Cure Hip

CURE HIP is a role which assists patients admitted to Royal Bolton Hospital to stop smoking. The CURE Project' which has only been recently launched at Royal Bolton Hospital is a new tobacco dependency treatment service to help patients go smoke free.
The role will include:
1. Undergo a thorough work-based training around CURE.
2. Undertake ongoing training and development under supervision in order to be able to support patients to stop smoking by:
+ Identify and engage with individuals who smoke
+ Support and motivate individuals to be able to become smoke free
+ Advise and support people to find and use appropriate services to remain smoke free
+ Provide people with accurate, up-to-date and reliable information about smoking
+ Work within the policies and procedures of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Develop all necessary skills and knowledge to facilitate progression to working autonomously as a CURE HIP., This role involves working with patients who smoke and we aim to promote and drive a healthier lifestyle to support patients to stop smoking.
The intervention will enable the CURE HIP to motivate and encourage the patient to improve their health, wellbeing and lifestyle through motivational support techniques around stopping smoking., + Develop and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of CURE Service
+ Develop knowledge around the broad concepts of health and well-being and the barriers to changing health behaviours, focusing on smoking
+ Attend regular team/staff meetings and other team events when requested
+ Attend all specified training sessions
+ Respect individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of individuals and their families and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to those needs
+ During training period participate and provide required work and evidence to support compliance at intervals defined in the CURE project
The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.
We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.
From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.
Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.
The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff has joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.