Health Improvement Advisor | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 02 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £30,279 - £33,116 pa inclusive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, W12 0HS |
| Company: | IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6194104/290-CR-581 |
Summary
We are recruiting a team of Health Improvement advisors to support our new tobacco dependence treatment programme and help patients to stop smoking.
You will work with different departments to seek opportunities to develop, encourage and implement health improvement interventions, including smoking cessation, across our different sites. In particular, you will act as a Smoke Free staff champion for the Trust, using timely evidence-based practices to help patients stop their tobacco use both during their hospital stay and after discharge. You will engage with community-based smoking cessation services to ensure our patients can continue to receive support after they are discharged from hospital.
This post will contribute to tackling health inequalities through promoting and supporting people to stop smoking, as well as looking at other health improvement opportunities such as weight management and alcohol intake. The role focuses on engaging with patients and offering them practical support to change their behaviour to achieve their own choices and goals.
This role requires an ability to manage time and resources effectively to ensure the team can meet the Trust’s standards and targets.
Candidates with experience of providing tobacco dependence interventions would be ideally suited to these roles, as would experience working in a hospital setting.
• Work with the Health Improvement Advisor Lead to plan and deliver tailored health improvement advice and support sessions, including smoking cessation advice, to inpatients
• Work with ward staff to build health improvement referrals
• Liaise with the pharmacy team about access to pharmacological support for smoking cessation, such as Nicotine Replacement Therapy
• Establish and maintain partnerships with local community services to enable an effective transition to post discharge support
• To collect data as part of the NHS England’s data requirements
• To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to support the wider smokefree agend
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Apr 2024