Tobacco Dependency Practitioner-Community Mental Health

Job description

Job responsibilities

Your key responsibilities will be:

To embed smoking cessation / tobacco dependency into routine community mental health care

To be responsible for assisting clinical teams in providing advice to help tobacco users to stop smoking or using other forms of tobacco.

Ensure all tobacco dependency interventions comply with NICE, NCSCT.

Work cohesively with other services to ensure multi-agency working is integrated into tobacco dependency.

Identify opportunities to develop and improve services for clients.

Contribute to the development of community Mental Health staff.

To be responsible for the assessment, planning, and delivery of a programme of smoking cessation / tobacco dependency care to clients with Mental Health conditions in the community.

You will be a motivated, passionate, organised, and proactive individual with experience in smoking cessation / tobacco dependency.

This role will be demanding as the programme develops and becomes integrated as part of routine clinical care. It will be essential that you use your own judgement to prioritise competing demands and workload effectively to specific timescales.

Duties and Responsibilities

This post will work under the line management of the ABL Health Head of Service. The role will be varied, challenging, and rewarding as the services develop within Mental Health settings as a part of the national plan.

Key responsibilities will be:

Work as an integral part of the community mental health team.

To build relationships with relevant community personnel to ensure own expertise is utilised to influence evidence base practice is embedded and governed by organisational protocols.

Work cohesively with other services to ensure smoking cessation / tobacco dependency is integrated within multi-agencies

Participate in meetings applicable to the development of the Smoking Cessation / tobacco dependency programme within the relevant community settings.

Ensure a robust and timely referral care pathway is embedded.

Ensure clients have access to appropriate pharmacotherapy including vapes as speedily as possible.

Deliver smoking cessation / tobacco dependency interventions, including 1-1s and groups, linking with appropriate staff from other disciplines to support the best outcomes for the client.

Validate smokers outcomes via CO monitoring.

Provide clients with evidence-based smoking cessation / tobacco dependency support determined on the individual`s nicotine dependency.

Identify opportunities to develop and improve services for clients

Assist in the organisation of the workload ensuring effective and efficient communication to other staff members

Maintain own knowledge of evidence-based methods and integrate new research into own practice

Provide tobacco dependency and cessation advice and training (where appropriate) to staff at all levels.

Contribute to service reviews and write reports where applicable.

Participate in audits / research and ensure service standards are maintained

Maintain accurate and confidential client records including follow up, including the quality of care also ensuring compliance with information governance

Take part in promotional events in the relevant community settings, for example, No Smoking Day

Write reports as required

Skills and Competencies Required

Be an experienced Smoking Cessation / Tobacco Dependency Practitioner ideally within an Acute health system

Experience of evolving and developing services within a complex health environment.

Positive and proactive outlook with the ability to motivate, engage and support others to achieve the highest standards and outcomes.

Adept in communication; A strong communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience including clients and staff at all levels.

Build strong relationships, foster trust and co-operation among colleagues, stakeholders throughout the Acute settings.

Quality driven; you naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant degree (health/social care/public health)/ professional qualification / or significant experience working within smoking cessation / tobacco dependency
• NCSCT Practitioner

Desirable

• Ability to train / educate professionals at all levels

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of the wider tobacco control agenda
• Understanding of addiction
• Understanding of service key performance indicators/ service deliverables and ability read and manipulate data
• Skills/knowledge to utilise computer software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing at all levels with individuals, groups, and the public.

Desirable

• Knowledge of child protection and safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
• Experience of developing and delivering training to target audiences
• Understanding of national guidance and ability to disseminate research and best practice.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

A B L Health Ltd

Vittoria Close

Birkenhead

Merseyside

CH41 3LE

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)