Role Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust as a Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band 7) and take a leading role in delivering and developing our Tobacco Addiction Cure Team (TACT) service. This is a 12-month fixed-term post. Candidates must demonstrate an interest in change behaviour and post- registration training in smoking cessation.
Key Responsibilities
You will manage and develop the TACT service, delivering nurse-led clinics, supporting complex quit attempts, and driving forward service innovation and research. You will provide expert clinical leadership, delivering evidence-based tobacco dependency treatment across inpatient and outpatient settings. You will work autonomously as part of a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care, and will support staff clinics, manage smoking cessation services across UHB, and collaborate with partners to enable patients discharged from inpatient services to continue their quit attempts.
You will be based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and will need to be able to travel across the footprint of the service as needed. Your work will be supported by technology virtually and you should be experienced in using IT and technology. Experience with research, audit compiling reports and handling data will be useful within this role.
Contract Details
18.75 contracted hours per week. This role offers an opportunity to influence population health, reduce health inequalities, and make a measurable difference to patient outcomes across the Trust.
Qualifications & Experience
Candidates must demonstrate an interest in change behaviour, post- registration training in smoking cessation, and the ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. Relevant experience in research, audit and data handling will be beneficial.
Inclusive Culture
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. For those with a disability, including physical disability, long-term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, we are committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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