Smoking Cessation Team Supervisor

at  Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED WITHIN THE HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT NHS CARE SYSTEM

Organisations within scope are as follows:

• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
• Southern Health Foundation Trust
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
• University Hospital Southampton
• Solent NHS Trust
• South Central Ambulance Service
• Isle of Wight NHS Trust
• Hampshire Hospitals

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Job Description
Are you passionate about working with people to make key lifestyle changes to improve their health and wellbeing? An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Medicine and Urgent Care Group as a new Smoking Cessation service is being set up. This will focus on providing inpatients with support to help them stop smoking. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with excellent communication skills to be the Band 4 Supervisor. Experience of working in an NHS/Health care setting would be beneficial or a role where frequent engagement with the public was key.
The successful applicant will be responsible for undertaking face to face smoking cessation assessments with inpatients and liaising with the clinical and community teams involved in the patients’ care and onward cessation journeys. They will also be responsible for the management of the Band 3 Smoking Cessation Advisor. Training will be provided, but the post holder will be expected to computer literate (word, outlook, excel).
Job Description

Qualifications

• NVQ III /RSA III or relevant equivalent experience
• Desirable NCSCT Level 2 Smoking Cessation
• GSCE/A Level)

Additional Information
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs

Please refer the Job description for details