Treating Tobacco Dependency Clinical Nurse Specialist
We are looking for an exceptional individual to join our team as Clinical Nurse Specialist for our Tobacco Dependency Service across North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bath (UHBW). We are a small team working across inpatient and maternity settings, and the post holder will support the inpatient service while working closely with the team to ensure consistency across all sites.
Key responsibilities include leading staff management, developing evidence‑based guidelines, delivering training, and ensuring high standards of patient care through prescribing nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and other pharmacotherapy.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
* Support the management of the service on a day‑to‑day basis
* Line manage TTD advisors at the Bristol, Risley and Weston – this will involve travel across sites
* Work in collaboration with the TTD team at NBT including the TTD lead and TTD pharmacist
* Develop guidelines and policies to support the service
* Identify and promote best practice by actively prescribing NRT to patients who smoke and delivering training to support teams prescribing NRT across the trust
* Provide routine reporting and communications material for various boards and wider system plans
* Ensure IT data systems are developed that capture and report on patients smoking and delivery of stop smoking interventions
* Ensure availability of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and other pharmacotherapy is available and offered to all patients who smoke
* Working with TTD lead to develop and deliver training programmes for frontline staff – focussing on their role within tobacco dependence treatment interventions, including Very Brief Advice (VBA) training and teaching about Nicotine Replacement Therapy
* Support inpatient teams and TTD advisors to ensure patients who smoke get appropriate support by removing barriers to access medication and care
Education / Training / Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Current NMC registration
* Degree in Adult Nursing
Desirable criteria
* Smoking cessation advisor – intermediate level qualification (or willingness to undertake)
Work Experience
Essential criteria
* 3 years experience as a Band 5 staff nurse
* Ability to work independently
* Experience of working with multi‑disciplinary teams
* Experience of providing help, support and/or counselling on either a one‑to‑one basis or as part of a group setting
Desirable criteria
* Experience of providing smoking cessation support
* Experience of developing and delivering successful health promotion interventions
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Essential criteria
* Good understanding of evidence‑based practice in relation to smoking cessation, the consequences of smoking and benefits to quitting
* Understanding of human behaviour in relation to making healthy lifestyle changes and decisions
* Assertive and confident in their approach to managing at this level
* Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a changing environment
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; able to communicate in challenging situations
* Good standard of computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook email
* Accurate and sufficient record keeping
Desirable criteria
* Smoking cessation NCSCT trained
* Basic understanding of audit and evaluation
Personal Qualities / Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
* Ability to prioritise and work on own initiative independently and as an effective team member
* Innovative and imaginative
* Ability to quickly build rapport and trust and disseminate advice and support in a non‑judgemental manner
* Ability to deal with difficult/sensitive situations
* Able to work within a diverse community of patients and health care professionals
* Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the programme and service
Desirable criteria
* Enthusiastic and committed to the Smokefree agenda and dedicated to ensuring every person who smokes receives tobacco dependency treatment
Additional Information
Our job adverts may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so please apply as soon as possible. Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.
North Bristol NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Strict pre‑employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
Eligible applicants who require support under the Disability Act / Two Ticks scheme are encouraged to contact the recruitment team.
#J-18808-Ljbffr