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As our new Tobacco Dependency Advisor, you’ll work in our mental health services to support patients to reduce or stop smoking. As a developmental post, we will support and encourage your career progression within our Trust.
People with severe mental illness are more likely to experience poorer physical health than the general population. In Coventry and Warwickshire, we want to be a lead for reducing health inequalities and this an exciting post to support this ambition.
You’ll be at the forefront of this work, providing 1:1 behavioural stop smoking support and advice for people who wish to quit and to support temporary abstinence during a hospital admission. This will be for all acute adult inpatients, using the support of interventions such as brief advice, Carbon Monoxide (CO) monitoring and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).
You’ll also deliver tobacco harm reduction assessments, advice and support sessions, including advice on stop-smoking medications, working within recommended protocols and guidelines. This will involve face-to-face sessions in a variety of settings and venues across the Trust.
You’ll promote the general health and wellbeing of people who use the service by signposting them to healthy lifestyle advice and support services.
This role offers a genuine opportunity to reach a wide number of people with severe mental illness and address one of the biggest determinants of physical health; smoking.
For more information on this role please see the attached job description and person specification for more information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.
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