Inpatient Smokefree Advisor - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

This role assists in tackling inequalities in health by promoting and supporting inpatients with varying degrees of mental illness to stop smoking or to support patients with harm reduction programmes whilst in hospital.

The post holder will raise the profile of smoking cessation across Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust inpatient mental health units by providing tobacco treatment, advice and support to individuals and groups of people who require assistance to reduce their harm from tobacco or for temporary abstinence whilst in hospital and provide advice and support to ward staff to assist in the implementation of the Smokefree policy within inpatient mental health units.

Provide smoking cessation support to inpatients with varying degrees of mental illness, giving tobacco treatment advice to reduce harm from tobacco or for temporary abstinence whilst in hospital.
Use existing systems in place for identifying newly admitted patients who smoke and ensure that they receive timely interventions to support them to be smokefree.
Provide advice and support to ward staff to assist in the implementation of the Smokefree policy within inpatient mental health units, reinforcing the training provided to inpatient teams by the Mental Health Smoking Cessation Trainer
Refer patients who want to stop smoking to community specialist stop smoking services
Identify and support ward smoke free champions to promote the smoke free message through their day to day work.
Raise the profile of smoking cessation across Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust inpatient mental health units
Ensure that Smokefree documentation is kept up to date

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences.

We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career.

Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are looking for an enthusiastic, engaging individual to provide smoking cessation support to inpatients with varying degrees of mental illness, giving tobacco treatment advice in order to reduce harm from tobacco or for temporary abstinence whilst in hospital.

We have one full-time position available

Please refer to the attached document for a full range of role responsibilities and requirements.