Tobacco Dependency Clinical Lead - Band 7

NHS England has set every system the following Mental Health Long Term Plan Aspiration:

"Every patient admitted to a mental health hospital is screened for their smoking status and offered brief smoking cessation support by 31st March 2024."

Now, we're looking for a Clinical Lead to develop, implement and deliver a new Mental Health (MH) Tobacco Dependence Treatment Pathway. In this exciting and strategic role, you'll play a key role in supporting the Trust's ambition to be a lead for reducing health inequalities.

Initially, this will support adults with severe mental illnesses who have tobacco dependency based within MH inpatient wards and from April 2024 the Community Mental Health Teams too.

You will lead a new team, with Tobacco Dependency Advisors, alongside people with lived experience, Stop Smoking Champions and support from Public Health smoking cessation support offers. Quality Improvement approaches will support implementation and ensure robust metrics are in place to measure impact.

To be successful you'll need to be driven, dynamic and committed to great patient care.

The role offers a genuine opportunity to reach a wide number of people with severe mental illness and address one of the biggest determinants of physical health; smoking.

For more information on this role please see the attached job description and person specification for more information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.

Candidate Information Pack Dec 24

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• flexible working opportunities
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Person Specification

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trusts Values
• UK Masters degree level or equivalent
• Leadership training.
• Current Registration with Health and Care Professions Council without restriction.
• * Requires level 2/3 (Practitioner) smoking cessation competencies plus mental health module (
  * and or work towards in the first 3-6months)
• Proven experience of development, implementation/ delivery, and data recording of clinical pathways, following NHSE guidelines.
• Strategically linking with the Smokefree strategy, the QI QUITT Collaboration and other related projects and initiatives across Coventry and Warwickshire.
• Adaptable teaching skills in relation to patients, carers and colleagues
• Excellent interpersonal and…