Overview
The post holder will raise the profile of smoking cessation and harm reduction across Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Community Mental Health Teams by providing tobacco treatment and harm reduction advice and support to individuals and groups who require assistance to stop smoking or to reduce their harm from tobacco. They will also help to prepare smokers with planned hospital admissions.
The successful candidate will be required to work flexibly across sites and develop working relationships with specialist mental health stop smoking services and community stop smoking services.
Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa. Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Responsibilities
* Provide smoking cessation support and tobacco treatment and harm reduction advice to community patients with varying degrees of mental illness, in clinics and in patient homes.
* Support patients with planned hospital admissions (to both acute wards and mental health units) with temporary abstinence and liaise with inpatient smokefree teams during admission.
* Identify patients who smoke using existing systems and ensure timely interventions to help them become smokefree or commence a harm reduction programme.
* Provide advice and support to staff, reinforcing training provided to community teams.
* Refer patients who want to stop smoking or commence a harm reduction pathway to community mental health specialist stop smoking services or community stop smoking services.
* Raise the profile of smoking cessation across Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust community teams.
* Ensure Smokefree documentation is kept up to date.
* Attend multidisciplinary meetings with local mental health teams on a regular basis.
* Cover other areas within the Smokefree team remit to support service demands as required.
Additional Information
* DBS check: Applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), and this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
* You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
* Attend to other elements of the role such as liaison with inpatient teams to identify patients who have quit smoking or started a harm reduction programme and are due for discharge to ensure continuity of care.
On occasion you may be required to cover other areas within the Smokefree team remit to support the demands of the service.
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