Overview
Part of Adult Wellbeing Services, the Treating Tobacco Dependency Service aims to address smoking prevalence and promote smoking cessation within secondary care settings across County Durham and Darlington. Working in University Hospital North Durham and Darlington Memorial Hospital, the service provides patients with smoking cessation brief intervention advice and tailored support, including quit aids, encouraging them to initially adhere to smoke‑free legislation while in hospital and ultimately to stop smoking when returning to their community.
Qualifications
* Honest, hardworking, flexible and compassionate with a positive outlook and caring disposition
* First‑class communication and engagement skills to ensure success when working with clients in a variety of settings
* Experience providing behavioural support and treatment in relation to tobacco smoking or an equivalent service
* Ability to work in partnership with a number of agencies and organisations, particularly in secondary care
* Passion for reducing health inequalities and good knowledge of smoking prevalence across County Durham and Darlington
Job Purpose
1. Primary focus on working in acute settings and providing smoking cessation advice for patients at University Hospital North Durham and Darlington Memorial Hospital.
2. Work with the onsite tobacco treatment service and specialist to provide behavioural support and treatment in relation to tobacco dependency.
3. Support the day‑to‑day running of the onsite tobacco dependency service to ensure safe, well‑organised and evidence‑based care is offered routinely to all identified smokers and to all that access the service; provide support in a range of settings as required for the delivery of smoking cessation service.
4. Support the delivery of the service key performance and reporting indicators for tobacco dependency.
Job Responsibilities
* Organise own workload and work unsupervised in a busy team; maintain a high standard of work and prioritise own workload according to the needs of the service, individual needs including equality, diversity and social inclusion in all aspects of work.
* Take referrals, including self‑referrals, into the service and work with individuals to identify the most appropriate tobacco dependency treatment pathway.
* Identify and engage with individuals and groups from target areas.
* Support individuals to make informed choices about their health and wellbeing and support them in initiating and sustaining appropriate behavioural changes to improve their health.
* Record and report activities and results.
* Develop and sustain tobacco dependency support and referrals into the local community services.
* Travel is required within the designated service location, including occasional regional travel.
* The tobacco dependency service will operate seven days each week.
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