Job summary
- Main area
- Treating Tobacco Dependency Service
- Grade
- NHS AfC - Band 5 (Subject to AFC Banding Confirmation)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 33 months (2 years and 9 months / to 31st March 2029 (whichever ends soonest))
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 331-8292061-UHMB
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary (with cross bay working)
- Town
- Lancaster
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Treating Tobacco Dependency Lead
NHS AfC - Band 5 (Subject to AFC Banding Confirmation)
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
Band 5 Full Time (37.5 hours per week) | Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) Base | Cross-Bay Working
Are you passionate about tackling health inequalities and helping people live healthier lives?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Treating Tobacco Dependency Lead (Band 5) to lead and develop UHMBT's Stop Smoking Service.
Based at Royal Lancaster Infirmary with cross-bay working, you'll lead a team of practitioners, develop services, support clinical teams and help patients across Morecambe Bay access life-changing tobacco dependency treatment.
If you have strong leadership skills, experience supporting behaviour change, and a drive to improve health outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.
Help us create a smoke-free future for our patients and communities. Apply today.
Main duties of the job
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Our Community Service for adults are provided in people's homes ,community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent , improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care , advice and support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent relevant experience
- NCSCT Level 2 Smoking Cessation Training or willingness to undertake within 3 months of appointment
Desirable criteria
- Leadership/management training or qualification
- Health promotion or Quality Improvement qualification/training/experience
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel independently across Trust sites
- Flexible and adaptable approach to meet changing service needs
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working within a healthcare, caring or community setting
- Experience providing healthcare advice, behavioural change support or health promotion interventions
- Experience developing effective multidisciplinary working relationships
- Experience collecting, analysing and reporting performance data
- Experience contributing to service improvement or change programmes
- Experience supervising or managing staff
Desirable criteria
- Experience within a Treating Tobacco Dependency or Stop Smoking service
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of smoking cessation interventions and behavioural change approaches
- Ability to lead, supervise and support staff
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Strong organisational, planning and prioritisation skills
- Ability to analyse performance information and support service improvement
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of NHS Treating Tobacco Dependency requirements and KPI reporting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Feeney
- Job title
- Directorate Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07855092009
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