Job requirements
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Ability to travel across Trust sites
- Other
Flexible approach to service needs
- Essential
Experience working in a health or caring setting
- Essential
Experience providing healthcare, healthcare advice or health improvement advice
- Essential
Experience assessing, planning and reviewing care needs
- Qualifications
GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)
- Qualifications
NVQ/Diploma Level 3 in Health Care or equivalent relevant experience
- Qualifications
NCSCT Level 2 Training or willingness to undertake within 3 months
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Skills and Knowledge
Ability to work independently and manage workload
- Skills and Knowledge
Good knowledge of evidence-based stop smoking practice
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Essential
Experience providing behavioural support or counselling
- Essential
Experience working in a health improvement field
- Qualifications
Training in health promotion interventions
- Skills and Knowledge
Experience using clinical systems
- Skills and Knowledge
Understanding of health promotion and health inequalities
Job overview
Band 4 | 0.8 WTE (30 hours per week) | Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) Based | 7-Day Working
Are you passionate about tackling health inequalities and helping people live healthier lives?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Stop Smoking Practitioner (0.8 WTE) based at Royal Lancaster Infirmary, working as part of our 7-day Treating Tobacco Dependency Service.
You'll support patients to stop smoking through personalised behavioural support, specialist advice and referral into ongoing community services. Working alongside multidisciplinary teams, you'll play a vital role in improving patient outcomes and reducing smoking-related harm across Morecambe Bay.
If you're a motivated individual with excellent communication skills and a passion for health improvement, we'd love to hear from you.
Help us create a smoke-free future for our patients and communities. Apply today.
Main duties of the job
The Inpatient Stop Smoking Practitioner role will be working with support from the Respiratory team and across all inpatient specialities, assessing and delivering specialist stop smoking advice. The post holder will receive formal supervision and annual appraisal to support development in the post.
In-service training is provided and training opportunities offered relevant to the post.
The role will be key to the development of current projects focused on empowering people to understand and manage their own health and wellbeing effectively, by delivering person centred care and ensuring our service meets the needs of our patients.
We are a welcoming, close and supportive team who are enthusiastic regarding our work and delivering high level quality patient care.
There may be some travel required cross bay to support the other sites.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for Smoking Cessation Practitioner with University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in Lancaster, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Health improvement practitioner role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is 33 months (Fixed term for 2 years 9 months / to 31st March 2029 (whichever soonest)). The application deadline is 23 Oct 2026.
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