Overview
Contract Type: 1 year (Fixed term)
Salary: £29,812 – £32,715 pa inc. HCAS
Partner Org: Ashford & St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation Trust
Job overview
Base: Main base Ashford / St Peter’s Hospital, with requirement to work across both St Peter’s and Ashford Hospital sites to fulfil role and working at any other Trust site as required. Post-holder will be required to travel to patient’s home and between local community hubs.
An opportunity has arisen to recruit a Tobacco Dependency Advisor to work within Ashford and St Peters Hospitals in patient services to specifically deliver smoking cessation support to in patients in a flexible and innovative way.
Sponsorship is not available for this post.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be the Tobacco Dependency Advisor for Patient Services.
They will provide intermediate stop smoking support throughout the inpatient stay, using the support of interventions such as CO monitoring, behavioural support, practical and social support, and Nicotine Replacement Therapy
They will plan and deliver stop smoking advice and support sessions, including advice on stop smoking medications, working within recommended protocols and guidelines for inpatients. This may involve individual, telephonic, on-line and group work sessions in a variety of settings and venues
They will contribute to National and local drivers by verifying and auditing data for local, regional and National submission.
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest provider of acute hospital services to Surrey residents, serving a population of 410,00 people and employing approximately 4,800 staff.
Our vision is to provide an outstanding experience and best outcomes for patients and the team. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to deliver our workforce plan.
We are part of a collaborative Group with the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. As part of this partnership, colleagues may occasionally work across both organisations to support shared services, development opportunities and patient care.
St Peter’s Hospital delivers complex medical and surgical care, maternity and emergency services. Day and orthopaedic surgery, ophthalmology and outpatient services are delivered at Ashford Hospital. Additional services are delivered at Woking Community Hospital.
Our Values provide us with the behaviours we respect and can commit to. By living our values through our everyday interactions, we can build a stronger, more resilient, and forward- thinking organisation, guiding us to achieve success and make a positive impact on how we deliver our services.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and discounts.
Please note that adverts may close early, so early application is encouraged.
For more information about careers at ASPH please visit:
www.asph-careers.org
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical or technical
To plan and deliver stop smoking advice and support sessions, including advice on stop smoking medications, working within recommended protocols and guidelines for inpatients. This may involve individual, telephonic, on-line and group work sessions in a variety of settings and venues
• Participate in educating in-patients about the benefits of stopping smoking I and give support to those wanting to quit.
• Provide intermediate stop smoking support for , using the support of interventions such as CO monitoring, behavioural support, practical and social support, and Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Leadership
• To develop and maintain a specialist knowledge base in smoking cessation including an overview of new developments and identify opportunities to integrate these into own and others practice.
• To participate in the KSF process including contributing to the development of a personal development plan and appraisal
Information and reporting
• Keep accurate records and enable good data collection. Maintain accurate up to date and comprehensive records at all times and review own personal performance against KPI’s
Technology or system support
• To contribute to the process of quality assurance in service delivery
To maintain accurate digital patient notes
Service improvement
• Work with the Nurse Consultant for Harms Free Care to seek out opportunities to develop and implement stop smoking services in a range of health and community settings
Communications and Engagement
• Deliver VBA training for staff in the Trust & work with the Harms Free Care Consultant Nurse to devise a training package
• Promote good relationships with patients, public, staff and community services in verbal and written communication
• To utilise communication skills to support the local delivery of community and national campaigns e.g. No Smoking Day
• Communicates sensitively with clients and communicates effectively where there are barriers such as language, ethnicity, mental health and learning difficulties
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE A-C
Desirable criteria
- Smoking cessation qualification
- Public Health qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in public health
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within smoking cessation service
- Experience of working in NHS
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