Treating Tobacco Dependency Lead

Uhmb; Lancaster; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

UHMBT is seeking a Band 5 Treating Tobacco Dependency Lead to head the Tobacco Dependency Service at Royal Lancaster Infirmary with cross-bay working. You will lead a team of practitioners, develop services, support clinical teams and help patients access life-changing cessation support.

The role requires leadership, experience with behaviour change, and a drive to improve health outcomes. Fixed-term 33 months, 37.5 hours per week, based in Lancaster.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• NCSCT Level 2 Smoking Cessation Training or willingness to undertake within 3 months of appointment.
• Health promotion or Quality Improvement qualification/training/experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Treating Tobacco Dependency Service across UHMBT and support delivery of NHS Long Term Plan.
• Provide clinical support, staff supervision and performance monitoring.
• Develop pathways with internal and external partners and drive KPI achievement.
• Deliver evidence‑based smoking cessation interventions and monitor service performance.
• Support patients, staff and partners to improve cessation outcomes across the Trust.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Behaviour change

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

NCSCT Level 2 Training

Health promotion / Quality Improvement qualification

Job description

NHS AfC - Band 5 (Subject to AFC Banding Confirmation)

Main area Treating Tobacco Dependency Service Grade NHS AfC - Band 5 (Subject to AFC Banding Confirmation) Contract Fixed term: 33 months (2 years and 9 months / to 31st March 2029 (whichever ends soonest)) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 331-8292061-UHMB

Site Royal Lancaster Infirmary (with cross bay working) Town Lancaster Salary £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 23/10/2026 23:59

''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

Job overview

Band 5 Full Time (37.5 hours per week) | Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) Base | Cross-Bay Working

Are you passionate about tackling health inequalities and helping people live healthier lives?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Treating Tobacco Dependency Lead (Band 5) to lead and develop UHMBT's Stop Smoking Service.

Based at Royal Lancaster Infirmary with cross-bay working, you'll lead a team of practitioners, develop services, support clinical teams and help patients across Morecambe Bay access life-changing tobacco dependency treatment.

If you have strong leadership skills, experience supporting behaviour change, and a drive to improve health outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

Help us create a smoke-free future for our patients and communities. Apply today.

Main duties of the job

Lead the Trust's Treating Tobacco Dependency Service, providing operational leadership and support to Stop Smoking Practitioners across UHMBT. Deliver evidence-based smoking cessation interventions, monitor service performance, develop pathways with internal and external partners, support achievement of national and local targets, and drive continuous service improvement to improve patient outcomes and reduce health inequalities.

Working for our organisation

We operatefrom three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, andUlverstonCommunity Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Conorary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Our Community Service for adults are provided in people's homes ,community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent , improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care , advice and support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide day-to-day leadership of the Treating Tobacco Dependency Service across UHMBT, supporting delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan agenda and Trust Smoke Free Policy. Responsibilities include clinical support, staff supervision, performance monitoring, data reporting, service development, education and training, stakeholder engagement and delivery of contractual KPIs. The role will support patients, staff and partners to improve smoking cessation outcomes across the Trust.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience
• NCSCT Level 2 Smoking Cessation Training or willingness to undertake within 3 months of appointment
• Health promotion or Quality Improvement qualification/training/experience

Other

• Ability to travel independently across Trust sites
• Flexible and adaptable approach to meet changing service needs

Experience

• Experience working within a healthcare, caring or community setting
• Experience providing healthcare advice, behavioural change support or health promotion interventions
• Experience developing effective multidisciplinary working relationships
• Experience collecting, analysing and reporting performance data
• Experience contributing to service improvement or change programmes
• Experience supervising or managing staff
• Experience within a Treating Tobacco Dependency or Stop Smoking service

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of smoking cessation interventions and behavioural change approaches
• Ability to lead, supervise and support staff
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong organisational, planning and prioritisation skills
• Ability to analyse performance information and support service improvement
• Knowledge of NHS Treating Tobacco Dependency requirements and KPI reporting

We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be EffortlesslyInclusive.

The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.

We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.

If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, there is a charge of £41.00 for Enhanced and £20.00 for Standard & Basic clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.

Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 4 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.

We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us atUHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle into your new roleincluding: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this link https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding .

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.