Tobacco Dependency Practitioner
| Posting date: | 25 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £30,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £30000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 July 2025 |
| Location: | Birkenhead, CH41 3LE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | E0343-25-0015abl703c |
Summary
Key responsibilities will be Work as an integral part of the community mental health team. To build relationships with relevant community personnel to ensure own expertise is utilised to influence evidence base practice is embedded and governed by organisational protocols. Work cohesively with other services to ensure smoking cessation and tobacco dependency is integrated within multi-agencies. Participate in meetings applicable to the development of the Smoking Cessation and tobacco dependency programme within the relevant community settings. Ensure a robust and timely referral care pathway is embedded. Ensure clients have access to appropriate pharmacotherapy including vapes as speedily as possible. Validate smokers outcomes via CO monitoring. Identify opportunities to develop and improve services for clients. Assist in the organisation of the workload ensuring effective and efficient communication to other staff members. Maintain own knowledge of evidence-based methods and integrate new research into own practice Provide tobacco dependency and cessation advice and training, where appropriate to staff at all levels. Contribute to service reviews and write reports where applicable. Participate in audits and research and ensure service standards are maintained Maintain accurate and confidential client records including follow up, including the quality of care also ensuring compliance with information governance. Take part in promotional events in the relevant community settings, for example, No Smoking Day. Write reports as required. Skills and Competencies Required Be an experienced Smoking Cessation / Tobacco Dependency Practitioner ideally within an Acute health system. Experience of evolving and developing services within a complex health environment. Positive and proactive outlook with the ability to motivate, engage and support others to achieve the highest standards and outcomes. Adept in communication; A strong communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience including clients and staff at all levels. Build strong relationships, foster trust and co-operation among colleagues, stakeholders throughout the Acute settings. Quality driven; you naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.