Specialist Practitioner

_**Treating Tobacco Dependency - Specialist Practitioner**_

**Site** Trafalgar House, Dudley

**Contract** Fixed term: 12 months **Hours** FT/ PT

We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled, motivated healthcare Practitioner with expert specialist knowledge to support professional clinical leadership in relation to our Trust’s Tobacco Replacement/ Smoke Free Programme.

The individual will support the Corporate Nursing Team in promoting, supporting, educating and implementing BCHFT Smoke Free Policy. This will involve offering clinical education around Tobacco Replacement.

You will offer clinical support and guidance to staff, service users and system partners, playing a key role in the programme implementation. You will be required to actively support the development of the Tobacco Treatment Pathway across inpatient and community services providing updates and progress reports to key working groups and assurance committees.

**Working for our organisation**

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disability services
- Mental health services for children and young people
- Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley

**Person specification**

**Essential criteria**
- Registered practitioner to degree/diploma level supplemented by post registration diploma level specialist training and/or short courses or demonstrable extensive experience in the relevant specialty
- Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice

**Desirable criteria**
- Non-Medical Prescriber (if professionally appropriate)
- Knowledge and understanding of Trust Strategy relevant to role

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: £35,392.00-£42,618.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Childcare
- Company car
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Licence/Certification:

- post registration diploma level specialist training (required)
- relevant short courses or demonstrable experience speciality (required)
- Learning & Assessing in Practice Qualif or equiv practice (required)
- registered practitioner to degree/diploma level (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 285-5784-CORP