Tobacco Dependency Treatment Advisor

Lancashire & South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust; Rishton; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a role within a new Treating Tobacco Dependency Service that will support patients admitted to our inpatients sites across LSCft. The post covers Lancashire and South Cumbria, with the base confirmed for the successful applicant.

Tobacco addiction is a chronic relapsing disease with significant health inequalities to address. The role involves assessing patients' needs related to tobacco dependency and delivering treatment and

Qualifications

• Foundation degree in a health-related field.
• NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent experience.
• GCSEs including Maths and English (A-C) or functional skills L1/L2.

Responsibilities

• Role involves assessing patients' needs related to tobacco dependency.
• Identify treatment and specialist support to enable quit attempts.
• Support may be face-to-face, remote, or via telephone.

Education

Foundation Degree in a health related qualification

NVQ level 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent/relevant experience

GCSE Maths and English (A-C) or functional skills level 1&2

Tools

MS Office

MS Teams

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has a risen to join a new Treating Tobacco Dependency Service offering specialist support to patients admitted to our inpatients sites across LSCft. This service is key to delivering the ambitions of the NHS long term plan to provide treatment for tobacco dependency for all patients admitted to hospital, making a significant contribution to public health and reducing health inequalities.

This post is to cover Lancashire and South Cumbria, and the base will be confirmed with the successful applicant. Tobacco addiction is a chronic relapsing disease and the single biggest cause of preventable death, disability, illness and social inequality. One in two smokers die due to their smoking. People with mental health condition have higher rates of mortality compared to the general population and smoking is the single most contributing factor to their 10-20 year reduction in life expectancy.

Tobacco addiction is a chronic relapsing disease and the single biggest cause of preventable death, disability, illness and social inequality. One in two smokers die due to their smoking. People with mental health condition have higher rates of mortality compared to the general population and smoking is the single most contributing factor to their 10-20 year reduction in life expectancy.

Main duties of the job

Please note that this role does not offer sponsorship previous applicants need not apply

This post will involve working directly with patients to assess their needs related to tobacco dependency and to work with them to identify treatment and specialist support to enable them make a successful quit attempt. Support may be face to face, remote consultation or via telephone. We are looking for team members who are motivated, organised and dynamic who are passionate about supporting care and improving lives through engaging, motivating patients to stop smoking.

This is a role is diverse and will offer the opportunity to visits sites with the LSCft to deliver smoking cessation , deliver and training and to support the implementation of the Trust Tobacco Smoke Free Policy.

This post will require strong communication skills, teamwork and flexibility to ensure the service can provide a high quality service supporting patients across a variety of sites within Lancashire and South Cumbria.

There will be an expectation to travel to a variety of sites across Lancashire and South Cumbria therefore ability to meet the travel requirements of the role is essential.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the Job Description and Person Specification for more information about this role.

Qualifications

• Foundation Degree in a health related qualification
• NVQ level 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent/relevant experience
• Educated to GCSE including Maths and English grades A-C (or 4-9), or functional skills level 1&2 in maths and English

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the impact smoking has on health
• Knowledge of evidence-based interventions for smoking cessation

Experience

• Previous experience of working in a inpatient mental health settings
• Experience in engaging stakeholders, even in challenging circumstances

Skills

• Excellent IT skills in MS Office Packages/ MS Teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to cope under pressure with high levels of concentration

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.