Job summary
The postholder will be part of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust's Tobacco Dependency Service, offering smoking cessation support to patients, and people who accompany them, accessing Walsall Manor Hospital services.
The Trust is committed to encouraging and supporting smokers accessing our services to quit. We recognise that tobacco dependency is a chronic, relapsing clinical condition that prematurely kills at least half of people who smoke.
To deliver this effectively, the successful applicant will need excellent communication, motivational and organisational skills and work as part of a tobacco dependency team. The Smoking Cessation Coordinators will work under agreed pathways and within defined competence. Working under unsupervised guidance, they will be expected to motivate and engage smokers attending the hospital, facilitate referral to follow-up support and ensure effective handover of care to established community smoking cessation services.
Some weekend working (to be confirmed) may be required in the future, on a rota basis.
We would be happy to speak to internal staff who would consider a secondment.
PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE A HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be based within Walsall Manor Hospital, working under the direction of the Lead Smoking Cessation Coordinator.
Main duties of the role include to:
Provide evidenced-based smoking cessation advice in the hospital setting during consultations
Demonstrate and maintain knowledge of smoking cessation aids
Support people to stop smoking by providing information, and brief advice, on the effects of smoking on health, relating this to the patient's presenting health condition where applicable.
Assess the person's smoking status and readiness to stop smoking, and refer them to specialist smoking cessation services
Be aware of the Trust's policies with reference to fire, accident reporting, infection control and health and safety.
Establish good relations with all grades of staff to ensure that good communication is maintained.
Work in a manner that always protects confidentiality
Work autonomously, reporting to line manager as agreed.
Prioritise own workload, balancing patient needs with administration duties
Act as a resource for smoking cessation knowledge and advice for colleagues within the emergency and outpatient departments of the hospital.
As the service develops the remit of the role may broaden out.
About us
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities.
A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will be part of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trusts Tobacco Dependency Service, offering smoking cessation support to smokers using Walsall Manor Hospital services.
The Trust is committed to encouraging and supporting smokers in our services to quit. We recognise that tobacco dependency is a chronic, relapsing clinical condition that prematurely kills at least half of people who smoke. Smoking is seen as a medical condition that can be treated, rather than as a lifestyle choice.
To deliver this effectively, the successful applicant will need excellent communication, motivational and organisational skills and work as part of a tobacco dependency team. The Smoking Cessation Coordinators will work under agreed pathways and within defined competence. Working under supervised guidance, they will be expected to motivate and engage smokers attending the hospitals day case departments, facilitate follow-up support and ensure effective handover of care to established community smoking cessation services.
Main Responsibilities
- Provide evidenced-based smoking cessation advice during consultations with patients
- Demonstrate and maintain knowledge of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products
- Support patients to stop smoking by providing information, and brief advice, on the effects of smoking on health, relating this to patients presenting health conditions where applicable, assessing patients smoking behaviour and readiness to stop smoking, and referring them to specialist smoking cessation services, either hospital based or community smoking cessation services, this forms the basis of the patients tobacco treatment care plan
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and partner organisations to ensure smoking and tobacco related health improvement information is available, collating patient data to share with community smoking cessation services, and the existing hospital-based Tobacco Dependency Service, to facilitate patient care by referring them to these services, as part of patient care planning
- Be aware of the Trust's policies with reference to fire, accident reporting, infection control and health and safety
- Establish good relations with all grades of staff to ensure that good communication is maintained
- Work in a manner that always protects confidentiality, assessments will be carried out with patients in the waiting area, where smoking cessation staff will move around, choosing the best area to maintain patient confidentiality, smoking cessation staff will be required to walk around the waiting area
- Work unsupervised at times during the day - if the Lead Smoking Cessation Coordinator is absent, support from the Tobacco Dependency Service (TDS) will be available
- Prioritise own workload to ensure that individual patient needs take precedence over administration duties
- Use iPad/other tablet to collate patient information, and to process patient referrals
- Undertake administrative duties relating to assessments, referrals and team activity on specified software systems
- Act as a resource for smoking cessation knowledge and advice for colleagues within the emergency department of the hospital
- Support service lead in ensuring the on-going development of effective, evidence-based practice through the establishment and delivery of a programme of training and education for trust staff
Other DutiesThe information supplied above is intended to summarise the key responsibilities and duties of the role. The post holder may be required from time to time to carry out other reasonable requests and duties as required, consistent with the responsibilities of their banding and development as agreed between employee and manager
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will be part of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trusts Tobacco Dependency Service, offering smoking cessation support to smokers using Walsall Manor Hospital services.
The Trust is committed to encouraging and supporting smokers in our services to quit. We recognise that tobacco dependency is a chronic, relapsing clinical condition that prematurely kills at least half of people who smoke. Smoking is seen as a medical condition that can be treated, rather than as a lifestyle choice.
To deliver this effectively, the successful applicant will need excellent communication, motivational and organisational skills and work as part of a tobacco dependency team. The Smoking Cessation Coordinators will work under agreed pathways and within defined competence. Working under supervised guidance, they will be expected to motivate and engage smokers attending the hospitals day case departments, facilitate follow-up support and ensure effective handover of care to established community smoking cessation services.
Main Responsibilities
- Provide evidenced-based smoking cessation advice during consultations with patients
- Demonstrate and maintain knowledge of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products
- Support patients to stop smoking by providing information, and brief advice, on the effects of smoking on health, relating this to patients presenting health conditions where applicable, assessing patients smoking behaviour and readiness to stop smoking, and referring them to specialist smoking cessation services, either hospital based or community smoking cessation services, this forms the basis of the patients tobacco treatment care plan
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and partner organisations to ensure smoking and tobacco related health improvement information is available, collating patient data to share with community smoking cessation services, and the existing hospital-based Tobacco Dependency Service, to facilitate patient care by referring them to these services, as part of patient care planning
- Be aware of the Trust's policies with reference to fire, accident reporting, infection control and health and safety
- Establish good relations with all grades of staff to ensure that good communication is maintained
- Work in a manner that always protects confidentiality, assessments will be carried out with patients in the waiting area, where smoking cessation staff will move around, choosing the best area to maintain patient confidentiality, smoking cessation staff will be required to walk around the waiting area
- Work unsupervised at times during the day - if the Lead Smoking Cessation Coordinator is absent, support from the Tobacco Dependency Service (TDS) will be available
- Prioritise own workload to ensure that individual patient needs take precedence over administration duties
- Use iPad/other tablet to collate patient information, and to process patient referrals
- Undertake administrative duties relating to assessments, referrals and team activity on specified software systems
- Act as a resource for smoking cessation knowledge and advice for colleagues within the emergency department of the hospital
- Support service lead in ensuring the on-going development of effective, evidence-based practice through the establishment and delivery of a programme of training and education for trust staff
Other DutiesThe information supplied above is intended to summarise the key responsibilities and duties of the role. The post holder may be required from time to time to carry out other reasonable requests and duties as required, consistent with the responsibilities of their banding and development as agreed between employee and manager
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NCSCT VBA + certificate achieved
Desirable
- NCSCT Stop Smoking Practitioner certified
Qualifications
Desirable
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent qualification achieved
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to use a range of IT software applications
Qualifications
Essential
- Maths and English GCSE or equivalent grade achieved
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NCSCT VBA + certificate achieved
Desirable
- NCSCT Stop Smoking Practitioner certified
Qualifications
Desirable
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent qualification achieved
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to use a range of IT software applications
Qualifications
Essential
- Maths and English GCSE or equivalent grade achieved
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
