Tobacco Dependency Advisor

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

The closing date is 07 May 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Physical health team for a year fixed term or secondment as a Tobacco dependency advisor to support our inpatients to stop smoking.

The role will support in delivering stop smoking assessments, specialist advice and support, including advice on stop smoking pharmacotherapy and e-cigarettes, working within recommended protocols and guidelines

Main duties of the job

Promote the health and wellbeing of people who use the service through offering specialist stop smoking advice, information and support.
Work with patients to change their behaviour to improve their health by stopping smoking (and, on occasions, support significant others e.g. partners/ parents/family members who smoke).
Manage own caseload of patients and responsible for all associated tasks, including follow-up visits, and managing diary commitments.
Act as a smoke free champion promoting the smoke free message through their day-to-day work.
Support clinical staff to provide more effective stop smoking support for their patients, through providing up to date and evidence-based information and guidance.
Provide specialist advice and support to staff, including delivering an education, training and awareness programme to help reduce harm from smoking and ensure KMPT remains a smoke free setting.

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Date posted

02 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

380-SS0638-A

Job locations

Canterbury/negotiable

Canterbury

CT1 1AZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsible for management of day-to-day workload.Communicate with a wide range of health professionals and other staff to advise them on effective methods of stop smoking behavioural support.
Work with a wide range of patients as part of their day-to-day work, including those with communication difficulties and adapt information and support provided accordingly
Develop individually tailored stop smoking support plans including recommending treatments based on assessed needs and monitoring and adjusting plans as required.
Provide information to people about stopping smoking, minimizing harm from tobacco and health-related issues in line with best guidance and protocols. Taking into consideration the wide range of diverse needs e.g. different forms of tobacco use, English as a second language Communicate using a range of resources that promote health improvement (mainly stopping smoking), adapting information and using different formats depending on both patient need (e.g. pregnant woman, adult inpatient) and for different staff groups or specialties.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsible for management of day-to-day workload.Communicate with a wide range of health professionals and other staff to advise them on effective methods of stop smoking behavioural support.
Work with a wide range of patients as part of their day-to-day work, including those with communication difficulties and adapt information and support provided accordingly
Develop individually tailored stop smoking support plans including recommending treatments based on assessed needs and monitoring and adjusting plans as required.
Provide information to people about stopping smoking, minimizing harm from tobacco and health-related issues in line with best guidance and protocols. Taking into consideration the wide range of diverse needs e.g. different forms of tobacco use, English as a second language Communicate using a range of resources that promote health improvement (mainly stopping smoking), adapting information and using different formats depending on both patient need (e.g. pregnant woman, adult inpatient) and for different staff groups or specialties.

Person Specification

Training and qualifications

Essential

proficient in Microsoft excel
NVQ level 3 in healthcare

Desirable

Level 2 NCSCT stop smoking advisor qualification

Experience

Essential

oExperience of working with people with complex conditions such as severe mental health conditions or learning disabilities
oExperience of providing healthcare, healthcare advice or health promotion advice to patients or members of the public

Desirable

oKnowledge of tobacco treatments
oExperience of using stop smoking databases
oExperience of delivering or assisting with lifestyle behavioural interventions in a group setting

Knowlegde and Skills

Essential

oMotivational skills
oAdministration skills using Outlook, Excel, Word, and patient database systems
oAble to work across all KMPT sites in a timely manner

Desirable

oAbility to use carbon monoxide monitors

Person Specification

Training and qualifications

Essential

proficient in Microsoft excel
NVQ level 3 in healthcare

Desirable

Level 2 NCSCT stop smoking advisor qualification

Experience

Essential

oExperience of working with people with complex conditions such as severe mental health conditions or learning disabilities
oExperience of providing healthcare, healthcare advice or health promotion advice to patients or members of the public

Desirable

oKnowledge of tobacco treatments
oExperience of using stop smoking databases
oExperience of delivering or assisting with lifestyle behavioural interventions in a group setting

Knowlegde and Skills

Essential

oMotivational skills
oAdministration skills using Outlook, Excel, Word, and patient database systems
oAble to work across all KMPT sites in a timely manner

Desirable

oAbility to use carbon monoxide monitors

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.