Job summary
- Main area
- Tobacco Dependency Advisor
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (Funding till 31 August 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 828-PROVIDE3694
- Employer
- Provide CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ipswich Hospital
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/11/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Tobacco Dependency Advisor
Band 4
Job overview
Are you a Health Care Assistant looking for a new challenge or someone with Lifestyle Service experience with a passion for helping people stop smoking? We have an exciting opportunity to join the CoSTED Programme at Ipswich Hospital as a Tobacco Dependence Advisor. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys patient-facing work and is looking for a rewarding opportunity to support individuals in making positive lifestyle changes.
You will be part of the ESNEFT Tobacco Treatment Service Team.
The main aim of this scheme is to recruit smokers attending the ED to begin a smokefree journey post-discharge.
The main elements of this will include:
- Brief advice on smoking cessation
- Provision of a vape starter kit plus advice on its use
- Follow up at 1, 3, 6 months
- Referral to local stop smoking services
Main duties of the job
- Engaging with patients and visitors attending ED and Outpatients, to start a discussion on the specific needs in order to maximise their chance of a successful bid to quit smoking.
- Issuing the patient with the appropriate vape to support the quit attempt.
- Where vaping is not deemed appropriate for the patient, establishing alternative support in the community.
- Maintaining contact with the patient, contacting them at least once a week prior to the 28-day quit date.
- Recording the details of those using the service by completing the
documentation supporting the project in accordance with agreed SOPs - As required supporting the TDAs delivering the inpatient Tobacco Treatment Service.
Working for our organisation
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To engage with inpatients in the acute setting to provide Smoking Cessation advice and support, along with recommendations for NRT where required
To engage with individuals to improve their lifestyle and self-management capacity
Apply behaviour change techniques to support complex individual lifestyle changes, e.g goals setting, confidence building
Provide evidence based about a key public health agenda
Ensure referral to FGS following discharge from the acute setting to enhance and sustain the outcome of the interventions
To ensure strong partnership working with acute hospital staff in relationship to the management of smoking cessation within the hospital
To independently undertake assessments and recommend suitable interventions related to smoking cessation
To manage caseloads efficiently, taking the lead with complex cases and delegating routine work to the Tobacco Dependency Advisor where appropriate
Contribute to and work as part of a team, both internally and externally
Person specification
Qualifications/Experience
Essential criteria
- IT literate
- Communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications/Experience
Motivational interviewing
Essential criteria
- Motivational interviewing
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications/Experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Kenealy
- Job title
- Stop Smoking Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07580 911683
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