Tobacco Dependency Advisornhs Afc: Band 4

Bradford District Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Aberford; Vor Ort; GBP 24.000 - 32.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible working

Mileage rate increase

Health and wellbeing support

Learning opportunities

Zusammenfassung

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated Tobacco Dependency Advisor to join our Community Mental Health Teams. You will deliver one-to-one tobacco dependency assessments, develop personalised care plans and support people to access nicotine replacement therapies and stop smoking medications.

This role focuses on behavioural support, harm reduction and making every contact count within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifikationen

• GCSE English and Maths at grade C or above.
• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
• Smoking Cessation Training Level 2 or willingness to undertake.

Aufgaben

• Deliver one-to-one tobacco dependency assessments and behavioural support.
• Develop personalised care plans and contribute to multidisciplinary care planning.
• Support access to nicotine replacement therapy and stop smoking medications.
• Provide advice on tobacco dependency and cessation options.
• Promote healthy lifestyles and support care transitions between services.
• Monitor outcomes and maintain records.
• Act as a champion for smoke-free mental health services.

Kenntnisse

Tobacco cessation

Communication skills

Behaviour change

Teamwork

Ausbildung

GCSE English & Maths

NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care

Smoking Cessation Training Level 2

Jobbeschreibung

Job overview

Help improve the physical health of people living with severe mental illness

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated and compassionate Tobacco Dependency Advisor to join our Community Mental Health Teams.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing physical health programme focused on tackling one of the biggest causes of health inequalities for people living with severe mental illness. Smoking rates remain significantly higher among people accessing mental health services, contributing to poorer physical health and reduced life expectancy. As a Tobacco Dependency Advisor, you will play a key role in helping people make positive changes that improve both their physical and mental wellbeing.

Working as an integrated member of a Community Mental Health Team, you will provide evidence-based tobacco dependency treatment and behavioural support, helping people reduce or stop smoking through personalised interventions, harm reduction approaches and ongoing encouragement. You will work closely with nurses, social workers, psychologists, occupational therapists, pharmacy staff, peer support workers and medical colleagues to embed physical health improvement within routine mental healthcare.

Closing Date: 1st November 2026

Shortlisting Date: w/c 2nd November 2026

Interview Date: Likely to be mid-end November 2026

Main duties of the job

What you'll do

• Deliver one-to-one tobacco dependency assessments and behavioural support.
• Develop personalised care plans and contribute to multidisciplinary care planning.
• Support people to access nicotine replacement therapy, stop smoking medications and harm reduction interventions.
• Provide advice on tobacco dependency, vaping and smoking cessation options.
• Promote healthy lifestyles and utilise a Making Every Contact Count approach.
  Support seamless transfer of care between mental health, primary care and community stop smoking services.
• Monitor outcomes, maintain accurate records and contribute to service evaluation and improvement.
• Act as a champion for smoke-free mental health services.

About You

You will be someone who:

• Is passionate about improving physical health outcomes and reducing health inequalities.
• Enjoys working directly with people to support behaviour change.
• Can build trusting relationships and have sensitive conversations with empathy and compassion.
• Works well both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Has experience working within health, social care, community or mental health services.
• Has strong communication, organisational and digital skills.
• Holds, or is willing to undertake, Smoking Cessation Practitioner training

Working for our organisation

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 4500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Monitoring and Administrative Duties

• Maintain accurate, confidential patient and staff records in line with Trust policies and Information Governance (IG) standards.
• Take and record carbon monoxide readings, and document smoking status and treatments in patient records.
• Respond to referrals in a timely manner, follow up with patients who miss appointments, and track outcomes for evaluation.
• Assist with training coordination, service monitoring, and data collection to support audit and performance reviews.
• Work collaboratively with inpatient, primary care, pharmacies and community stop-smoking services to ensure continuity of care.
• Contribute to the creation and dissemination of promotional materials and support resources, in collaboration with the communications team.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a Trust-wide transformation focused on preventative care and public health innovation.
• Receive full training and ongoing support to develop your role.
• Help shape a smoke-free future and directly contribute to the NHS Long Term Plan.
• Work within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment that values your input and passion.

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.

Right to Work in the UK

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.

Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust’s eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.

As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) grade C or above in English and Maths.
• NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent).
• Smoking Cessation Training Level 2 or willing to undertake (NCSCT training)

Desirable criteria

• Specific training in health promotion interventions.
• Qualification and/or experience in delivering behavioural change / motivational interventions

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience of working in mental health settings.
• Ability to cope under pressure with high levels of concentration
• Experience in engaging stakeholders, even in challenging circumstances

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in the NHS in the community or hospital setting.
• An understanding of physical health in mental health
• Experience of providing help, support and/or counselling on a one to one or group basis.
• Ability to use carbon monoxide monitors

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Computer literate, experience of using Microsoft Office software.
• Knowledge of evidence-based smoking cessation initiatives.
• Ability to conduct highly sensitive and complex conversations in a non -judgmental manner.
• Good knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice in smoking cessation, the consequences of smoking and the benefits of quitting.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of using clinical systems
• Understanding of audit and evaluation
• Knowledge of principles of health promotion and issues of health inequality
• Ability to communicate effectively, using interpreters as required

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.

In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.

Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.

The Trust’s purpose is to create connected communities and help people to feel as healthy as they can be at every point in their lives and our vision is to connect people to the best quality care, when and where they need it and be a national role model as an employer and provide our staff with the best place to work.

Bradford has been awarded the coveted status of UK City of Culture 2025. The year is set to deliver more than 1000 new performances and events including 365 artist commissions, a series of major arts festivals as well as exciting national and international collaborations. Its themes will be rooted in the unique heritage and character of Bradford and will reveal the magic of the district that is held in its people, its ambition, and above all, its potential.

We would welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health and care needs.

We welcome people from all backgrounds and in particular Bradford District Care Trust is keen to reflect the population we serve, we are currently underrepresented in terms of black and minority ethnic staff. Applications are encouraged from these groups, but it must be stressed that selection will be solely on merit and in accordance with the Trust recruitment policy.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.