Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a new Treating Tobacco Dependency Service offering specialist support to patients admitted to our inpatient sites across LSCFT. This service is key to delivering the ambitions of the NHS long-term plan to provide treatment for tobacco dependency for all patients admitted to hospital, making a significant contribution to public health and reducing health inequalities.
Tobacco addiction is a chronic relapsing disease and the single biggest cause of preventable death, disability, illness, and social inequality. One in two smokers die due to their smoking. People with mental health conditions have higher rates of mortality compared to the general population, and smoking is the single most contributing factor to their 10-20 year reduction in life expectancy.
Main Duties of the Job
This post will involve working directly with patients to assess their needs related to tobacco dependency and to work with them to identify treatment and specialist support to enable them to make a successful quit attempt. Support may be face-to-face, remote consultation, or via telephone.
We are looking for team members who are motivated, organised, and dynamic, who are passionate about supporting care and improving lives through engaging and motivating patients to stop smoking.
This role is diverse and will offer the opportunity to visit sites with the LSCFT to deliver smoking cessation training and to support the implementation of the Trust Tobacco Smoke-Free Policy. This post will require strong communication skills, teamwork, and flexibility to ensure the service can provide a high-quality service supporting patients across a variety of sites within Lancashire and South Cumbria.
There will be an expectation to travel to a variety of sites across Lancashire and South Cumbria - a car driver is essential.
About Us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health, and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria, and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working; we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time, and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job Responsibilities
Please see attached the Job Description and Person Specification for more information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Foundation Degree in a health-related qualification (Associate Psychologist / Registered Nurse Associate) and/or equivalent
* NVQ level 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent/relevant experience
* Educated to GCSE including Maths and English grades A-C (or 4-9), or functional skills level 1&2 in maths and English
Knowledge
* Knowledge of the impact smoking has on health
* Knowledge of evidence-based interventions for smoking cessation
Experience
* Previous experience of working in mental health settings.
* Experience in engaging stakeholders, even in challenging circumstances
Skills
* Excellent IT skills in MS Office Packages / MS Teams
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to cope under pressure with high levels of concentration
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
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
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