Job summary
- Main area
- Wellbeing and Community Support
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (until 31st March 2027)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 828-PROVIDE4023
- Employer
- Provide CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 900 The Crescent
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 Per annum, Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Stop Smoking Practitioner
Band 3
Job overview
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to work within Essex Wellbeing Services delivering advice and support to those wanting to stop smoking.
We promote a range of different methods of supporting people which includes virtual interventions, telephone support and community events.
The postholder will be based at home but is required to travel to the areas covered by the locality team in North, West, Mid and South Essex. when required.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be required to work as part of a locality-based team providing support and intervention to adults looking to make changes to their health and wellbeing. To deliver evidence-based stop smoking interventions, these could include one to one, drop in, group sessions, telephone, or on-line support, these must be in accordance with the NCSCT Standard Treatment Programme.
You will be required to engage with Service Users and provide smoking cessation advice and support to smokers in the community, using both Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and behavioural change techniques.
See full Job description.
Working for our organisation
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+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.
Eligible for NHS Pension
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a full job description and list of main responsibilities. Thank you for applying for a role within Provide.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NCSCT Level 2 practitioner
Desirable criteria
- Making Every Contact Count training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working in public health and in the community
- Proven track record of engagement with people on both an individual level and in group settings
- Experience of multi-agency working
Personal Attributes & Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Car owner/driver or ability to travel independently
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
- Alex King
- Job title
- EWS Stop Smoking Delivery Co-ordinator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07580911352
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