Tobacco Dependency Advisor (QEH)

• To promote the new service in Norfolk Acute Trusts
• Proactively identify and engage with adult patients and visitors attending the three Emergency Departments in Norfolk who smoke and deliver Very Brief Advice (VBA) informing and encouraging them to engage with the smoking cessation services on offer.
• Providing immediate, evidence-based, non-judgemental advice and support using brief intervention models tailored to the Emergency Department setting.
• Offering free vape starter kits to support immediate quit attempts, consistent with national harm reduction guidance.
• Recording engagement, quit attempts, and referrals to inform performance monitoring, service evaluation, and reporting.
• Maintaining contact with the patient, contacting them within 48 hours of engagement and at least once a week prior to the 28-day quit date up to 6 weeks.
• Working to monthly targets to ensure that KPIs are met and adapt and target delivery in line with projected outcomes for long term success.

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision:Transforming Lives

Values:Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission:An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men's Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Essential: - NCSCT Practitioner trained or willingness to undertake relevant tobacco dependency training; - Relevant qualification in health, healthcare, health promotion, or equivalent relevant experience; - Car owner/driver

Essential: - Experience of providing healthcare, health advice or health promotion advice to patients or members of the public; - Experience of working in a healthcare, hospital, community, or other customer-facing environment

Desirable: - Use of IT systems (e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, PharmOutcomes); - Experience of engaging and supporting people who may be ambivalent or resistant to behaviour change; - Evidence of effective team working and working with a range of professionals or partners; - Experience of delivering smoking cessation or tobacco dependency support; - Experience of working within an acute NHS/secondary care setting

Essential: - Good understanding of tobacco dependency, the health consequences of smoking and the benefits of quitting; - Understanding of behaviour change and evidence-based approaches to smoking cessation and brief interventions.; - Understanding of barriers to engagement

Desirable: - Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build rapport and engage people in a sensitive, non-judgemental way; - Ability to work confidently and sensitively in a busy Emergency Department environment