Stop Smoking Advisor

Leicester Bus Partnership; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Discounts on city buses and trains

Job summary

Leicester Bus Partnership is seeking a dedicated stop-smoking specialist to join the Acute CURE team across Leicester's hospital network. You will deliver behavioural change support and pharmacotherapy to inpatients with tobacco addiction, working across Glenfield Hospital, Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital.

You will manage a caseload, monitor progress, and refer clients to community services as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individuals to change behavior and adopt healthier habits.
• Completion of the NCSCT Knowledge and Skills Programme or willingness to complete within 1 month.
• Strong written and verbal communication with patients and health professionals.

Responsibilities

• Deliver behavioural change support and pharmacotherapy to inpatients with tobacco addiction.
• Manage a caseload and monitor progress, referring to related services as needed.
• Plan and run treatment sessions using motivational interviewing techniques.

Skills

Behaviour change support

Motivational interviewing

Pharmacotherapy knowledge

Active listening

IT literacy

Education

NCSCT Knowledge and Skills Programme

Tools

Client record management systems

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Job reference REQ8612 Date posted 16/10/2026 Application closing date 26/10/2026 Location Various locations across Leicester City Salary £29,542 - £32,046 Per Year Package Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement):£43,249 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Public Health Attachments Job Description A0627 N.pdf

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Make a difference to the citizens of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland with their health and wellbeing,

Join us to deliver the stop smoking service with a key focus on delivering a secondary care treatment programme for tobacco addiction.

The CURE Project across UHL is part of the NHS Long Term Plan, working to prevent illnesses that develop because of smoking. The CURE project uses a systematic approach to identify all smokers admitted to hospital, provide them with appropriate pharmacotherapy and behavioural support and then referral to onward care from stop smoking support in the community.

We have a full-time, permanent contract position working 37 hours per week. You’ll be able to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends by agreement, to provide sessions to meet service user needs. You’ll work across the 3 hospital sites – Glenfield Hospital, Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital.

What you’ll be doing

As a key part of the Acute CURE team, you’ll work predominantly in hospital wards to offer behavioural change support and pharmacotherapy to inpatients who have a tobacco addiction. You’ll manage a caseload of clients and monitor their progress, as well as make further referrals to other services to support clients to enhance their health and wellbeing. This will include planning and delivering treatment sessions, using motivational interviewing techniques, and providing clients with tools to help them with stopping smoking.

What you’ll need

With previous experience of supporting individuals to change their behaviour and helping them to facilitate these changes, you’ll understand the impact of smoking on an individual’s health. You’ll have completed the NCSCT (National Centre for Smoking Cessation & Training) Knowledge and Skills programme OR be willing to complete this within 1 month of commencement in the post. Using excellent verbal and written communication skills, you’ll be able to listen actively, provide clear explanations and clinical advice to patients and health professionals. You’ll be able to engage, influence and persuade others, whilst motivating them to make a change and stop smoking. As a proficient IT user, you’ll be able to confidently maintain accurate records on the client record management systems. Self -motivated, enthusiastic, and compassionate, you’ll be dedicated to the stop smoking agenda to achieve the best outcomes.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose fromseveralflexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator .

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page .