Tobacco Dependancy Assistant

Are you looking to work in a dynamic, flexible, and forward-thinking team? Are you passionate about helping people? Are you looking for something different? If so, The Tobacco Dependency Treatment Service is the team for you!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join The Tobacco Dependency Treatment Service as a Tobacco Dependency Treatment Advisor.

Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable ill health and early death in England. Every year, an estimated 76,000 people die from a smoking related illness and many more live with tobacco related sickness. Stopping smoking therefore is one of the important decisions a person can make to improve their physical and mental health and wellbeing.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has developed a Tobacco Dependency Treatment Service to support the NHS Long Term Plan (LTP); this new Service offers behavioural support and referral to community services.

The postholder will be an integral member of the Tobacco Dependency Treatment Service and will work with the Tobacco Dependency Lead and Specialist Nurse to provide behavioural support and treatment in relation to tobacco smoking.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate good communication and motivational skills, have experience of working within a health promotion / health setting and have knowledge of tobacco treatment.

The post holder will support under direction the development of the service and the day-to-day running of the Tobacco Dependency Treatment Service to ensure safe, well organised, and evidence-based care is offered routinely to all identified smokers and provided to all that access the service.

The main duties of the job will include, but are not limited to the following:

To work with the Tobacco Dependency Treatment Service (TDTS) and Specialist Nurse to provide smoking cessation interventions in line with the evidence base and national standards for behavioural support and treatment in relation to tobacco smoking

To support the day-to-day running of the tobacco treatment service to ensure safe, well organised and evidence-based care is offered routinely to all identified smokers and provided to all that access the service

To support the delivery of the service key performance and reporting indicators for tobacco dependency

Maintain a high standard of work and prioritise own workload according to the needs of the service.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.

We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards;
The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities

• Experience of working in healthcare setting
• Knowledge of tobacco treatment and the impact tobacco dependency can have on physical health, mental health and social issues

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.

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working