Equity Healthcare Assistant and Smoking Cessation Adviser

The Alliance; Horley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK seeks a post-holder to join their clinical team, providing outreach health services to Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Candidates should have experience in health promotion and be capable of delivering smoking cessation support and vaccinations. This role emphasizes collaboration and person-centered care in diverse settings.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering health promotion interventions.
• Ability to support smoking cessation and vaccination clinics.
• Experience working with underserved communities.

Responsibilities

• Provide health promotion interventions in various settings.
• Deliver smoking cessation support and education.
• Assist in vaccination clinics and health checks.
• Support access to primary care services.
• Collaborate with healthcare teams for inclusive care.

Job description

Role Overview

The post-holder will form part of ABC’s RASS and Equity clinical team, delivering outreach healthcare to communities experiencing barriers to accessing mainstream services. They will support the delivery of health checks, smoking cessation support, vaccinations and MECC-based health promotion in both community and hotel settings used for Refugee and Asylum Seeker accommodation. Working under the supervision of the Lead Nurse and following agreed clinical protocols, the post holder will

Responsibilities

• Provide opportunistic and planned health promotion interventions.
• Deliver smoking cessation support and education.
• Assist in the delivery of vaccination clinics and pop-up health checks.
• Support individuals to access and engage with primary care.
• Contribute to ABC’s wider inclusion and prevention work through collaborative, person-centred care.

You may be required to undertake all or some of these duties depending on service needs. Full training and supervision will be provided.

Our Refugee and Asylum Seeker Service (RASS)

Our Refugee and Asylum Seeker Service (RASS) provides trauma‑informed healthcare in hotels across Surrey and Sussex. The clinical team includes experienced GPs, nurses and paramedics who provide on‑site urgent care, health checks, vaccinations, wound care and women’s health sessions. The team works closely with local primary care and public health partners to ensure continuity of care and improved access to NHS services for people who have newly arrived in the UK.

About Alliance for Better Care CIC

Alliance for Better Care (ABC) is a GP Federation uniting 77 NHS GP member practices across 98 sites within 24 Primary Care Networks in Sussex and Surrey. We support our Primary Care colleagues – and their patients – to transform how healthcare is delivered in their communities. We work closely with GP practices, PCNs, hospitals, community organisations, and the third sector. These vital partnerships enable us to deliver a truly integrated approach that offers the support and expertise needed to effectively serve our populations.