and submission of reports
• Be responsible for liaising with the provider of vape starter kits, ensuring correct data entries on the order platform and clear communication with participants in terms of accessing top-up e-liquid for vaping
• Develop stop smoking resources and materials including written patient information as required and use existing appropriate resources to inform participants according to individually assessed needs
• Manage a caseload of participants for the COSTED intervention independently

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds, identified as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of Trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations