Treating Tobacco Dependency Clinical Nurse Specialist

North Bristol NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in England is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to provide care and manage the Tobacco Dependency Service. The role involves supporting inpatient teams, managing staff, and facilitating training to enhance smoking cessation efforts. Candidates must have a degree in Adult Nursing, current NMC registration, and three years of experience as a Band 5 Nurse. The organization values diversity and is committed to delivering exceptional healthcare aligned with innovative practices.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Must have NMC registration and a degree in adult nursing.
• A minimum of 3 years experience as a Band 5 staff nurse is required.
• Experience in providing smoking cessation support is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day service management and oversee TTD advisors.
• Collaborate with the TTD team and develop guidelines and policies.
• Facilitate training for staff on tobacco dependence treatment.

Skills

Nursing skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in Adult Nursing

Current NMC registration

3 Years experience as a Band 5 Staff Nurse

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an exceptional individual to join our team as Clinical Nurse Specialist for our Tobacco Dependency Service across NBT and UHBW. We are a small team working across NBT and UHBW in inpatients and maternity. The post holder will support the inpatient service while working closely with the team to ensure consistency across all sites. You will work closely with other health care staff and public health staff within the system to develop the programme. The post-holder will manage staff absences, appraisals, ensuring staff attend study days, be a professional role model for others and to challenge poor practice with the correct support and guidance. You will be expected to maintain a high standard of evidence-based care for patients through development of evidence-based guidelines and keeping up to date with developments in professional practice and share with staff. The post holder will facilitate training and ensure continuous professional development of colleagues working with patients who smoke tobacco - this will include doctors, pharmacists, nurses and healthcare assistants.

Responsibilities

• Support the management of the service on a day-to-day basis
• Line manage TTD advisors at the BRI and Weston - this will involve travel across sites
• Work in collaboration with TTD team at NBT including the TTD lead and TTD pharmacist
• Develop guidelines and policies to support the service
• Identify and promote best practice by actively prescribing NRT to patients who smoke and delivering training to support teams prescribing NRT across the trust
• Provide routine reporting and communications material for various boards and wider system plans
• Ensure IT data systems are developed that capture and report on patients smoking and delivery of stop smoking interventions
• Ensure availability of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and other pharmacotherapy is available and offered to all patients who smoke
• Working with TTD lead to develop and deliver training programmes for frontline staff – focussing on their role within tobacco dependence treatment intervention, including Very Brief Advice (VBA) training and teaching about Nicotine Replacement Therapy
• Support inpatient teams and TTD advisors to ensure patients who smoke get appropriate support by removing barriers to accessing medication and care

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration
• Degree in Adult Nursing
• 3 Years experience as a Band 5 Staff Nurse

Desirable Criteria

• Smoking cessation advisor – intermediate level qualification (or willingness to undertake)
• Ability to work independently
• Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience of providing help, support and/or counselling on either a one-to-one basis or as part of a group setting
• Experience of providing smoking cessation support
• Experience of developing and delivering successful health promotion interventions
• A good level of understanding of evidence-based practice in relation to smoking cessation, the consequences of smoking and benefits to quitting
• An understanding of human behaviour in relation to making healthy lifestyle changes and decisions
• Assertive and confident in their approach to managing at this level
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a changing environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to communicate in challenging situations
• A good standard of computer skills to include use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Microsoft Outlook Email
• Accurate and sufficient record keeping
• Smoking cessation NCSCT trained
• A basic understanding of audit and evaluation
• Enthusiastic and committed to the Smokefree agenda and is dedicated to ensuring every person who smokes receives tobacco dependency treatment

Personal Qualities & Special Circumstances

• Ability to prioritise and work on own initiative independently and as an effective team member
• Innovative and imaginative
• Ability to quickly build rapport and trust and disseminate advice and support in a non‑judgemental manner
• Ability to deal with difficult/sensitive situations
• Able to work within a diverse community of patients and health care professionals
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the programme and service

About the Trust

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award‑winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

Application Information

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti‑discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all under‑represented groups. This vacancy is subject to standard pre‑employment checks. Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance. If you feel you meet the requirements of the Disability Act / Two Ticks scheme and require further support/advice, please contact us. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.