An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Derbyshire County Councils Public Health Department to support the delivery of Tobacco Dependency Treatment. We are looking to appoint a Health Improvement Advisor to deliver Tobacco Dependency Treatment across maternity and inpatients based at Royal Derby Hospital.
Main duties of the job
This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic and growing service which is looking for individuals with a passion and ability for supporting people addicted to tobacco.
You will require excellent communication and listening skills with a knowledge and understanding of behaviour change. You will require experience of working independently and the role also requires partnership working and promotion. A good level of IT literacy will also be required to navigate IT systems and ensure high quality data. Knowledge and experience of tobacco dependency would be advantageous for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Improvement or the
* willingness to undertake
* when in post within 6
* months
* Level 3 Smoking
* Cessation Training
* Level 4 Obesity and
* Diabetes
* Management
* AC83
* October 2017
* NCSCT Level 2 Smoking
* Cessation Training or
* willingness to undertake
* within 6 months when in
* only)*
* OR
* Level 3 Award in Nutrition
* for Physical Activity (or
* equivalent)(for weight
* advisors only) or
* willingness to undertake
* within 6 months when in
* post *
* OR
* equivalent such as
* Wright Foundation
* willingness to undertake
* within 6 months when in
* post (PA advisors only)
* Level 3 Smoking
* Cessation Training
* Level 4 Obesity and
* Diabetes
* Management
* and prevention
Experience
* Experience of delivering
* support, enabling people to
* make a behaviour change.
* Experience of working with
* individuals, including
* vulnerable groups, from
* within local communities.
* Experience of devising and
* delivering a lifestyle
* cessation, weight
* management or physical
* activity)
* Experience of delivering
* training
* Experience of
* change interventions
* weight management,
* smoking cessation or
* Experience of
* Experience of
* working with families
* and children
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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