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To provide specialist advice, training, resources and updates to Level 2 Advisers including pharmacies.
To build the capacity of smoking cessation services through partnership work in the Stockton local Authority area with a range of statutory and volunteer agencies, and 'hard to reach' communities.
To provide behavioural change support and treatment to smokers and in particular target 'hard to reach' groups.
Main duties of the job
To communicate effectively with all members of the Specialist Stop Smoking team in order to promote positive working relationships with clients, the Service, the Directorate, the Trust and any outside agencies.
Working in partnership with Stockton Borough Council lead on the promotion of stop smoking services in the Stockton area including the use of social media.
Support equality and value diversity by ensuring that health improvement practice is responsive to the health needs of individuals/communities.
To train Levels 1 and 2 staff and to build the capacity of smoking cessation services in the Stockton area through partnership work with a broad range of partner agencies including statutory and voluntary agencies and hard to reach communities.
Provide shadowing opportunities and competency assessments to smoking cessation providers.
Develop resources and implementation tools and offer mentoring assistance to local practitioners to enable them to confidently deliver effective interventions.
About us
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To train Levels 1 and 2 staff and to build the capacity of smoking cessation services in the Stockton area through partnership work with a broad range of partner agencies including statutory and voluntary agencies and hard to reach communities.
Provide shadowing opportunities and competency assessments to smoking cessation providers.
Develop resources and implementation tools and offer mentoring assistance to local practitioners to enable them to confidently deliver effective interventions.
Able to travel between community venues.
Provide behavioural change support and treatment to hard to reach smokers in group settings, one to ones and home visits.
Develop care pathways and facilitate access to stop smoking services through working with identified health champions from black, minority and ethnic communities (BME clients). Maintain a regular stop smoking session for arrivals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Smoking cessation advisor qualification
* Degree in Healthcare
* Teaching/Mentoring qualification
* Non Medical Prescribing
* Clinical Skills
Desirable
* Motivational Interviewing
Experience
Essential
* Smoking Cessation experience as a Band 5
Desirable
* Behavioural change programmes
* Experience working with external stakeholders
Skills
Essential
* Car driver
* IT skills
Desirable
* Dealing with members of the public
* Promotion of and marketing a service / product
Employer details
Employer name
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Tees Hospital
Hardwick Road
Stockton-on-Tees
TS19 8PE
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