Secondary Care Tobacco Dependency Advisor

Middlesbrough Voluntary Development Agency; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Middlesbrough Voluntary Development Agency is seeking a Secondary Care Tobacco Dependency Advisor to join the Treating Tobacco Dependency Service. This role focuses on supporting smoking cessation at University Hospital North Durham and Darlington Memorial Hospital.

The successful candidate will provide tailored support and advice, working alongside other healthcare professionals to help patients quit smoking and improve health outcomes.

If you are dedicated to addressing health inequalities and have experience in behavioral support, we encourage you to apply. Please note that this position is not open to sponsorship.

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Qualifications

• Is honest, hardworking, flexible, and compassionate.
• Passionate about reducing health inequalities.

Responsibilities

• Provide smoking cessation advice in acute settings.
• Work with the onsite tobacco treatment service.
• Support delivery of key performance indicators for tobacco dependency.

Skills

First class communication and engagement skills

Experience providing behavioral support

Ability to work in partnership with agencies

Knowledge of smoking prevalence

Job description

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Secondary Care Tobacco Dependency Advisor

Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) are recruiting for aSecondary Care Tobacco Dependency Advisor.

Part of Adult Wellbeing Services, the Treating Tobacco Dependency Service aims to address smoking prevalence and promote smoking cessation within secondary care settings across County Durham and Darlington. Working in University Hospital North Durham and Darlington Memorial Hospital the service provides patients with smoking cessation brief intervention advice and tailored support, including quit aids and encourages them to initially adhere to smoke free legislation while in hospital and ultimately to stop smoking when returning to their community.

We are looking to appoint someone who has attained the following attributes as a minimum:

• Is honest, hardworking, flexible and compassionate with a positive outlook and caring disposition
• Has first class communication and engagement skills to ensure success when working with clients in a variety of settings
• Has provided behavioural support and treatment in relation to tobacco smoking or an equivalent service
• Is able to work in partnership with a number of agencies and organisations, particularly in secondary care
• Is passionate about reducing health inequalities and has a good knowledge of smoking prevalence across County Durham and Darlington

The successful candidate will be based across County Durham and Darlington in Acute settings, working alongside other health care professionals. Occasional weekend work may be required and will be shared across the team. If you are passionate about addressing health inequalities, smoking cessation and want to help local people quit, we’d love to hear from you. This post is not open to sponsorship.

Closing date for applications: Sunday, 10th May 2026 at midnight.

Job Purpose:

• To have a primary focus on working in Acute settings and providing smoking cessation advice for patients at University Hospital North Durham and Darlington Memorial Hospital.
• To work with the onsite tobacco treatment service and specialist to provide behavioural support and treatment in relation to tobacco dependency.
• To support the day to day running of the onsite tobacco dependency service to ensure safe, well organised and evidenced based care is offered routinely to all identified smokers and provided to all that access the service. Provide support in a range of settings as required for the delivery of smoking cessation service.
• To support the delivery of the service key performance and reporting indicators for tobacco dependency.

Job Description:

• Organise own workload and work unsupervised in a busy team. Maintain a high standard of work and prioritise own workload according to the needs of the service, individual needs. including equality, diversity and social inclusion in all aspects of work.
• Take referrals, including self-referrals into the service and work with individuals to identify the most appropriate tobacco dependency treatment pathway.
• Identify and engage with individuals and groups from target areas.
• Support individuals to make informed choices about their health and wellbeing and support them in initiating and sustaining appropriate behavioral changes to improve their health.
• Record and report activities and results.
• Develop and sustain tobacco dependency support and referrals into the Local Community services.
• Travel is required within the designated service location, including occasional regional travel.
• The tobacco dependency service will operate seven days each week.

The closing date for this job is 10 May 2026 - 12:00am.