Smoking Cessation Practitioner

Uhmb; Lancaster; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Stop Smoking Practitioner (0.8 WTE) based at Royal Lancaster Infirmary to join the 7-day Treating Tobacco Dependency Service. You will support patients to stop smoking through behavioural support and specialist advice.

Working with the Respiratory team and other inpatient specialties, you will deliver person-centred care, receive supervision, and contribute to service development. Travel across sites may be required.

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent).
• NVQ/Diploma Level 3 in Health Care or equivalent relevant experience
• NCSCT Level 2 Training or willingness to undertake within 3 months
• Experience working in a health or caring setting
• Experience providing healthcare, healthcare advice or health improvement advice
• Experience assessing, planning and reviewing care needs
• Experience providing behavioural support or counselling
• Experience working in a health improvement field

Responsibilities

• Assess and deliver specialist stop smoking advice to patients.
• Provide personalised behavioural support and referrals into community services.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes and reduce smoking-related harm.
• Receive supervision and annual appraisal.
• Travel across Trust sites as needed.

Skills

GCSE Maths

GCSE English

NVQ/Diploma Level 3

NCSCT Level 2

Health care experience

Health advice knowledge

Care needs assessment

Behavioural support

Health inequality awareness

Education

GCSE Maths

GCSE English

NVQ/Diploma Level 3 in Health Care

NCSCT Level 2 Training

Job description

Main area Smoking Cessation Practitioner Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract 33 months (Fixed term for 2 years 9 months / to 31st March 2029 (whichever soonest)).

Hours

• Full time
• Part time

30 hours per week (Working pattern to be agreed, with flexibility required to support development of extended and 7-day service provision.) Job ref 331-8292069-UHMB

Site Royal Lancaster Infirmary Town Lancaster Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/10/2026 23:59

''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

Job overview

Band 4 | 0.8 WTE (30 hours per week) | Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) Based | 7-Day Working

Are you passionate about tackling health inequalities and helping people live healthier lives?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Stop Smoking Practitioner (0.8 WTE) based at Royal Lancaster Infirmary, working as part of our 7-day Treating Tobacco Dependency Service.

You’ll support patients to stop smoking through personalised behavioural support, specialist advice and referral into ongoing community services. Working alongside multidisciplinary teams, you’ll play a vital role in improving patient outcomes and reducing smoking-related harm across Morecambe Bay.

If you’re a motivated individual with excellent communication skills and a passion for health improvement, we’d love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The Inpatient Stop Smoking Practitioner role will be working with support from the Respiratory team and across all inpatient specialities, assessing and delivering specialist stop smoking advice. The post holder will receive formal supervision and annual appraisal to support development in the post.

In-service training is provided and training opportunities offered relevant to the post.

The role will be key to the development of current projects focused on empowering people to understand and manage their own health and wellbeing effectively, by delivering person centred care and ensuring our service meets the needs of our patients.

We are a welcoming, close and supportive team who are enthusiastic regarding our work and delivering high level quality patient care.

There may be some travel required cross bay to support the other sites.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person specification

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)
• NVQ/Diploma Level 3 in Health Care or equivalent relevant experience
• NCSCT Level 2 Training or willingness to undertake within 3 months
• Experience working in a health or caring setting
• Experience providing healthcare, healthcare advice or health improvement advice
• Experience assessing, planning and reviewing care needs
• Experience providing behavioural support or counselling
• Experience working in a health improvement field

Other

• Ability to travel across Trust sites
• Flexible approach to service needs

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and manage workload
• Good knowledge of evidence-based stop smoking practice
• Experience using clinical systems
• Understanding of health promotion and health inequalities

PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.

Internal only posts are only open to employees of UHMBT and this does not include employees of OneLSC working in our hospitals.

The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be EffortlesslyInclusive .

The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.

We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.

The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert

If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, there is a charge of £41.00 for Enhanced and £20.00 for Standard & Basic clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.

Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 4 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.

We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us atUHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle into your new role including: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this link https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding .

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.