Tobacco Dependence Advisor

We are recruiting a Tobacco Dependence Advisor to join our existing team.

The purpose of the role of a Tobacco Dependence Advisor is to be responsible for helping people who smoke to quit by offering motivational interviewing techniques and supporting the change behaviour and combat addiction to tobacco.

This will be achieved by:

• Running clinics, drop-ins, and groups across a range of settings and locations
• Working alongside other advisors and local community partners to recruit people who smoke using a range of promotional methods targeted at specific groups
• Offering advice and distributing stop smoking medicines to participants who have been referred for support in making a lifestyle change, by their GP, other health professional, or through self-referral
• Delivering behavioural support through one-to-one consultations and group sessions that support positive changes and brief intervention advice for stop smoking
• Supporting our pharmacies to provide support to residents
• Targeting our services to groups of people who have a high prevalence of smoking, e.g., people with routine and manual occupations and the Eastern European community

The post is a fixed-term post for 2 years. It is a face-to-face role working in community settings.

You will need to be a non-smoker or ex-smoker.

You will also need to be available to hold appointments in the evenings and on weekends or attend promotional events to ensure we have an accessible service.

As a Tobacco Dependence Advisor, you will need to have experience of delivering 1-to-1 and group assessments/appointments to targeted groups in the community or have experience of providing healthcare advice or health promotion advice to members of the public.

You will need to motivate, inspire, and support clients and patients to adopt a healthier lifestyle through using a professional, knowledgeable, and empathetic approach, as well as applying motivational interviewing and behavioural change techniques. Always displaying the highest level of professional integrity.

You will be proactive in how we work in partnership with the voluntary sector and have ideas about how we can reach the communities that need our support.

Ideally, you would hold a level 2 NCSCT stop smoking advisor qualification or have a commitment to completing the training when you start the role.

Having experience in working within a target-driven environment and meeting key performance indicators is crucial, as is having experience of using case management systems to record patient information.