Tobacco Dependency Advisor
The closing date is 20 May 2026
Base: Main base Ashford / St Peter's Hospital, with requirement to work across both St Peter's and Ashford Hospital sites to fulfil role and working at any other Trust site as required. Post-holder will be required to travel to patient's home and between local community hubs.
An opportunity has arisen to recruit a Tobacco Dependency Advisor to work within Ashford and St Peters Hospitals in patient services to specifically deliver smoking cessation support to in patients in a flexible and innovative way.
Sponsorship is not available for this post.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be the Tobacco Dependency Advisor for Patient Services.
They will provide intermediate stop smoking support throughout the inpatient stay, using the support of interventions such as CO monitoring, behavioural support, practical and social support, and Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
They will plan and deliver stop smoking advice and support sessions, including advice on stop smoking medications, working within recommended protocols and guidelines for inpatients. This may involve individual, telephonic, on-line and group work sessions in a variety of settings and venues.
They will contribute to National and local drivers by verifying and auditing data for local, regional and National submission.
About us
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest provider of acute hospital services to Surrey residents, serving a population of 410,000 people and employing approximately 4,800 staff.
Our vision is to provide an outstanding experience and best outcomes for patients and the team. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to deliver our workforce plan.
We are part of a collaborative Group with the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. As part of this partnership, colleagues may occasionally work across both organisations to support shared services, development opportunities and patient care.
St Peter's Hospital delivers complex medical and surgical care, maternity and emergency services. Day and orthopaedic surgery, ophthalmology and outpatient services are delivered at Ashford Hospital. Additional services are delivered at Woking Community Hospital.
Our Values provide us with the behaviours we respect and can commit to. By living our values through our everyday interactions, we can build a stronger, more resilient, and forward‑thinking organisation, guiding us to achieve success and make a positive impact on how we deliver our services.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and discounts.
Job responsibilities
Clinical or technical
* Plan and deliver stop smoking advice and support sessions, including advice on stop smoking medications, working within recommended protocols and guidelines for inpatients. This may involve individual, telephonic, on‑line and group work sessions in a variety of settings and venues.
* Educate in‑patients about the benefits of stopping smoking and give support to those wanting to quit.
* Provide intermediate stop smoking support using interventions such as CO monitoring, behavioural support, practical and social support, and Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
Leadership
* Develop and maintain a specialist knowledge base in smoking cessation including an overview of new developments and identify opportunities to integrate these into own and others' practice.
* Participate in the KSF process including contributing to the development of a personal development plan and appraisal.
Information and reporting
* Keep accurate records and enable good data collection. Maintain accurate up to date and comprehensive records at all times and review own personal performance against KPIs.
Technology or system support
* Contribute to the process of quality assurance in service delivery.
Service improvement
* Work with the Nurse Consultant for Harms Free Care to seek out opportunities to develop and implement stop smoking services in a range of health and community settings.
Communications and Engagement
* Deliver VBA training for staff in the Trust and work with the Harms Free Care Consultant Nurse to devise a training package.
* Promote good relationships with patients, public, staff and community services in verbal and written communication.
* Utilise communication skills to support the local delivery of community and national campaigns e.g. No Smoking Day.
* Communicate sensitively with clients and communicate effectively where there are barriers such as language, ethnicity, mental health and learning difficulties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* GCSE A-C
Experience
* Experience of working in public health.
* Experience of working within smoking cessation service.
* Experience of working in NHS.
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.
Employer name
Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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