Treating Tobacco Dependence Advisor

NELFT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Ilford; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 6,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Ilford seeks a Tobacco Dependence Advisor to support patients during admission and post-discharge. You will provide structured behavioral support and facilitate access to necessary therapies. Responsibilities include developing personalized care plans, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and promoting a smoke-free environment. This role emphasizes a commitment to improving physical health and promoting wellbeing among patients with mental health conditions.

Benefits

Supportive networks for ethnic minority staff

Flexible working opportunities

Proactive health and wellbeing support

High Cost Area Supplement

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering brief advice and structured interventions for tobacco dependence.
• Ability to provide one-to-one and group support.
• Experience in developing personalized care plans.

Responsibilities

• Deliver brief advice and structured interventions for tobacco dependence.
• Provide one-to-one and group support for patients, carers, and staff.
• Facilitate access to Nicotine Replacement Therapy.

Job description

Tobacco Dependence Advisor

Role Overview

As a Tobacco Dependence Advisor, you will work as part of a small, dedicated team to support patients during admission and post-discharge. You will provide structured behavioural support, facilitate access to pharmacotherapy, and help service users begin their smoke-free journey.

Key responsibilities include:

• Deliver brief advice and structured interventions for tobacco dependence.
• Provide one-to-one and group support for patients, carers, and staff.
• Facilitate access to Nicotine Replacement Therapy and other pharmacological options.
• Develop personalised care plans and ensure continuity of support after discharge.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to embed tobacco dependency treatment into care pathways.
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Actively uphold and promote NELFT's Smoke-Free Policy across all inpatient settings.
• Support the achievement of project targets, including referral, engagement, and quit outcomes.
• Raise awareness of tobacco dependence services and maximise referral opportunities.
• Shadow Treating Tobacco Dependence specialists to develop expertise.
• Assist in integrating tobacco dependence treatment into wider health improvement initiatives.
• Manage and monitor ordering of vaping products and liquids, ensuring accurate data entry and clear communication with relevant teams.

Why Join Us?

This role is central to NELFT's commitment to prevention and improving physical health for people with mental health conditions. You will help drive culture change and promote wellbeing across our inpatient services.

Benefits include:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 per annum (pro rata for part time).