Stop Smoking Practitioner

As a Tobacco Dependency Practitioner for Secondary Care, you will be an integral part of Smoking Cessation in hospitals, working alongside existing hospital-based Tobacco Dependence Teams to ensure a medical model of care for tobacco dependency is an integrated part of routine client care by all health professionals. Ultimately this programme will lead to the most significant referral route for the overall smoking cessation service within the county.

• Full Smoking Cessation Training will be given to ensure staff / applicants are equipped to deliver effective services. The training will include becoming a certified NCSCT Practitioner on successful completion.


You will be a motivated, passionate, organised, and proactive individual with significant experience in smoking cessation or addiction.

This role will be demanding as services develop and should become integrated in all settings. It will be essential that you use your own judgement to prioritise competing demands and workload effectively to specific timescales.


• Higher level education or Relevant degree (health/social care/public health)/ professional qualification, or equivalent experience in a healthcare support role.


• Skills/knowledge to utilise computer software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.


• Have a positive outlook with an ability to inspire confidence, provide vision and motivate people.


• Understanding concepts of behaviour change and how to implement these.


• Experience of managing own caseload without day to-day supervision.


• The ability to travel independently across the county.


• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need.
  
  Birthday Day off


• Flexible Annual Leave scheme


• Employee Referral scheme


• 37.5 hours working week


• Flu jabs


• Blue Light Card


• Cycle to work scheme


• Leadership and staff away days


• Training and Development