Stop Smoking Advisor

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

This post will contribute to tackling inequalities in health through promoting and supporting people to stop smoking. It focuses on engaging with people in communities and offering them practical support to change their behaviour to achieve their own choices and goals. The post holder will support the specialist stop smoking advisors delivering sessions for people stopping smoking.

Specifically the post holder will:

engage with people in local communities which have identified health inequalities;

communicate with people about health and health improvement;

work with people to change their behaviour to improve their health; and

manage and organise their time and activities to give smokers support to stop smoking, this may be face to face in group settings or one to ones and over the telephone

KEY RESULT AREAS:

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Engage with people in local areas which have identified health inequalities:

Identify and make contact with people in the local community to work with;

Work with existing groups and support the development of new groups in order to identify and engage with individuals;

Develop and maintain relationships with people who are most at risk of poor health outcomes;

Promote the equality and value the diversity of individuals; and

Build up and maintain knowledge of contacts and agencies within the community.

Communicate with individuals about health and health improvement:

Provide information to people about stopping smoking and health related issues; Enable people to develop their knowledge and skills about health and well-being; and

Signpost individuals to other agencies for information, support and resources as necessary

Enable people to change their behaviour to improve their health:

Help people to understand how smoking affects their health;

Help people to make a personal health plan which includes changes they want to make;

Support people in achieving their personal health plan by offering encouragement and motivation on a weekly basis;

Provide weekly support for people to maintain their behaviour change; and

Manage and organise own time and activities to support individuals in the community:

Plan own time and activities to meet the reasonable needs of individuals in the community;

Respond effectively to referrals within stated timescales self-referrals from the individuals, and those from colleagues /other workers/GPs;

Keep adequate electronic records using Quit Manager of the work undertaken as agreed with line manager;

Alert specialist advisors or line manager to any issues in work (including concerns about individuals or work in the community) and maintain confidentiality;

Actively contribute to ways in which local services can be improved to improve the health and well-being of the local community/barriers that individuals are experiencing in changing their behaviour;

Contribute to the development of the Specialist stop smoking service targets and any plans that may be developed by attending meetings as appropriate with co workers and sharing information;

Take an active part in developing own knowledge and skills;

Seek advice and support as and when appropriate;

Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others; and

Adhere to organisational policies and procedures.

To participate in an annual performance and personal development review.

To undertake any other duties consistent with the grade.

To maintain good working relationships with all levels of staff within the Acute Care Business Unit to ensure these administrative duties are carried out efficiently and effectively in order to meet the needs of the service.

Trust Values:

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respectat all time. The post holder must all time act in accordance with the Trusts Values:

Honest, open, transparent

Respectful

Person first and in the centre

Improve and be outstanding

Relevant today, ready for tomorrow

Families and carers matter

Safeguarding:

Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.

Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy:

All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate training required for their role and commit to:

ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns;

maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct;

understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Trust Data Protection Policy;

comply with the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol. Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually;

receive supervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed;

understand their responsibilities under the Trusts Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy;

recognise, respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users, carers and the public. Contribute to a working environment which promotes and responds positively to difference and diversity;

ensure they carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of The Children Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguarding policies and participatingin relevanttraining;

comply with their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and deliver care through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision);

demonstrate, through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continual development of individual, team and service wide quality improvement;

abide by relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking action when codes of conduct are breached;

work flexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within a culture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors in People (IiP) Standards.

adhere to the Trusts smoke free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trust grounds;

being socially responsible by complying with measures that support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact;

Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidents and near misses promptly;

In addition to the Trusts own responsibilities under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, for your safety, ALL staff (and contractors) are responsible for ensuring their work adheres to this Code in the delivery of safe patient care.

This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the band as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Value and promote equality and diversity of individuals.
• Ability to be flexible to meet the demands of the post, including working evenings or weekends to meet the needs of the service.
• Willingness to adapt and be flexible to change.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
• Current non-smoker due to nature of post.
• Proven track record of reliability.

Desirable

• Ability to speak a community language.

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Awareness of how smoking affects peoples health.
• Awareness and understanding of the issues and concerns that face people living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
• Demonstrate a desire to improve the health outcomes of tobacco users.
• Know your own limits of skills, competences and responsibilities and work within them.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and listening skills.
• Supportive and encouraging to people in a non-judgmental manner.
• Understand and maintain confidentiality.
• Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise and coordinate own work.
• Ability to apply knowledge and skills in practice.

Desirable

• Have an understanding about the Cycle of Change or other behaviour change models.
• Know about the broad health needs of the local area, and local health services.
• Know how to find out about local services and how to support people to use them.
• Advanced IT skills.
• Knowledge and use of Quit Manager or an electronic (clinical records system).

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE level English and Mathematics or equivalent.
• NVQ 3 in health-related studies or equivalent experience in community settings.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a paid or voluntary capacity in supporting behaviour change.
• Experience of using Microsoft Office software i.e. Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams.

Desirable

• Experience of working with voluntary and statutory agencies.
• Experience of supporting people with addictions to make a behaviour change.

Physical Attributes

Essential

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

Training

Essential

• Willing to undertake training and development as required to carry out duties of the post, within one month of starting in post.

Desirable

• Very Brief Advice on smoking training (online or face to face).
• Motivational Interviewing training.
• Level 2 Stop Smoking Skills training delivered by an NHS Stop Smoking Service or the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training(NCSCT).

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 details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Kendray Hospital

Doncaster Road

Barnsley

S Yorkshire

S70 3RD

Employer's website

https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)