Main area Tobacco Dependency Service Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Hours and pattern are negotiable, partial remote working) Job ref 357-PR-1724-24
Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Pilgrim Hospital Boston Town Boston Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/01/2025 23:59
Acute Tobacco Dependency Service Lead - Band 6
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do. They are:
* Patient-centred: Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
* Safety: Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
* Excellence: Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
* Compassion: Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
* Respect: Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
So, what is in it for you?
* Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.
Types of flexibility could include:
* Part-time: less than 37.5 hours per week.
* Off-site/remote working: working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
* Compressed hours: usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
* Staggered hours: having different start and finish times.
* Set shift patterns: to allow for predictability.
* NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government.
* Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays.
* Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.
In addition, there is more.
* Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
* Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
* Learning & Development: including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research.
* Financial support and benefits: including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee.
* Rewards & Recognition: including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.
Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.
Job overview
Start on or after 1st April 2025
The Trust is in the process of setting up its in-house Tobacco Dependency Treatment Service in Boston and Grantham and is looking for an exceptional lead nurse to establish and manage the team and develop the infrastructure to ensure a highly effective service, providing clinical input.
The post holder will support the clinical roll out of a Trust-wide Tobacco Dependence Treatment Service which will provide the offer of NHS-funded tobacco treatments services for all people admitted to hospital who smoke. They will work closely with the Trust clinical leads and local clinical community stop smoking leads. They will ensure the service is planned and managed effectively, ensuring the successful delivery against agreed timelines and plans, and for the management and resolving any clinical risks.
Main duties of the job
The LTP commitment for Tobacco Dependency is not only to support people to quit smoking, but it also provides us with greater opportunities to tackle tobacco addiction and the wider issues associated with tobacco such as second-hand smoke, reducing the uptake of smoking tobacco and harm reduction strategies.
This is a new and evolving service running Monday - Friday initially with an expectation to encompass a wider circumference of shifts and weekends as it expands. This role will be site based Boston and Grantham respectively. The post holders need the ability to travel to all Trust sites.
If successful, you will:
* Provide clinical leadership to junior colleagues within the team.
* Work in partnership with service users (patients), their carers and internal/external colleagues within the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
* Deliver a high quality, evidence based service.
* Demonstrate excellent personal communication skills.
* Actively promote excellent team and interdisciplinary relationships especially in relation to setting up this service.
* Have the tools and ability and experience to build a strong, robust and successful team.
This is an exciting opportunity to help the people of Lincolnshire to make healthier lifestyle choices, achieve the best clinical outcomes and support ULTH with our smoke free agenda.
Working for our organisation
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Through education and training, you will support the development and drive improvements in the implementation and delivery of an effective inpatient Tobacco Dependency Service. The successful candidate will have a degree or professional qualification in a related subject e.g. Nursing, AHP, Public Health etc. with evidence of ongoing professional development.
Please see attached job description and person specification for full job details.
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Please note we may close this advert prior to the closing date if we receive enough applications. To give yourself the best possible opportunity please complete your application as early as possible.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree or professional qualification in a related subject e.g. Nursing, AHP, Public Health etc.
* Smoking Cessation Training – Level 2 delivered by an NHS Stop Smoking Service or the National Centre for Smoking Cessation Training or willingness to undertake on commencement of post.
* Willing to undertake Level 3 training.
* Evidence of ongoing professional development (CPD).
* Smoking Cessation Training – Level 3.
* Teaching/training qualification Student Supervision and Assessment or equivalent.
* Recruitment and selection training.
* Appraisal and managing attendance training.
Knowledge
* Experience of delivering healthcare, or specialist health advice to patients and the public.
* Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary team.
* Experience of implementing change and nurse-led initiatives.
* Experience of delivering smoking cessation and tobacco harm reduction interventions.
* Monitoring, evaluation and audit, including report writing.
* Experience of working in NHS secondary care.
* Experience of working within an acute environment demonstrating the flexibility to work across elective and emergency pathways across a range of specialties.
Skills
* Literate in IT/Computer skills i.e. Word, Outlook, Excel.
* Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
* Excellent organisational and time management skills.
* Ability to work independently and in a team recognising own and others’ limitations.
* Manage own caseload, prioritise and delegate effectively.
* Ability to build and maintain good working relationships with professionals/individuals from different professional backgrounds.
* Experience of using acute sector clinical and non-clinical systems.
ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice.
As a responsible employer ULTH would encourage staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this continues to remain the best line of defence against COVID19.
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
No DBS fees to pay: Successful candidates will have DBS applications applied for & paid by ULTH where applicable. There is no requirement to reimburse ULTH for this cost.
We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you.
* A Veteran
* A Military Reserve
* Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name Tejal Dave Job title Tobacco Dependency Service Improvement Lead Email address [emailprotected]
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