Job Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Smoking Cessation Co-ordinator to join the Smoking Cessation team on a 6 month fixed term contract. Hours can be flexible. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual who's role will involve face to face mainly ward based communication, working closely with all staff and establishing and maintaining a robust, accessible and flexible support team for Staff and Patients. Previous experience/knowledge of smoking issues essential.

Main Duties of the Job
You will support implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan for Treating Tobacco Dependence within Secondary Care.

About Us
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure. We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding. Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us. Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible. A video about the Royal Surrey is available on YouTube.

Job Responsibilities
To support the development and implementation of the Treating Tobacco Dependence Service for inpatient services and be responsible for delivering the objectives, improving health outcomes, supporting in-house tobacco treatment advisors To be responsible for delivering and teaching evidenced based practice and will develop and maintain networks to share good practice and learning from each other across neighbouring Trusts and beyond. To be responsible for the development, implementation and local audit of services, policies, guidelines, training and pathways which will include data collection, performance management and quality assurance of the programme. To work alongside and support all members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team, Local Authority Public Health Stakeholders, Clinical Teams in local Trusts, Smoking Cessation Advisors and other health professionals and service providers engaged in this field of work. The postholder represents the RSCH in the Surrey Tobacco Alliance , Surrey Heartlands tobacco control programme and other cross-Surrey stakeholder gatherings

Details
Date posted: 19 June 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £41,957 to £50,387 a year per annum pro rata including High Cost Area Supplement
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 384-AGB-EMF20297-B6
Job locations: Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, GU2 7XX, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Professional qualification in relevant subject e.g. Nursing/Public Health/Allied Health Professional
• Smoking Cessation NCSCT trained (or willing to undertake)

Desirable

• Nurse Prescribing Certificate

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Experience of providing smoking cessation support

Desirable

• Experience of clinical audit
• Ability to use hospital information systems and analyse data
• Experience of service development
• Experience of teaching and delivering training and educational sessions to healthcare professionals
• Public health and the wider smoking cessation and tobacco control agenda

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer Details
Employer name: Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/