Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Smoking Cessation advisor

The closing date is 30 October 2025

Job summary

Are you passionate about working with people to make key lifestyle changes to improve their health and wellbeing?

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Medicine as a new Smoking Cessation service is being set up.

We have vacancies for 2 Tobacco dependency advisors. These roles will focus on providing inpatients with support to help them stop smoking.

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals with excellent communication skills to be a Smoking Cessation Advisor. Experience of working in an NHS/Health care setting would be beneficial or a role where frequent engagement with the public was key.

Main duties of the job

You 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. Providing education to trust staff and undertaking smoking cessation roadshows when necessary. Training will be provided, but the post holder will be expected to computer literate (word, outlook, excel).

About us

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

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, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Date posted

23 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF1588B

Job locations

Queen Alexandra Hosp, Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Band 3: £24,937 - £26,598 per annum

Full time hours: 37.5 per week

Contract type: Permanent

Key responsibilities:

Deliver smoking cessation services to inpatients within Medicine Care group wards, reporting to the Band 4 and Band 7 CNS.
Establish and maintain communication with patients, relatives and carers, working in partnershipwith the multidisciplinary team to provide holistic patient care.
Contribute to own personal development.
Assist in maintaining own and others health, safety and security.
Ensure own actions help to maintain quality and patient safety.
Assist with a wide range of administrative services to the smoking cessation team.
Assisting in the transfer of patients to community smoking cessation services.
Access a number of computer systems to track patients progress and current status in treatment pathway.
Undertake data entry onto local and national databases and updating of spreadsheets.
Dealing promptly with a wide range of enquiries from staff and patients.
Ability to work flexibly and unsociable hours to meet the demands of the service.

For full details of this role, please refer to the enclosed Job Description

Job description

Job responsibilities

Band 3: £24,937 - £26,598 per annum

Full time hours: 37.5 per week

Contract type: Permanent

Key responsibilities:

Deliver smoking cessation services to inpatients within Medicine Care group wards, reporting to the Band 4 and Band 7 CNS.
Establish and maintain communication with patients, relatives and carers, working in partnershipwith the multidisciplinary team to provide holistic patient care.
Contribute to own personal development.
Assist in maintaining own and others health, safety and security.
Ensure own actions help to maintain quality and patient safety.
Assist with a wide range of administrative services to the smoking cessation team.
Assisting in the transfer of patients to community smoking cessation services.
Access a number of computer systems to track patients progress and current status in treatment pathway.
Undertake data entry onto local and national databases and updating of spreadsheets.
Dealing promptly with a wide range of enquiries from staff and patients.
Ability to work flexibly and unsociable hours to meet the demands of the service.

For full details of this role, please refer to the enclosed Job Description

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable NCSCT Level 2 Smoking Cessation
GSCE/A Level)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable NCSCT Level 2 Smoking Cessation
GSCE/A Level)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.