Located: University Hospital Durham with possibility of work at Darlington Memorial Hospital
Starting salary: Starting Salary £25,190 per annum
Salary scale: Scale Points, Band 4, 7 – 9 £25,190 - £26,532 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Term: Fixed Term until March 31st 2026 with extension likely
DBS Status: Enhanced
Job Purpose
• To work with the onsite tobacco treatment service and specialist to provide behavioural support and treatment in relation to tobacco dependency.
• To support the day to day running of the onsite tobacco dependency service to ensure safe, well organised and evidenced based care is offered routinely to all identified smokers and provided to all that access the service. Provide support in a range of settings as required for the delivery of smoking cessation service.
• To support the delivery of the service key performance and reporting indicators for tobacco dependency.
The role would predominantly be based within the Acute setting with the possibility of supporting our Maternity team. The main base would be UHND although staff may be asked to work at DMH also. The maternity team job purpose is below.
• To work with pregnant women and their families to provide behavioural support and treatment in relation to tobacco smoking.
• To support and organise evidenced based care to all identified smokers and provided access to the service. Provide support in a range of settings as required for the delivery of tobacco treatment service.
• To work alongside the Trust Maternity service to ensure a cohesive service.
• Assess and develop personal treatment plans for pregnant women and their families identified as smokers and throughout the treatment period
• Implement treatment plans and provide behavioural support to pregnant women who are identified as smokers.
• To work with pregnant women and their families on a one to one or group basis where appropriate to assess and agree a treatment and support plan to meet their individual requirements.
• Communicate smoking related issues in relation to an individual pregnant women or family members care package in a holistic way e.g. working closely with maternity services. To communicate this effectively both to the patient and to the staff groups involved in a relevant context.
• Take and record pregnant woman’s carbon monoxide monitor readings.
Job Description
• 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 behavioral 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.
Analytical Skills
• Ability to make judgements involving facts or situations, some requiring analysis
• Assess client condition through basic observations such as carbon monoxide measurement and report as appropriate.
• To be able to collect service user data to enable assessment of a suitable individually tailored health plan.
• Support effective evaluation systems within the service.
• Operate under the appropriate provision of pharmacotherapy medication protocols.
Planning & Organisational Skills
• Plan and organise activities, such as clinics
• Prioritise the delivery of care to clients under the instruction of qualified staff.
• Ensure that patients are followed up within the guidelines to support a quit attempt
• Contribute to the long-term development of the onsite tobacco dependency treatment service.
• Plan own workload within role boundaries and under the management and guidance of the Tobacco Treatment Specialist.
• Plan own work to ensure that individual targets and workload commitments are being met and manage time effectively.
• To enter relevant information regularly to an electronic database.
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