Stop Smoking Advisor

Job summary

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Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Make a difference to the citizens of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland with their health and wellbeing,

Join us to deliver the stop smoking service with a key focus on delivering a secondary care treatment programme for tobacco addiction.

The CURE Project across UHL is part of the NHS Long Term Plan, working to prevent illnesses that develop as a result of smoking. CURE is a systematic approach to identify all smokers admitted to hospital, provide them with appropriate pharmacotherapy and behavioural support and onward care to long term stop smoking support in the community.

We have a full-time, permanent contract position working 37 hours per week. Youll be able to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends by agreement, to provide sessions to meet service user needs. Youll work across the 3 hospital sites Glenfield Hospital, Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital.

Main duties of the job

What youll be doing

As a key part of the Acute CURE team, youll work predominantly in hospital wards to offer behavioural change support and pharmacotherapy to inpatients who have a tobacco addiction. Youll manage a caseload of clients and monitor their progress, as well as make further referrals to other services to support clients to enhance their health and wellbeing. This will include planning and delivering treatment sessions, using motivational interviewing techniques, and providing clients with tools to help them with stopping smoking.

What youll need

With previous experience of supporting individuals to change their behaviour and helping them to facilitate these changes, youll understand the impact of smoking on an individuals health. Youll have completed the NCSCT (National Centre for Smoking Cessation & Training) Knowledge and Skills programme OR be willing to complete this within 1 month of commencement in the post. Using excellent verbal and written communication skills, youll be able to listen actively, provide clear explanations and clinical advice to patients and health professionals. Youll be able to engage, influence and persuade others, whilst motivating them to make a change and stop smoking. As a proficient IT user, youll be able to confidently maintain accurate records on the client record management systems. Self -motivated, enthusiastic, and compassionate, youll be dedicated to the stop smoking agenda to achieve the best outcomes.

About us

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. Youll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. Well also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.

Join us

Were committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. Thats why weve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.Well do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the our approach to recruitment page.