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Stop Smoking SpecialistHarrogate, North Yorkshire
We offer hybrid working and we are committed to
paying the Real Living Wage.
About Us
Yorkshire Cancer Research is the largest
independent cancer charity in England. With an ambitious goal of saving 2000
lives a year, it is an exciting time to be joining the charity. Every week in
Yorkshire almost 600 people are told they have cancer, by working for Yorkshire
Cancer Research you are helping to protect and save these lives.
Yorkshire is big, beautiful and diverse and, as
an inclusive employer, our aim is that our workforce reflects the rich
diversity of our region. We believe a diverse workforce is central to us
achieving our strategic goal of saving more lives in our region. We offer equal
opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, age, disability, sex,
gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and
civil partnerships.
Yorkshire Cancer Research is entering an
exciting period in its development. As part of this we are expanding our team
at our Head Office and a number of new roles are being created. As such, we are
now looking for a number of Stop Smoking Specialists to support our Research,
Services and Policy team.
The Role
An exciting
opportunity has arisen at Yorkshire Cancer Research to join our newly developed
stop smoking service. The charity has
successfully invested in several large-scale programmes to reduce smoking rates
across Yorkshire and we are now launching our own stop smoking service to
support people to quit smoking. The service will build on our successes in
funding other services, the evidence produced by our research funding, and our
policy expertise.
As the service
develops, we will be looking for several experienced Stop Smoking Specialists
to support the delivery of this service.
Yorkshire Cancer is
committed to funding and delivering innovative research and pioneering services
that support people to live long and healthy lives free from cancer. We are
investing over £100m in groundbreaking research and services with a focus on 3
topics:
Reducing the risk
of developing cancer, including supporting people to stop smoking
Improving early
diagnosis and cancer screening
Improving
treatments
The next few years
will see a period of significant and exciting activity for Yorkshire Cancer
Research. We are embarking upon a new and ambitious strategy that will see us
growing substantially as a charity, investing in delivering our own services to
increase our impact further.
Yorkshire Cancer
Research is seeking to create a flexible service that can support people to
quit smoking in the way that best suits each person. As a result, the Stop
Smoking Specialist roles will offer flexible working hours in addition to
hybrid working. We are therefore open to receiving applications for part-time
working and/or non-standard working hours working.
These will be exciting
and challenging but extremely rewarding roles. If you are enthusiastic,
motivated, and looking to make a big difference, then this is the role for you!
Specifically in this role, you will:
Autonomously
deliver smoking cessation assessments, advice and support, minimizing harm from
tobacco and health-related issues in line with best guidance and protocols.
Undertake
client assessments, making appropriate pharmacotherapy decisions, provide
ongoing client support and undertaking 4 and 12 week follow-ups.
Advise
on stop smoking medications to patients including all forms of NRT, vapes
(e.cigarettes) as well as non-nicotine treatments.
Undertake
Carbon Monoxide (CO) testing for patients who engage with the service. Both at
first contact with the service and 28 days following discharge (where
possible).
Liaise
with health care providers to ensure robust continuity of care for the
patients, including arranging prescription only stop smoking medication
(agreeing follow-up appointments/contacts, feeding back to healthcare partners
e.g., GP/primary care.
Contribute
to the monitoring and evaluation of the service, including the completion of
the minimum data set aligned to NHS England mandatory requirements. This will
include following up with patients following discharge to monitor stop smoking
outcomes.
Manage
caseload of patients and be responsible for all associated tasks, including
follow-up appointments, and managing diary commitments.
Communicate
effectively with colleagues, providing clear verbal, digital or written
information and instructions when sharing information, delegating, or handing
over responsibility for care to ensure that smoking cessation records are kept
up to date and accurate.
Work
with the Services Manager and Head of Services to ensure that public and
patient insight and involvement is captured, which will shape the development,
delivery and evaluation of our service to make sure they are patient centred.
Work
with the Services Manager and Head of Services to identify other areas that the
charity could have an impact by implementing Health Initiatives and Services
that meet the charitys strategy.
About You
The ideal candidate would:
Possess
significant experience working in a smoking cessation service and/or have
previous experience working within a hospital, clinical or community
environment supporting people in behaviour change.
Be NCSCT
accredited.
Have
demonstratable evidence of continued professional development.
We would like to hear from you if you:
Have strong
interpersonal and communication skills.
Are experienced
in using behaviour change models.
Can 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.
Are flexible with
your working day.
Possess good time
management and planning skills.
Are interested in
motivating and supporting both individuals in virtual and community-based
settings.
Can raise public
awareness and provision of consistent healthy lifestyle messaging, on issues
relevant to the health of the community and in a multi-cultural setting.
The Benefits
We offer all our employees a wide range of
benefits including an enhanced contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual
leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years service),
flexible working arrangements, private medical insurance, enhanced maternity
leave, career progression, learning and development, wellbeing initiatives,
offices within walking distance of Harrogate train station, free onsite parking
and a whole lot more.
Weve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do and were looking
for people who are aligned with these. As one of our Stop Smoking Specialists, you
will strive for excellence in everything you do, have integrity, champion
expertise through improvement and innovation and be a great team player. To
find out more about our values and how important they are to us, please visit
our website.
Application
Before applying, please visit our Careers Page to view the full
role profile and find out more about working for Yorkshire Cancer Research.
To apply please submit a CV and cover letter
outlining your suitability for the role to Claire Wooldridge, Head of People, (recruitment@ycr.org.uk)
before 13 August 2023. Please read ourprivacy noticebefore
applying.
The charity is a responsible and
flexible employer. We welcome any
discussion for flexible working at the interview/offer stage where we will
consider an individuals circumstances against the needs of the charity.
We
positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible
candidates from all backgrounds. If we can make any reasonable adjustments to
support your application please contact us at recruitment@ycr.org.uk
or call the People Team on 01423 642803.
