An exciting opportunity has arisen within a new Maternity Tobacco Dependency Service, working at Queens Hospital Burton. We are looking to appoint a Tobacco Dependency Advisor to support the Maternity Tobacco Dependency Treatment Team. This is a unique opportunity to join a developing service, as well as support and contribute toward the existing Staffordshire Integrated Stop Smoking in Pregnancy Service at Everyone Health Staffordshire. This role is available full time or part time, and will be based at Queens Hospital, Monday to Friday. This service may further develop with evening and weekend work.
The Maternity Tobacco Dependency Advisor will be responsible for supporting maternity patients throughout Burton Hospital, to deliver Stop Smoking or Temporary Abstinence support, and providing personalised treatment plans, provision of pharmacotherapy, and a discharge plan. This will be a challenging but extremely rewarding role. If you are enthusiastic, motivated, and looking to make a big difference, then this is the role for you!
The Tobacco Dependency Advisor will deliver one-to-one stop smoking interventions within community and hospital settings, predominantly supporting Staffordshire residents. The post holder will be required to work flexibly as the role may later involve evening and weekend work.
This post will:
1. Provide information to smokers to enable them to make an informed choice to make an attempt to stop smoking and then to support the smoker with a formal evidence-based quit programme.
2. Develop and improve accessibility of Staffordshire's Health Communities Service and Stop Smoking in Pregnancy Service through the pro-active promotion of the smoking cessation programmes and referral pathways amongst primary and secondary care services, other key health care providers, allied professionals, community development initiatives, local agencies, and the general public.
3. Provide ongoing support to a caseload of referrals, supporting each quit attempt in line with Saving Babies Lives v3, national and company standards.
4. Contribute to the planning, delivery, and development of the stop smoking in pregnancy service including specific project work.
5. Support maternity inpatients and antenatal care throughout Burton Hospital.
6. Conduct telephone calls, maintain accurate patient notes and records, and complete service-specific administration tasks as required.
7. Adhere to service protocols and procedures in relation to the provision of supportive pharmacotherapy medication.
8. Collate accurate clinical records in line with national requirements NHS England, OHID, and NCSCT.
9. Support the delivery of promotion activity across Staffordshire in line with the service marketing strategy.
10. Maintain up-to-date clinical knowledge, undertake evidence-based practice, and promote the use of new and innovative practice.
11. Contribute to ongoing needs assessment, audit, and other governance programmes in relation to activities as part of the health improvement agenda.
Required qualifications and experience:
* Be NCSCT Certified or willing to gain the qualification.
* Have previous experience of working as a Stop Smoking Advisor or within a hospital, maternity, or a clinical environment.
* Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills.
* Have a minimum of 1 year experience working in a community-based smoking cessation service.
* Be experienced in using behaviour change models.
* Demonstrate a clear understanding of the range and appropriate use of different smoking cessation interventions.
* Display strong knowledge of the harmful effects of smoking, smoking as an addiction behaviour, withdrawal, and relapse.
* Be flexible with working days and possess good time management and planning skills.
* Have experience working with adults in a 1-2-1 and group environment, to support positive lifestyle change.
* Have experience of working in a multi-cultural setting with patients of different cultures, genders, and ages.
Desirable:
* Sound knowledge of delivering smoking cessation interventions and advising on smoking cessation to special populations.
* Understanding of harmful effects of smoking, smoking as an addictive behaviour, withdrawal, and relapse.
* Knowledge of NICE guidance, NCSCT, and PHE standards relating to the treatment of smoking cessation.
* Knowledge and understanding of the Patient Confidentiality Act, Safeguarding, and the Data Protection Act.
* Education to GCSE Standard at grades A-C for a minimum of 5 GCSEs or equivalent including Mathematics and English language or literature.
* NCSCT Smoking Cessation Certified (desirable).
* Training will be provided; however, a health degree or equivalent is advantageous.
* Intermediate computer skills.
* Ability to work independently and manage own workload; able to work effectively and remain positive and constructive under pressure.
* Passionate about putting patients first and delivering a high-quality service.
* Evidence of experience in embracing and implementing change to provide high-quality health outcomes.
* Good presentation of self: enthusiastic, innovative, and flexible.
* A commitment to continuous service improvement with expert insight into patients' needs.
* Proven ability to relate, motivate, and confidently engage individuals in activities and discussions as part of a group and in 1-2-1 situations.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals including participants, colleagues, and external partners.
* Proven planning, organisational, timekeeping, and evaluation skills.
* Ability to organise, monitor, and check work to ensure no element of a task is left unfinished.
Special Conditions:
* Highly motivated self-starter with resilience, determination, and the ability to support service users throughout the programme.
* Good presentation of self: enthusiastic, innovative, and flexible.
* Role may incorporate evening/weekend working, with variable levels of travel across Staffordshire for clinics and promotional events.
* Full UK Driving licence and access to a car for work, with business purposes insurance.
* This post involves working with vulnerable adults and as such the post holder will require a disclosure of criminal records at an enhanced level DBS.
Safeguarding:
Everyone Health Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the adults, young people, and children who use the services. All staff have a responsibility to report any identified concerns of abuse or exploitation through the appropriate route in line with the respective policies and procedures.
Welcome to Everyone Health. Everyone Health offers a behaviour change approach to improving the health of local communities. We do this by providing dynamic and bespoke healthy lifestyle services to partners across the sector and deliver effective prevention and treatment services.
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