Smokefree Engagement Worker - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Nottingham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Tom O´Connor

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This is a newly developed post and is an opportunity to bring your skills and experience to shape it.


This post will provide information for future projects on what works for supporting people not to smoke on hospital grounds.


By signposting people to support for quitting smoking you will have the potential to make a real difference to the lives of individuals and their families; in particular this could also make a difference in a patient's recovery time and to prevent further illness.


You will have the opportunity to interact with a wide range of people on a daily basis around the QMC and City Campus.

Monitoring and recording daily interactions with smokers.

Providing smokers with signposting to local stop smoking provision.

Engaging with people seen smoking onsite using a brief advice intervention method.

Maintaining a presence around the QMC and City sites, particularly at the main entrances.

Maintaining an effective working relationship with security colleagues if faced with verbally aggressive and or abusive visitors / patients.

Handling any patient complaints arising from daily interactions and following the correct reporting procedure.


With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population.

We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH.

We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve.

With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career


Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

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