Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
Manage and Support Clients: Oversee a caseload of clients, adjusting your workload to provide tailored smoking cessation support that meets their unique needs.
Engage and Empower Vulnerable Groups: Connect with and support vulnerable, hard‑to‑reach clients as part of a multidisciplinary team, communicating sensitive information with empathy and care.
Promote Lasting Behaviour Change: Utilize motivational interviewing techniques to encourage positive behaviour changes in clients.
Conduct Comprehensive Assessments: Perform detailed health and social assessments for pregnant women, including those who are vulnerable, and guide them to additional services as needed.
Deliver Best Practice Support: Provide smoking cessation services in line with NHS best practices, the long‑term plan, and NICE guidelines, visiting clients in their homes and other healthcare settings.
Advise on Treatments: Recommend and provide appropriate treatments, including nicotine replacement therapy and vapes, offering support to wider family members where necessary, and ensure accurate data recording using carbon monoxide monitors.
* Data collection: To support upward reporting and audit
Benefits
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On‑site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Person Specification
* Working in a hospital environment experience
* Previous smoke/stop experience
* Ability to work autonomously with some direction
* Previous experience of working in a small team
* Confidence and ability using IT systems
* NVQ in Health or Health & Social care Level 3 or equivalent
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.
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157 a year per annum pro rata for part time.
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