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Job Summary:

Accountable to Stop Smoking Team Lead.

The post holder will play a key role in supporting patients identified as smokers from the elective waiting list who are in the Core 20 plus 5 group. They will work within the Trust and across the community, taking responsibility for identifying smokers, booking appointments, providing follow up, and delivering stop smoking support whilst also reviewing the elective pathways and providing training and resources for key stakeholders.

The post holder will have passed the NCSCT practitioner assessment and will be competent to provide effective patient care in a range of settings, having a close regard for relevant Trust policies to ensure safe and effective working practices when working with vulnerable patients, maintaining patient confidentiality, and designing individually tailored support programmes according to evidence-based practice for the effective delivery of stop smoking interventions throughout the elective pathway using the standards laid out in NICE guidelines (NG209) and by the NCSCT.

They will liaise closely with the community stop smoking services and will be responsible for developing referral pathways and maintaining close relationships with the services to track patient outcomes to ensure they receive a high standard of care to maximise their chances of stopping smoking.

Key Result Areas:

• Act as a Smoking Facilitator for the Elective Waiting List project, working with the multidisciplinary team to assess, treat and support patients identified as smokers before they are admitted to hospital.
• Work with local stop smoking services to increase referrals and clinical attendance.
• Be aware of current advances in public health interventions and be able to facilitate the team members in implementation of evidence-based practice.
• Provide advice, support, and arrange treatments for all identified smokers and track their progress. Manage a small case-load of smokers’ quit attempts as their named advisor.
• To ensure services are delivered in a manner that is appropriate, relevant and respectful to all community members, recognising the diversity of ethnicity, culture, belief, privilege and capacity of service users and carers.
• Take an active role in the continuing development and use of protocols and standards for stop smoking interventions.

• Participate in evaluation, audit, and research on the smoking element of the elective pathway, and incorporate appropriate findings into practice.
• Actively work to promote smoking cessation in staff, patients, and their  relatives.

• Plan and manage joint initiatives with other health improvement programme managers.
• Promote and maintain a safe and pleasant environment for patients, visitors, and colleagues.

• Contribute positively to the LGT Stop Smoking team.
• Have knowledge of recording relevant patient data in iCare and Quit Manager.
• Attend mandatory annual updates in fire training, information governance, and maintain knowledge of relevant policies.
• Have knowledge and understanding of all relevant Trust policies, including the Major Incident Plan.

Work force

• Manage a group of patients, prioritising their needs in conjunction with those of the Stop smoking service, to ensure safe and effective care.

• Manage an area of responsibility as required within allocated resources.

Financial

• Have an understanding of service budgets and how the division may become more cost-effective. Work within budgetary requirements whilst maintaining standards of care.

• Participate in the management of skill mix issues, stock control, and available resources.

Partnerships

• Take an active role in developing and maintaining effective communication with members of the interprofessional team, patients, and relatives about difficult matters in difficult situations.

• Liaise with stop smoking and tobacco dependence treatment teams to facilitate continuation of treatments during hospital admissions.
• Work with the communications team to produce messages for the wider Trust teams to highlight the service.

General

• Participate in the orientation of new members of staff within their Division
• Attend relevant meetings and participate in discussions relating to the improvement of the service.

• Act as a change agent where necessary
• Ensure all Trust policies and procedures are adhered to
• Be aware of operational personnel issues relevant to the directorate including management of absence and sickness, disciplinary and recruitment matters

• Where necessary, and with support, investigate the stop smoking aspect of complaints and clinical incidents, and initiate corrective actions
• Ensure own continuing professional development and identify own Personal

Development Plan

• Participate in the clinical and educational development of other staff within the team
• Act as a role model for all levels of staff
• Encourage other staff to keep abreast of new developments and encourage the exchange of information, ideas and experiences.