Stop Smoking Advisor

Job description

Job responsibilities

Do you want to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of your community?

Have you got experience of working within the health and wellbeing sector to support a wide range of clients on their stop smoking journeys?

Are you looking for your next opportunity?

The role

We are looking for people to work as part of a small highly skilled and passionate team delivering a new Stop Smoking Service, operating across Oxfordshire to support local residents to quit smoking through a 3-tiered approach service.

The role is ideally suited to people with strong communication skills and those who are confident delivering stop smoking support, including carrying out initial assessments and interventions using proven behaviour change techniques in line with national guidelines.

You will have a wide and varied caseload and will need to be able to prioritise multiple clients needs via multiple channels including in community settings, workplaces and virtually using digital media.

Must be able to drive and have access to a car.

Key elements of the day-to-day role:

Contribute to the assessment of clients for suitability for the service and eligibility for the right tier of support

To carry out CO testing using equipment provided

To assess nicotine dependence and readiness to quit using the Fagerstrom test

To support the client in making the best decision on pharmacotherapy - Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products and Champix under a local PGD

Provide pharmacotherapy via a voucher scheme/direct supply

Ensure appropriate records are kept for all contacts with the service via the service CRM

Follow up and support clients to four week and 12-week quits

Support clients who fail in their attempt to re-engage with the service and make subsequent attempts.

Complete all service paperwork in a timely manner in line with agreed protocols.

You will need to be an independent self-starter, flexible and driven by a desire to help people to positively change their lifestyle behaviours.

You will be experienced in the facilitation of individual sessions as well as group sessions.

You will live in the Oxfordshire area.

Essential existing skills/experience

Understanding of behaviour change techniques

As this post is community-based, post holders will need to be able to independently travel with own car across the Oxfordshire area depending on what tier support will be required

IT literate and able to confidently use online methods of communication. You will also need to have a good eye for detail, and you will be accurate with data input and reporting

Experience of delivering stop smoking health interventions

Customer facing experience ideally in health setting or service

Experience of using databases or digital systems to record data

You need to be a people person and thrive on engaging people including clients and stakeholders and partners.

Full training for all roles will be provided along with a programme of continued professional development. As this post is community-based, post holders will need to be able to independently travel across Oxfordshire area.

Only those shortlisted will be contacted.

About us

ICE is an established provider of health and lifestyle behaviour change across the country. Our entire team is committed to and passionate about improving the happiness, health and wellbeing of people throughout the UK.

The ICE mission is to work with individuals, communities and organisations to co-create a well, confident and resilient society.

Our purpose

ICEs vision is to live in a society that is well, confident and resilient.

We refuse to accept second best, believing that people canachieve great things.We are here to help people to Make Better Happen.

We are a purpose-driven organisation; our values are important to us and we believe they should also be important to you:

Integrity

Passion

Success

Fairness

Bravery

Creativity.

Have we described you?

We can promise you an opportunity to grow, add value and progress your career in an exciting environment by bringing your strengths to our team and having fun along the way.

Dont miss out; if you have been excited by this opportunity, then act now.

All posts will be subject to enhanced DBS clearance.

Only those shortlisted will be contacted.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• IT literate and able to confidently use online methods of communication. You will also need to have a good eye for detail, and you will be accurate with data input and reporting.
• GCSE level English and Mathematics or equivalent
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent in health-related studies OR substantial
• Successful experience of delivering stop smoking interventions in a range of settings
• Understanding of behavior change techniques.
• Smoking Cessation Training Level 2 delivered by an NHS Stop Smoking Service or the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (or to undertake within 1 month of starting in post)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of using databases or digital systems to record data.
• Customer facing experience ideally in health setting or service.

Desirable

• Specific training on wider healthy lifestyle activities e.g. healthy eating, physical activity etc.
• Motivational interviewing

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

ICE Creates

Address

Bicester Inovation Centre

Telford Road

Bicester

Oxfordshire

OX26 4LD

Employer's website

https://icecreates.com/ (Opens in a new tab)