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Tobacco Dependency Support Grade:
Band 4 Contract:
Permanent Location:
Based at NNUH and working from maternity community locations within the NNUH footprint. Hours:
Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref:
426-576-24TAM-A Site:
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Based at NNUH) Town:
King's Lynn Salary:
£26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata Salary period:
Yearly Closing:
03/02/2025 23:59 Job overview
We are recruiting a part time Senior Tobacco Dependency Advisor (TDAs) to join an exciting new team that’s part of a unique system wide collaborative approach and delivery to support Smokefree Pregnancies, hosted by QEH. The post will be based at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH). Travelling to Community hubs for NNUH will be required for the role. Main duties of the job
The Senior Tobacco Dependency Advisor role will contribute to tackling health inequalities through promoting and supporting Smokefree Pregnancies at the three Acute Hospitals across Norfolk and Waveney. It will focus on engaging pregnant women and their families to adopt healthy lifestyles through providing tobacco dependence treatment in line with Saving Babies Lives and NICE Guidelines. We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join a new Maternity Stop Smoking Service which has been developed as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining communication with pregnant women who smoke, in which strong interpersonal skills are essential to developing Treatment Care plans and supporting throughout the pregnancy. A commitment to working collaboratively with community stakeholders, service users and carers, to help reduce health inequalities across Norfolk and Waveney is essential. You will be delivering evidence-based interventions that focus on behaviour change, and licensed treatment aids of which training can be offered to enable delivery. Your role will be to support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate the core values of the NHS, reducing health inequalities and improving health outcomes for all. There will be occasional weekend and evening work required for the role. Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken. Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond. At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs. We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships. We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details about this vacancy, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification. Whilst hosted by QEH within Clinical Support Services, the successful Senior TDA will be embedded within the Maternity Teams at NNUH, with Clinical Lead Midwives assigned to a Senior TDA to provide clinical supervision and onsite maternity teams providing additional support. Person specification
Qualifications/training and professional development
Educated to A Level standard education (or equivalent professional knowledge in health improvement) NVQ3 in Care or equivalent plus additional training to diploma level equivalent, or equivalent through short courses or experience Accredited Health Education and Promotion qualification Experience
Experience working in a Healthcare environment or for local authority services Experience delivering smoking cessation support or equivalent healthy lifestyle change and tracking progress change Previous experience within a maternity setting Proficient in the use of suite of Microsoft packages Skills, abilities, and knowledge
Clear demonstrable knowledge of the impact smoking has on pregnancy and understanding of NICE guidelines preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence Exceptional communicator with excellent persuasive skills Ability to deal with potentially distressing and emotional situations such as babies going into care or adoption Understanding of confidentiality and data protection Ability to act sensitively, using tact and empathy in order to minimise parental anxiety Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Please be aware that if applying via NHS Jobs, your application will be imported into Trac. All subsequent information will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs & we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent via NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to the transfer of information in the application form to Trac jobs & if you are offered a job your personal information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system. Please check your email account regularly for communication regarding this vacancy. We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including: Flexible working opportunities Free counselling service Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks. We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer. Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap. Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident. Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to-day work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff should be computer literate. Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment. Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Name: Suzy Sarsby Job title: Deputy Head of AHP's and Nursing Email address: suzy.sarsby@qehkl.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01553 613613 Nicola Brown - Tobacco Dependency Team Lead Email: nicola.brown@qehkl.nhs.uk
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Tobacco Dependency Support Grade:
Band 4 Contract:
Permanent Location:
Based at NNUH and working from maternity community locations within the NNUH footprint. Hours:
Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref:
426-576-24TAM-A Site:
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Based at NNUH) Town:
King's Lynn Salary:
£26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata Salary period:
Yearly Closing:
03/02/2025 23:59 Job overview
We are recruiting a part time Senior Tobacco Dependency Advisor (TDAs) to join an exciting new team that’s part of a unique system wide collaborative approach and delivery to support Smokefree Pregnancies, hosted by QEH. The post will be based at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH). Travelling to Community hubs for NNUH will be required for the role. Main duties of the job
The Senior Tobacco Dependency Advisor role will contribute to tackling health inequalities through promoting and supporting Smokefree Pregnancies at the three Acute Hospitals across Norfolk and Waveney. It will focus on engaging pregnant women and their families to adopt healthy lifestyles through providing tobacco dependence treatment in line with Saving Babies Lives and NICE Guidelines. We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join a new Maternity Stop Smoking Service which has been developed as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining communication with pregnant women who smoke, in which strong interpersonal skills are essential to developing Treatment Care plans and supporting throughout the pregnancy. A commitment to working collaboratively with community stakeholders, service users and carers, to help reduce health inequalities across Norfolk and Waveney is essential. You will be delivering evidence-based interventions that focus on behaviour change, and licensed treatment aids of which training can be offered to enable delivery. Your role will be to support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate the core values of the NHS, reducing health inequalities and improving health outcomes for all. There will be occasional weekend and evening work required for the role. Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken. Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond. At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs. We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships. We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details about this vacancy, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification. Whilst hosted by QEH within Clinical Support Services, the successful Senior TDA will be embedded within the Maternity Teams at NNUH, with Clinical Lead Midwives assigned to a Senior TDA to provide clinical supervision and onsite maternity teams providing additional support. Person specification
Qualifications/training and professional development
Educated to A Level standard education (or equivalent professional knowledge in health improvement) NVQ3 in Care or equivalent plus additional training to diploma level equivalent, or equivalent through short courses or experience Accredited Health Education and Promotion qualification Experience
Experience working in a Healthcare environment or for local authority services Experience delivering smoking cessation support or equivalent healthy lifestyle change and tracking progress change Previous experience within a maternity setting Proficient in the use of suite of Microsoft packages Skills, abilities, and knowledge
Clear demonstrable knowledge of the impact smoking has on pregnancy and understanding of NICE guidelines preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence Exceptional communicator with excellent persuasive skills Ability to deal with potentially distressing and emotional situations such as babies going into care or adoption Understanding of confidentiality and data protection Ability to act sensitively, using tact and empathy in order to minimise parental anxiety Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Please be aware that if applying via NHS Jobs, your application will be imported into Trac. All subsequent information will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs & we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent via NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to the transfer of information in the application form to Trac jobs & if you are offered a job your personal information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system. Please check your email account regularly for communication regarding this vacancy. We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including: Flexible working opportunities Free counselling service Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks. We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer. Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap. Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident. Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to-day work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff should be computer literate. Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment. Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Name: Suzy Sarsby Job title: Deputy Head of AHP's and Nursing Email address: suzy.sarsby@qehkl.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01553 613613 Nicola Brown - Tobacco Dependency Team Lead Email: nicola.brown@qehkl.nhs.uk
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