Tobacco Dependence Treatment (TDT) Specialist Advisor

Job summary

This exciting new role will contribute to the delivery of the Oxleas Stop Smoking Service objectives and the wider objectives of the Trust by providing high-quality, expert stop smoking interventions to inpatients, outpatients, visitors, and staff.

The Tobacco Dependence Treatment (TDT) Specialist Advisor will operationally deliver the smoking element of the NHS LTP by delivering a stop smoking by establishing a stop smoking service for mental health inpatient units based upon the Ottawa and CURE Models of Smoking Cessation.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual who can produce results in a challenging environment. As the TDT Specialist Advisor it will be your responsibility to deliver and review the TDT service with the support of the TDT Lead.

This role requires an ability to manage time and resources effectively to ensure that you hit targets and provide highly effective support for smokers who are admitted to our hospitals.

Candidates with experience of providing stop smoking interventions, project management, and delivering training would be ideally suited to this role, as would individuals with clinical experience in the hospital setting.

** Previous Applicants need not apply **

Main duties of the job

• To contribute to the delivery of the Oxleas Tobacco Dependence Treatment Service objectives and the wider objectives of the Trust by providing high-quality, expert stop smoking interventions to inpatients, outpatients, visitors, and staff whilst driving a culture change towards prevention of ill-health and promoting physical health and wellbeing. The Tobacco Dependency Specialist Advisor will operationally deliver the smoking element of the NHS LTP by providing a stop smoking service for inpatients admitted to Greenparks House (Bromley), Oxleas House (Greenwich) or Woodlands and Barefoot Lodge (Bexley) based upon the Ottawa and CURE Models of Smoking Cessation. These newly created roles will provide front-facing, visible and accessible support by offering daily face-to-face onsite clinics to service users and staff in each of the mental health inpatient wards in the Acute and Crisis Directorate.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pinewood House

Dartford

DA2 7WQ

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pinewood House

Dartford

DA2 7WQ

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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