Job summary
Band 4 | 0.8 WTE (30 hours per week) | Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) Based | 7-Day Working

Are you passionate about tackling health inequalities and helping people live healthier lives?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Stop Smoking Practitioner (0.8 WTE) based at Royal Lancaster Infirmary, working as part of our 7-day Treating Tobacco Dependency Service.

You'll support patients to stop smoking through personalised behavioural support, specialist advice and referral into ongoing community services. Working alongside multidisciplinary teams, you'll play a vital role in improving patient outcomes and reducing smoking-related harm across Morecambe Bay.

If you're a motivated individual with excellent communication skills and a passion for health improvement, we'd love to hear from you.

Help us create a smoke-free future for our patients and communities. Apply today.

Main duties of the job
The Inpatient Stop Smoking Practitioner role will be working with support from the Respiratory team and across all inpatient specialities, assessing and delivering specialist stop smoking advice. The post holder will receive formal supervision and annual appraisal to support development in the post.

In-service training is provided and training opportunities offered relevant to the post.

The role will be key to the development of current projects focused on empowering people to understand and manage their own health and wellbeing effectively, by delivering person centred care and ensuring our service meets the needs of our patients.

We are a welcoming, close and supportive team who are enthusiastic regarding our work and delivering high level quality patient care.

There may be some travel required cross bay to support the other sites.

About us
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)
• NVQ/Diploma Level 3 in Health Care or equivalent relevant experience
• NCSCT Level 2 Training or willingness to undertake within 3 months

Desirable

• Training in health promotion interventions

Essential

• Experience working in a health or caring setting
• Experience providing healthcare, healthcare advice or health improvement advice
• Experience assessing, planning and reviewing care needs

Desirable

• Experience providing behavioural support or counselling
• Experience working in a health improvement field

Other

• Ability to travel across Trust sites
• Flexible approach to service needs

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and manage workload
• Good knowledge of evidence-based stop smoking practice

Desirable

• Experience using clinical systems
• Understanding of health promotion and health inequalities

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.