Job Details
Stop Smoking Advisor
Leicester City Council
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Overview
Make a difference to the citizens of Leicester and their health and well being.
£27,711 to £30,060
per year
Full time, Temporary
(37 Hours per week, 12 month fixed term contract )
Leicester
Key information
Make a difference to the citizens of Leicester and their health and wellbeing,
Join us to deliver on a secondary care treatment programme for tobacco addiction. As a valued member of our local authority Stop Smoking Services team, you’ll work on this exciting programme for smokers across University Hospitals Leicester. Working with the Service Lead, community and hospital-based midwives and maternity support workers, we aim to provide Stop Smoking support to pregnant women to promote smoke free pregnancies and smoke free homes.
About the role
The post will be responsible for offering time-limited, person-centred smoking cessation support and advice in one to one and group settings across University Hospitals Leicester to reduce the prevalence of smoking, especially smoking in pregnancy, in Leicester City.
This is a full-time, 12-month fixed term position working 37 hours per week. You’ll be able to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends by agreement, to provide sessions to meet service user needs. You’ll work across two sites - Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital.
Requirements
What you’ll need
With previous experience of supporting individuals to change their behaviour and helping them to facilitate these changes, you will understand the national and local agenda in relation to smoking cessation and tobacco and the impact of smoking on an individual’s health. Using your excellent verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills you will have the ability to listen actively and provide clear explanations and clinical advice to clients and other professionals as well as ability to engage, influence and persuade others.
You will have completed the NCSCT (National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training) Knowledge and Skills programme OR be able to complete this within 1 month of commencement in the post.
You will have completed the NCSCT (National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training) Standard Treatment Programme for Pregnant Women programme OR be able to complete this within 1 month of commencement in the post.