Career Development Specialist

2 weeks ago

Blackpool, Blackpool, United Kingdom Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

It is the vision of Fylde Coast partners to create a tobacco free Fylde Coast and in turn remove all the health harms associated with tobacco addiction.

Key to this is supporting all partners to ensure that helping people to stop smoking and recognising smoking as an addiction is a collective and collaborative effort.


The NHS Long Term Plan identifies smoking as one of the top five risk factors that cause premature deaths in England.

As such, the NHS is investing in front line services to tackle tobacco dependence for all inpatients, pregnant women and their partners and high-risk outpatient service by 2023/24.


Our Local Authority commissioned Tobacco Dependency Treatment Service offers an integrated, safe, effective, and person-centred tobacco addiction and treatment service, providing high quality care through a combination of pharmacotherapy and psychological support, contributing to improving the health of Blackpool residents and tackling health inequalities as part of the wider Fylde Coast smoking cessation pathway.

As a Tobacco Dependence Specialist within our Local Authority commissioned Tobacco Dependency Treatment Service, you will contribute to tackling inequalities in health through promoting and supporting people to stop smoking across Blackpool.

You will provide individualised and group support to people who wish to stop smoking, working in partnership with a wide range of individuals and organisations including primary care, acute hospitals, local authorities, workplaces, and local community groups.

You will also support the delivery of training in smoking cessation methods and brief interventions to other health professionals and those working in other organisations.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.

The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents, including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England.

Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance

Working patterns such as:

part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

Work with the Service Lead to arrange clinics, venues, and times in response to service specification priorities and to facilitate access to key target groups.

Employ the use of carbon monoxide monitoring as a motivational and validation tool, understanding how to use it supportively and explain its use to service users.

Plan, implement and evaluate smoking cessation groups in a variety of settings including primary care, community, and workplaces, arranging venues and times to respond to waiting times and caseload.

Implement the theory of group processes in managing groups and adapt the framework and content of the session where necessary.

To liaise with and empower patients to develop, implement and evaluate their own stop smoking plan, considering scientific evidence, NICE guidance, and the experiences of the individual patient.

To educate and motivate patients in relation to tobacco control, particularly with respect to second-hand smoke and approaches to minimising risk.

Knowledge, Training & Experience


Attend bespoke training events as requires by the Trust, local Public Health and Commissioning authorities and management for career and continuous professional development.

Participate in the delivery and organisation of smoking cessation training for new practitioners and other health and care professionals in line with agreed standards.

Responsible for continuous learning knowledge of smoking cessation using the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT) online training packages.

Comply with statutory and mandatory requirements in line with Trust policy.
Contribute and engage in service local induction programmes.

Analytical, Monitoring & Evaluation Skills

To meet measurable objectives including performance and quality standards in line with Trust procedures.

Ensure that the service provided is monitored and evaluated in accordance with local, regional, and national guidelines and that mandatory data is submitted.

Planning & Organisational Skills

To support the planning, delivery and recording of an effective intervention that is matched to patient need.

To liaise with staff within the hospital to ensure a timely and appropriate service of high quality is delivered according to demand, need and availability.

To be autonomous and responsible for assessing and agreeing patient requirements on a daily basis, including planning appropriate activities and products to meet those needs, considering own annual leave as well as seasonal fluctuations in demand.

Support the implementation of specific and ad-hoc tobacco control events to link in with national and local campaigns.

To educate and discuss with patients the advantages and disadvantages of smoking cessation pharmaceutical products, aiding the patient to choose the product or products which best suit their lifestyle and health status.

To keep up to date with the changing evidence base, relevant policy pronouncements including NICE guidance, clinical developments and changes as directed by management, to provide an effective, high quality, safe service for patients.

To undertake diverse training as the opportunity arises to acquire the specialist skills needed to develop the role.
To support flexible working practices, ensuring continuity of service provision during period of fluctuating demand.

To be accountable for ensuring adherence to Trust systems and processes for monitoring and improving services, contributing to quality service improvement, safeguarding high standards of care, and enhancing the safety of service users and staff.

To be an advocate for the community-based services across the Fylde Coast and respond appropriately to requests for information, and partnership working.

To contribute to planning, implementation and evaluation of service developments as directed.

Qualifications & Training
Smoking Cessation Training Level 2 or willing to undertake within 3 months of starting post
Willingness to undertake further training and work towards professional certification

Counselling qualification Training in relation to health promotion and/or health education

Experience of working in the NHS in the community or hospital setting
Experience helping people with behavioural change and delivering health promotion
Knowledge of principles of health promotion and issues of health inequality

Computer literate, experience of using Microsoft Office software
Commitment to the promotion of equality of opportunity
Fully supportive of Trust's smokefree policy acting as a smokefree champion
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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