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Contact
- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Tobacco Dependence Advisor
Accepting applications until: 08-Jun-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 08-Jun-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- St Thomas' Hospital
- Address
- Westminster Bridge Road
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 months from start of contract)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Salary
- Salary
- £35,964 - £43,780 pa incl. HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 5)
Specialty
- Main area
- Tobacco Dependence Treatment
- Interview date
- 17/06/2025
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be a part of the Guy’s and St Thomas’ and Kings College Hospital Acute Tobacco Dependence Treatment Teams. We are looking for three Tobacco Dependence Advisors who will enjoy working as part of small teams delivering tobacco dependence treatment to patients in the Emergency Departments of St Thomas' Hospital and Kings College Hospital. Two (1.6wte) will be based at St Thomas' Hospital and one (1.0wte) at Kings College Hospital.
The post holders will be involved in introducing the COSTED scheme in our emergency departments. The main aim of this scheme is to recruit smokers attending the ED to begin a smokefree journey post-discharge.
The main elements of this will include:
- Brief advice on smoking cessation
- Provision of a vape starter kit plus advice on its use
- Follow up at 1, 3, 6 months
- Referral to local stop smoking services
This position will help us to achieve the Trusts commitment to drive a culture change towards prevention and to bring the promotion of optimised physical health and wellbeing into the mainstream.
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The post holder will be expected to support the delivery of the tobacco dependence treatment initiatives of the Trust aimed at promoting and improving the health of patients. The COSTED initiative will complement the current projects at the Trust, including the LTP project, MECC and Vital 5 programmes.
Duties and responsibilities will include:
· You will engage with patients attending ED, identifying current smokers and applying behavioural change techniques to motivate them to take up the COSTED intervention
· You will manage a caseload of participants for the COSTED intervention independently
· You will develop stop smoking resources and materials including written patient information as required and use existing appropriate resources to inform participants according to individually assessed needs
· You will assist in the management and organisation of work, as required, ensuring effective communication is maintained
· Be able to work collaboratively with all members of the MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team) and to make referrals as appropriate
· To contribute to the training package offered to staff in very brief advice (VBA).
· To be aware of and contribute towards the delivery of the targets of the projects.
· To be engaged and supportive of the further development and roll out of the tobacco dependence treatment programmes developed by the Trust throughout the hospital.
Working for our organisation
We are a small friendly team which has become well-established with a wealth of experience in tobacco dependence, led by the Trust's Values:
Caring – we put patients first
We provide patient and person-centred care. We care about others’ needs and wellbeing. We listen. We are compassionate to ourselves and others. We reflect on our actions. We are respectful and welcoming.
Ambitious – we innovate and strive for excellence
We innovate and strive for excellence. We act with integrity. We act on staff and patient feedback. We seek ways to improve the care and experience of others. We are efficient. We are committed to growth. We find new ways to deliver excellence.
Inclusive – we respect each other and work collaboratively
We respect each other and work collaboratively. We act on diverse views. We put ourselves in ‘others’ shoes’. We are building an anti-racism organisation. We seek opportunities to collaborate. We show sensitivity towards diversity of culture.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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To uphold and actively support the Trust’s smoke-free status
Be aware of, and contribute to, project targets.
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Where appropriate to refer into specialist-led clinic-based support
Shadowing TDT specialists, develop expertise in effective treatment programmes for people with a range of smoking related health conditions, to enable managing a small caseload
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To utilise a range of different approaches to raise awareness of tobacco dependence services and to use all possible opportunities to generate referrals for patients.
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To support the development of seamless care pathways and referral systems between professionals in acute settings, midwifery, community health services and primary care.
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To support the integration of the tobacco dependence service into broader health development initiatives.
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To contribute to the ongoing development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of the COSTED intervention.
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To be responsible for managing and monitoring ordering of vapes and liquids, ensuring correct data entry and clear communication.
Please see attached job description for full duties and responsibilities
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level
- Stop Smoking Practitioner Training (accredited by the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training) Level2 training
Skills / Knowledge / Ability
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage own workload and prioritise work
- Effective interpersonal, motivational and influencing skills
- Computer literate, including Microsoft applications, and ability to use databases
- Adaptable to different working situations and interacting with people of all backgrounds
- Awareness of evidence on vaping and the Swap to Stop scheme
- Outgoing personality able to approach members of staff and public in a friendly and enthusiastic manner
Desirable criteria
- Skills in using acute systems eg) EPIC, EPR, Medchart
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Patient-facing work experience in a relevant discipline (e.g. public health, health promotion).
- Experience of outreach on health related issues
- Experience of outreach on health related issues
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams in an acute setting
- Experience of delivering tobacco dependence treatment programmes
- Experience of working in an emergency department
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gareth Absalom
- Job title
- Tobacco Dependence Treatment Manager - Acute
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07584384704
- Additional information
Thursday and Friday contact Gareth Absalom, Tobacco Dependence Treatment Manager - Acute, [email protected], 07584384704
Mon - Weds contact Ana Shehu, Tobacco Dependence Treatment Manager - Acute, [email protected], 07920411038
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