South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
We are recruiting a Tobacco Treatment Advisor to join the Trust's established QUIT team offering a specialist mental health tobacco treatment service in Barnsley. The post holder will be responsible for providing help and support for mental health inpatients, community patients, and Trust staff to cut down or stop smoking as part of the QUIT Service and Healthy Hospitals Programme.
The successful candidate will have experience of working with people with severe mental health conditions and working within NHS hospital or community settings. They will be motivated, able to work on their own initiative, and be enthusiastic about promoting the Trust's QUIT Service and Smokefree Policy through day-to-day work. Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential, as is the ability to use IT/computers to complete admin and data tasks to a good standard.
The role will support the Trust to be a health promoting organisation, to have healthy NHS premises, and to contribute to a reduction in health inequalities through supporting people with severe mental health conditions to manage their tobacco dependence and stop smoking.
Main duties of the job
* Work across acute mental health inpatient wards and community mental health settings in Barnsley, offering evidence-based practical support.
* Work independently and as part of a small team to plan, deliver, and document treatment care plans in a timely manner for mental health patients and NHS staff accessing the QUIT Service in Barnsley.
* Engage people living with severe mental health illness in behaviour change and individualised care for tobacco dependence and smoking cessation.
* Use interpersonal and communication skills to build and maintain good working relationships with patients and staff in NHS settings.
* Proactively raise awareness of the QUIT Service, Smokefree Policy, and support that is available to patients and staff.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
About us
We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health, and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees, and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the West Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities; we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families, and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups; we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means we're accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we're run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical, and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job responsibilities
1. JOB DETAILS
Job Title: Tobacco Treatment Advisor (QUIT Healthy Hospital programme - Mental health)
Grade: Band 3
Reports to: Health Improvement Manager: Reducing Harm From Tobacco (QUIT)
2. JOB PURPOSE
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post holder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.
As part of the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw QUIT Programme, we are increasing the support we offer to people who are admitted to, or attend our Hospitals and community-based services, to help them to stop smoking or to reduce harm from tobacco and be smoke-free during an inpatient admission (temporary abstinence). The programme will also provide more support to staff who wish to quit and help us to have smoke-free hospitals and grounds.
The QUIT programme recognises smoking as an addiction (tobacco dependency) and that it is a chronic, relapsing clinical condition that prematurely kills at least half of people who smoke. Smoking is seen as a medical condition that can be treated, rather than as a lifestyle choice.
This post will contribute to tackling inequalities in health through promoting and supporting people with severe mental health problems or learning disabilities to stop smoking. The post holder will provide tobacco treatment advice and support to individuals and groups of people who want to stop smoking, reduce their harm from tobacco, or for temporary abstinence when in hospital. This will be for both patients, staff, and in some instances parents/carers of people who have been admitted.
Specifically the post holder will:
* Promote the general health and wellbeing of people who use the service through offering healthy lifestyle advice and support.
* Work with people to change their behavior to improve their health to include patients and staff.
* Act as a smoke-free champion promoting the smoke-free message through their day-to-day work.
* Provide advice and support to ward staff, including reinforcing the training provided to inpatient teams by the Healthy Hospital Programme Manager and Tobacco Harm Reduction Manager to reduce harm from tobacco and the promotion of smoke-free settings.
* Ensure robust discharge planning for the patients ongoing tobacco dependency treatment for patients wishing to quit or who have an ongoing harm reduction programme.
3. ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Trust's Tobacco Harm Reduction Service supports patients with severe mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities and staff to stop smoking or to reduce the amount they smoke.
It is also the lead on:
* Developing smoke-free sites within the Trust, promoting the smoke-free message across the grounds.
* Providing training to staff on tobacco harm reduction / smoking cessation training.
The Tobacco Harm Reduction Service and the QUIT Programme is the first element of a broader Healthy Hospital Programme, which will also increase the Trust's focus on other aspects of prevention, such as promoting physical activity and active transport, alcohol, healthy diets, and air pollution.
4. DEPARTMENTAL/DIRECTORATE ORGANISATIONAL CHART
5. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical duties
* Deliver tobacco harm reduction (smoking cessation) assessments, advice and support sessions, including advice on stop smoking medications and e-cigarettes, working within recommended protocols and guidelines. This will involve face-to-face sessions in a variety of settings and venues across the Trust and in community settings including the service user's home, working closely with the Community Stop Smoking Service and community pharmacists.
* Develop individually tailored support plans including recommending treatments based on assessed needs.
* Provide information to people about stopping smoking, minimizing harm from tobacco and health-related issues in line with best guidance and protocols.
* Provide general health and lifestyle advice and support to people using the service e.g. healthy eating, physical activity, stress management.
* This will include individual and group-based interventions, signposting, and referring to other health, community, and voluntary services.
