Tobacco Dependency Advisor - Basingstoke, United Kingdom - Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Basingstoke, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for aBand 3 Tobacco Dependency Advisor (TDA)within Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust.

The advisor will part of a small team working across the Trust, providing individualised smoking cessation support to inpatients.

Main duties of the role will providing tobacco dependency service within the Trust helping smokers to quit when they are admitted to hospital.

The primary role of the TDA is to hold conversations with inpatients who smoke, to facilitate smoking cessation.

This involves supporting patients to initiate and maintain a quit attempt through a personalised care plan, including advising on the use of nicotine replacement therapy.

The role involves keeping track of referrals using electronic patient records and contributing to data collection.

Close liaison with the community stop smoking service, and teamworking with a range of HHFT colleagues, also forms part of the role.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) provides hospital services to around 570,000 people living in Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire, and specialist services to patients from all over the country.

We deliver a full range of district hospital services in a variety of locations.

What we Offer:

There is access to clinical expertise and oversight to enable the optimal care of our patients 7 days a week.
There will be access to continued professional development and support.
You will be part of an enthusiastic and professional team

For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.