Employer Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Hampshire County Hospital Town Winchester Salary £24,937 - £26,598 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 18/11/2025 08:00
Band 3
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Tobacco Dependency Advisor (TDA) within Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust.
We are recruiting two positions to support the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan tobacco dependency programme based at Royal Hampshire County Hospital (RHCH).
The advisors will form a small team working across the Trust, providing individualised smoking cessation support to inpatients. Main duties of the role will be the setting up of the new tobacco dependency service within the Trust helping smokers to quit when they are admitted to hospital.
We welcome applications from individuals with backgrounds in administration, healthcare support (HCA), or similar roles, who are passionate about improving patient outcomes and keen to develop in a new and rewarding area of care.
Main duties of the job
The primary role of the TDA is to hold conversations with inpatients who smoke, to facilitate smoking cessation. This involves supporting patients to initiate and maintain a quit attempt through a personalised care plan, including advising on the use of nicotine replacement therapy.
The role involves keeping track of referrals using electronic patient records and contributing to data collection. Close liaison with the community stop smoking service, and teamworking with a range of HHFT colleagues, also forms part of the role.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer. The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
* NVQ level 3 or equivalent within administration or equivalent experience
Experience & knowledge
* Ability to work independently and as part of the team
* Experience of working within the medical, NHS or public sector
Skills & Ability
* Effective verbal, written and inter-personal communication skills, with the ability to establish effective working relationship with internal and external clients
* Experience of handling difficult situations
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
* HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
* Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
* All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
* In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
* This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
* We believe that using technology wisely reflects strong time management and a commitment to innovation. However, it\'s essential to personalise your recruitment application to showcase your unique skills and experiences. Over-reliance on generic, AI-generated content may result in rejection if multiple candidates submit applications with similar language or structure. In such cases, recruiting managers may reach out for further clarity where applications appear consistent with others, to better understand your individual strengths.
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.
Name Linda Chu
Job title Clinical Nurse Specialist
Email address linda.chu@hhft.nhs.uk
Telephone number 01256 313641
Additional information
You would be welcome to arrange an informal visit to discuss the role. please contact Linda Chu on 44781
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