Outreach Community Stop Smoking Advisor

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in the UK is looking for an Outreach Community Stop Smoking Advisor to support clients in quitting smoking. The role involves developing personalized support plans, providing continuous behavioral support, and engaging in community activities. The ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills, IT competency, and relevant health-related qualifications. This position offers a salary between £24,937 and £26,598 per annum, reflecting a passion for improving public health.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to support individuals in quitting smoking.
• Experience in handling sensitive data with confidentiality.
• Ability to develop individualized quit plans.

Responsibilities

• Support clients to stop smoking with personalized support.
• Develop and implement behavioral quit plans over a 12-week period.
• Engage in community activities to promote smoking cessation services.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

IT skills

Motivational skills

Education

NVQ3 / Foundation degree / Higher National Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Outreach Community Stop Smoking Advisor

Closing date: 18 December 2025

We are looking for a passionate person to join our highly skilled team delivering stop smoking support in the Darlington Stop Smoking Service.

The right candidate will have excellent communication skills, be a people person and a genuine interest in supporting people to quit smoking. The role requires people who are organised, self‑starters who can work autonomously and flexibly.

You will need good IT skills and will work with a variety of systems within your day to day work.

You will also be expected to undertake mandatory and role specific training within a specified timescale.

Main duties of the job

Join us in making a real difference to the health and wellbeing of people across Darlington. In this role, you’ll recruit and support clients on their journey to becoming smoke‑free, creating personalised stop smoking plans that include tailored medication or vape support, in line with local authority targets.

You’ll work directly with individuals to treat tobacco dependency and promote harm reduction, carrying out client assessments, delivering evidence‑based advice, and running regular support sessions. This will involve administering stop smoking treatments, following trusted clinical guidelines, and engaging with clients face‑to‑face across a range of community settings in Darlington.

Together with your clients, you’ll develop individualised support plans based on each person’s unique needs, helping them stay motivated and confident throughout their quit journey. You’ll manage your own caseload of clients, guiding them every step of the way and tracking their progress.

Beyond one‑to‑one support, you’ll play an active role in community engagement, working within GP practices, local hubs, and other community spaces to raise awareness and connect people with the help they need.

About us

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce all certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre‑employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites – Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester‑Le‑Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients’ homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and BAME candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under‑represented.

Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

For the most up‑to‑date information on visa requirements and eligibility, please check online to determine whether you can apply.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for supporting clients within Darlington to stop smoking through the provision of behavioural support and access to appropriate medication or quit aids.

They will develop and implement individualised quit plans, providing continuous support to clients over a 12‑week period through a combination of face‑to‑face, virtual, and telephone‑based sessions.

The post holder will also be responsible for requesting and coordinating the supply of medication or quit aids to assist clients in maintaining abstinence, ensuring all interventions are delivered in line with recognised protocols and best practice guidelines.

In addition, the post holder will participate in community engagement activities across Darlington to promote smoking cessation services, raise awareness of tobacco harm reduction, and encourage individuals to access available support.

Person Specification

Special Requirements

• Able to travel across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post
• Flexibility including evening and/or weekend work
• Knowledge of health and lifestyle issues relating to adults (gained through practical experience and/or a health‑related qualification).
• Skills to listen, influence, negotiate and motivate individuals in relation to health‑related behaviours.
• Ability to handle sensitive data with confidentiality
• Good communication, interpersonal and listening skills
• Good sound IT skills with experience in a range of Office packages
• Ability to act upon own initiative, respond to changing situations with good organisational and time‑management skills
• Be supportive and encouraging to people, offering advice and motivation in a non‑judgemental manner
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Experience of working in a partnership or with partners
• Experience of evaluating projects or services, using a range of techniques.
• An awareness of behaviour change models.
• Ability to collate information and prepare reports.
• Sympathetic, pleasant manner with the ability to negotiate behaviour changes with a wide range of people at all levels
• Able to deliver factual information using reassurance, tact and empathy

Qualifications

• Educated to at least NVQ3 / Foundation degree / Higher National Diploma or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of the drivers of ill health
• Knowledge of tobacco treatment services
• Level 2 smoking cessation training

Experience

• Experience of working with people including communicating information effectively
• Experience of community engagement activities
• Experience of working within a healthcare setting
• Experience working with people in a behaviour change context

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.

Employer name

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum/pro rata