Band 4 Tobacco Treatment Advisor

Job summary

Are you passionate about helping people? Are you looking for something different? Come and join our Tobacco treatment team. No smoking cessation experience required as all training will be provided.

We are looking for 3 tobacco treatment advisors to join our team. The post holder will need to be kind, highly motivated and an excellent communicator . You will need the ability to organise your own workload and have a high level of enthusiasm and flexibility.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the day to day running of the Trust Tobacco Treatment service to ensure safe, well organised, evidence based care is offered routinely to all identified smokers and provide to all that access the service.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Provide behavioural support and treatment in relation to tobacco smoking

Take referrals, including self-referrals into the service and work with patients to identify the most appropriate tobacco dependency treatment pathway

Support the day to day running of the Trust Tobacco Treatment Service to ensure safe, well organised and evidenced based care is offered routinely to all identified smokers and provided to all that access the service

Work with patients during their inpatient stay to engage them with an appropriate tobacco dependency treatment pathway, and support these individuals after discharge or ensure smooth transition to community stop smoking services where appropriate

Coordinate and deliver training

Flexible working

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note*: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Higher Apprenticeship in Health and Social Care or a equivalent qualification in a relevant health related subject, or a commitment to working towards plus further

experience to diploma level.

Good level of secondary education for maths and English at GCSE or equivalent level.

Experience

Essential

Understanding of the drivers of ill health and mental health.

Experience of working within a mental health setting or with people with mental health conditions or Learning Disabilities.

Evidence of previous team working.

Experience of working with service users with complex mental health needs or learning disabilities.

Confidence in working with a wide variety of partners.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

For help with your application, contact: 

Amy Taylor 

amy.taylor3@uhb.nhs.uk