Stop Smoking Advisor
Company
Location
Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
4/12/2025
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Description
Job Summary
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE OTHERWISE THEY WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
Make a difference to the citizens of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland with their health and wellbeing,
Join us to deliver the stop smoking service with a key focus on delivering a secondary care treatment programme for tobacco addiction.
The CURE Project across UHL is part of the NHS Long Term Plan, working to prevent illnesses that develop as a result of smoking. CURE is a systematic approach to identify all smokers admitted to hospital, provide them with appropriate pharmacotherapy and behavioural support and onward care to long term stop smoking support in the community.
We have a full-time, permanent contract position working 37 hours per week. Youll be able to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends by agreement, to provide sessions to meet service user needs. Youll work across the 3 hospital sites Glenfield Hospital, Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital.
Main duties of the job
What Youll Be Doing
As a key part of the Acute CURE team, youll work predominantly in hospital wards to offer behavioural change support and pharmacotherapy to inpatients who have a tobacco addiction. Youll manage a caseload of clients and monitor their progress, as well as make further referrals to other services to support clients to enhance their health and wellbeing. This will include planning and delivering treatment sessions, using motivational interviewing techniques, and providing clients with tools to help them with stopping smoking.
What Youll Need
With previous experience of supporting individuals to change their behaviour and helping them to facilitate these changes, youll understand the impact of smoking on an individuals health. Youll have completed the NCSCT (National Centre for Smoking Cessation & Training) Knowledge and Skills programme OR be willing to complete this within 1 month of commencement in the post. Using excellent verbal and written communication skills, youll be able to listen actively, provide clear explanations and clinical advice to patients and health professionals. Youll be able to engage, influence and persuade others, whilst motivating them to make a change and stop smoking. As a proficient IT user, youll be able to confidently maintain accurate records on the client record management systems. Self -motivated, enthusiastic, and compassionate, youll be dedicated to the stop smoking agenda to achieve the best outcomes.
About Us
What we can offer you
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. Youll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. Well also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.
Date posted
07 April 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£27,711 to £30,060 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
F0116-25-0002
Job locations
115 Charles Street
Leicester
LE1 1FZ
Job Description
Job responsibilities
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Responsibilities
Job description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Experience Essential
Employer name
Leicester City Council
Address
115 Charles Street
Leicester
LE1 1FZ
Employer's website
https://jobs.leicester.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE OTHERWISE THEY WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
Make a difference to the citizens of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland with their health and wellbeing,
Join us to deliver the stop smoking service with a key focus on delivering a secondary care treatment programme for tobacco addiction.
The CURE Project across UHL is part of the NHS Long Term Plan, working to prevent illnesses that develop as a result of smoking. CURE is a systematic approach to identify all smokers admitted to hospital, provide them with appropriate pharmacotherapy and behavioural support and onward care to long term stop smoking support in the community.
We have a full-time, permanent contract position working 37 hours per week. Youll be able to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends by agreement, to provide sessions to meet service user needs. Youll work across the 3 hospital sites Glenfield Hospital, Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital.
Main duties of the job
What Youll Be Doing
As a key part of the Acute CURE team, youll work predominantly in hospital wards to offer behavioural change support and pharmacotherapy to inpatients who have a tobacco addiction. Youll manage a caseload of clients and monitor their progress, as well as make further referrals to other services to support clients to enhance their health and wellbeing. This will include planning and delivering treatment sessions, using motivational interviewing techniques, and providing clients with tools to help them with stopping smoking.
What Youll Need
With previous experience of supporting individuals to change their behaviour and helping them to facilitate these changes, youll understand the impact of smoking on an individuals health. Youll have completed the NCSCT (National Centre for Smoking Cessation & Training) Knowledge and Skills programme OR be willing to complete this within 1 month of commencement in the post. Using excellent verbal and written communication skills, youll be able to listen actively, provide clear explanations and clinical advice to patients and health professionals. Youll be able to engage, influence and persuade others, whilst motivating them to make a change and stop smoking. As a proficient IT user, youll be able to confidently maintain accurate records on the client record management systems. Self -motivated, enthusiastic, and compassionate, youll be dedicated to the stop smoking agenda to achieve the best outcomes.
About Us
What we can offer you
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. Youll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. Well also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.
Date posted
07 April 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£27,711 to £30,060 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
F0116-25-0002
Job locations
115 Charles Street
Leicester
LE1 1FZ
Job Description
Job responsibilities
https://ce0421li.webitrent.com/ce0421li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=105222cRzr&WVID=238041BmBo
Responsibilities
Job description Job responsibilities
https://ce0421li.webitrent.com/ce0421li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=105222cRzr&WVID=238041BmBo
Person Specification
Experience Essential
- Sufficient experience of supporting individuals to change their behaviour and helping them to facilitate these changes
- Some experience of providing excellent customer care skills to both members of the public and partner agencies
- Experience of using IT packages such Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Sufficient experience of supporting individuals to change their behaviour and helping them to facilitate these changes
- Some experience of providing excellent customer care skills to both members of the public and partner agencies
- Experience of using IT packages such Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Employer name
Leicester City Council
Address
115 Charles Street
Leicester
LE1 1FZ
Employer's website
https://jobs.leicester.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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