Stop Smoking Advisor

Job summary

MUST APPLY THROUGH LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE, APPLICATIONS ANYWHERE ELSE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

Make a difference to the citizens of Leicester and their health and wellbeing.

Join us to deliver on a secondary care treatment programme for tobacco addiction. As a valued member of our local authority Stop Smoking Services team, youll work on this exciting programme for smokers across University Hospitals Leicester. Working with the Service Lead, community and hospital-based midwives and maternity support workers, we aim to provide Stop Smoking support to pregnant women to promote smoke free pregnancies and smoke free homes.

This is a full-time, 12-month fixed term 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 two sites - Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital.

Main duties of the job

Working predominantly in hospital wards and clinics within maternity services, youll also counsel pregnant women on stopping smoking from the community. 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 during their pregnancy and the post-natal period. Youll work closely with Public Health midwife, Service Lead and stop smoking services to develop, inform, and implement strategies to ensure health professionals are adequately trained to support women and their families with health improvement measures.

About us

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