Job Summary
Part Time / 22 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 23 months due to funding.
APPLICATIONS MUST GO THROUGH THE LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE OTHERWISE THEY WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
Play a key role in improving population health in Leicester and more specifically improving the provision of Tobacco Dependency care in Leicester's hospitals.
This is an exciting opportunity to support the NHS Tobacco Dependency Programme across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland (LLR), targeting Acute, Mental Health, and Maternity patients. This is a partnership programme which involves collaboratively working with many stakeholders across organisations such as Local Authority Public health teams and community stop smoking teams, the University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL), Leicestershire Partnership Trust (LPT), and the Integrated Care Board (ICB).
Join our enthusiastic team of Project managers and NHS based Tobacco Dependency Advisors (otherwise known as The CURE team) who aim to support all smokers admitted to hospital through appropriate medication and empathetic and friendly behavioural advice at bedside, which will enable them to start their journey to quitting and improving their overall health.
You'll have flexibility for hybrid working with the expectation to split the week between remote and office-based working. Office based working will be available at City Hall and Leicester's Hospital sites (Glenfield Hospital, Leicester Royal Infirmary, and The General) to suit the needs of the role.
Main Duties of the Job
Providing critical project assistance, you'll organise and co-ordinate current and new projects that aim to improve quality of care and service outcomes. You'll assist with co-ordination and delivering of staff training, build relationships with hospital staff, raise awareness of the CURE team through marketing and communication activities, and advocate the importance of Tobacco treatment for every patient identified. You'll set up and manage meetings, take minutes, and monitor actions for services and strategic groups such as the LLR NHS Tobacco Steering Group. Working with both primary and secondary organisations, you'll support with tasks to deliver quality improvement projects and evaluations, using data analysis, national resources, and innovative thinking. You'll provide other support needs in relation to finances, preparing documentation, and dealing with enquiries from both staff and public.
About Us
What we can offer you:
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, and the option of flexible working. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.
Join Us
We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at our approach to recruitment page.
Date Posted
28 March 2025.
Pay Scheme
Salary: £13.26 to £14.13 an hour.
Contract
Fixed term.
Duration
23 months.
Working Pattern
Part-time, Flexible working.
Reference Number
F0116-25-0001.
Job Locations
115 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FZ.
Job Description Responsibilities
Person Specification
Experience Essential:
1. Experience of providing information and guidance (preferably relating to health).
2. Experience of supporting and planning projects.
3. Experience of undertaking a range of administrative duties such as organisation of meetings, minuting, and monitoring of quality data processing and inputting.
4. Experience of working in partnership with different organisations to deliver a common goal.
5. Experience with a range of individuals and groups at a variety of levels.
Qualifications Essential:
1. Holds National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training qualifications or able to obtain this once commenced in post.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Leicester City Council
Address: 115 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FZ.
Employer's Website: https://jobs.leicester.gov.uk/ #J-18808-Ljbffr