* Responsible for the delivery of tobacco harm reduction / stop smoking support to specific client groups e.g. patients with severe mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities who are inpatients in both acute and longer-term settings, under the care of crisis teams, community home treatment and rehabilitation teams, community mental health and other community teams.
* Responsible for the delivery of tobacco harm reduction / stop smoking support to staff working within Barnsley mental health teams.
* Provide advice and support to ward staff.
* Support patients, who wish to, to switch to an e-cigarette whilst in mental health inpatient settings, in line with the NHS Long term Plan.
* Ensure robust discharge planning for the patients ongoing specialist tobacco dependency treatment / stop smoking support for patients wishing to quit or who have an ongoing harm reduction programme.
* To be involved in practice awareness raising sessions in the Trust and to reinforce the training provided to staff by the Healthy Hospital Programme Manager and Tobacco harm Reduction Manager to reduce harm from tobacco and the promotion of smoke-free settings.
* Help to facilitate smoke-free environments.
Monitoring and administrative tasks
* To contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of the service, including the completion of the minimum data set requirement. This will include following up quitters who do not attend for planned support.
* Maintain accurate patient and staff records in line with Trust guidelines.
* Respond effectively to referrals within stated timescales.
* Work closely with the Community Stop Smoking Service ensuring a smooth hand over of patient care.
* Ensure administrative duties are carried out efficiently and effectively in order to meet the needs of the service.
Service improvement
* To be involved in monitoring and evaluation of patient feedback, offering recommendations as part of the team to improve services.
* To be involved in the marketing and promotion of the service alongside other colleagues.
* Act as a smoke-free champion, discussing smoking with smokers on site and offering appropriate advice.
* Undertake specific project and/or development activities under the supervision of the Tobacco Harm Reduction Manager and Healthy Hospital Programme Manager.
General duties and responsibilities
* Alert line manager to any issues in work (including concerns about individuals or work in the community) and maintain confidentiality.
* At all times treat patients, visitors, and colleagues with dignity and respect, exercising discretion and maintaining confidentiality.
* Ensure that no action or omission on your part is detrimental to the condition, safety, well-being, and interest of the patients.
* Work in a collaborative and co-operative manner with other members of the care team and observe operational policy and procedure requirements.
* Promote a safe working environment at all times, reporting untoward incidents in line with Trust Policy.
* Take every reasonable opportunity to maintain and update knowledge, competence, and skill.
* Use Trust resources efficiently and suggest efficiency savings to more senior staff when appropriate.
* The post holder would not normally have financial responsibility for budgetary management but may if appropriate to the post, request stock to be ordered.
* Must use Trust resources efficiently and suggest efficiency savings to more senior staff.
* Maintain the safekeeping of Trust property. Any concerns regarding the misuse of Trust property/resources should be raised immediately with the Trust's Counter Fraud Specialist, see Trust's Intranet for details.
Human Resource Management
None
Asset Management Responsibilities (i.e. stock, equipment, buildings)
Ensure CO monitors are in working condition reporting any issues with them as required.
Monitor supplies of CO monitoring disposables and health promotion supplies.
9. WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
a) Communicate with:
* Health Improvement Manager: Reducing Harm From Tobacco (QUIT)
* Tobacco Treatment Advisors
* Community Stop Smoking Service Staff
* Community Pharmacists
* Occupational Health staff
* Nursing staff
* Medical staff
* Allied Health Professionals and Psychologists
* Ward Clerks and Admin Support Officers
b) Provide advice to:
* Patients and their families/carers
* Staff
For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) grade C or above in English and Maths.
* NVQ level 3 in Health care (or equivalent).
* Specific training in health promotion interventions.
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
* Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
* A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Experience
* Experience of working in the NHS in the community or hospital setting.
* Experience of working with people with severe mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities.
* Experience of providing healthcare, healthcare advice, or health promotion advice to patients or members of the public.
* Experience of providing help, support, and/or counselling on a one-to-one or group basis.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
* Computer literate, experience of using Microsoft Office software.
* Knowledge of evidence-based smoking cessation initiatives.
* Ability to work and communicate in group settings.
* Good knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice in smoking cessation, the consequences of smoking, and the benefits of quitting.
* Ability to build and maintain good working relationships with professionals/individuals from different professional backgrounds.
* Excellent communication (written and verbal) and listening skills.
* Good organisational skills.
* Understand and maintain confidentiality issues.
* Experience of using clinical systems.
* Understanding of audit and evaluation.
* Knowledge of principles of health promotion and issues of health inequality.
TRAINING
* Smoking Cessation Training Level 2 or willing to undertake and successfully complete within 3 months of starting in post.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
* Well-developed interpersonal skills.
* Enthusiasm and ability to motivate self and others.
* Commitment to the promotion of equality of opportunity.
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
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
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