Band 4 Tobacco Dependency Adviser | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £34,186 - £37,389 Per annum including HCAS Pro rata for Part time |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 May 2026 |
| Location: | London, NW3 2QG |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7927468/391-RFL-7927468 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Royal Free London Group Tobacco Dependency Team. We are recruiting Tobacco Dependency Advisors who enjoy working as part of small teams delivering the inpatient tobacco dependency pathway on the following sites: Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital. The postholder will be expected when required to travel and work within their remit across all sites within the Royal Free Group.
The Tobacco Dependency Roles will be based across the following sites. NB: the postholder will be expected as required to travel and work within their remit across all sites within the Royal Free Group.
Please rank your preferences in your application.
Please note:Royal Free Hospital attracts Inner London weighting.
Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and North Middlesex University Hospital attract Outer London weighting.
Role 1
1 FTE Royal Free London
Inner London weighting
Role 2
1 FTE Royal Free London
Inner London weighting
Role 3
0.6 FTE Barnet Hospital
0.4 FTE Royal Free London
Outer London weighting
Role 4
0.6 FTE North Middlesex University Hospital
0.4 FTE Barnet Hospital
Outer London weighting
Role 5
0.6 North Middlesex University Hospital
0.2 Chase Farm Hospital
Outer London weighting
The Tobacco Dependency Advisors will:
· Support the implementation of the Ottawa Model of care in an inpatient acute setting, delivering 1:1 Tobacco Dependency interventions.
· Complete follow up phone calls for clients at 7- and 28-days post discharge from hospital
· Liaise with Community Smoking Cessation services to manage referrals.
· Support the Population Health Programme manager in integrating the tobacco dependency pathway as part of routine care.
· Use professional expertise to develop a personalised suitable support plan for everyone, referring to community services as necessary.
· Organise and deliver training to ward staff, reinforcing the training provided to in-patient teams by the RFL Faculty of Population Health to embed prevention across the Trust.
· Work with patients, staff and visitors to encourage behaviour change, providing advice, resources and participating in health promotion events across the Trust.
· To competently use trust IT systems to update patient records and service outcomes.
· Support the Population Health manager to organise and attend health promotion events, in line with National Campaigns.
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
This advert closes on Sunday 3 May 2026