University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Health Improvement Advisor for Tobacco Dependency
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Exciting Opportunity for Health Improvement Advisors for Tobacco Dependency
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our passionate and committed team of Health Improvement Advisors for Tobacco Dependency. You’ll be part of a small, friendly, and motivated team delivering Inpatient and Maternity Tobacco Dependency Services across our hospitals.
In this rewarding role, you’ll work directly with acute inpatients, providing compassionate, evidence-based support to help them quit smoking. A hospital admission can be a pivotal moment for many long-term smokers and even just staying smoke-free during their hospital stay greatly improves health outcomes. This includes delivering personalized behavioural support and ensuring timely access to Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and onward referral to community stop smoking services as well as following patients up at 28 days to check their progress and offer further support.
You’ll also contribute to training clinical staff, promoting the delivery of Very Brief Advice (VBA) and accurate recording of smoking status, while leading by example to embed a strong Smoke Free culture. You may also on occasion, support our maternity smoke-free service.
We’re looking for enthusiastic individuals with a passion for health promotion and behaviour change, excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, and confidence using complex IT systems. This service plays a vital role in delivering the NHS Long Term Plan and Saving Babies Lives, offering the chance to make a meaningful difference to patient care.
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This role supports the delivery of the core aims of the Tobacco Dependency Programme, in line with the NHS Long Term Plan by providing Tobacco Dependency treatment in Acute Inpatient settings. Working as part of a Trust-wide team across all University Hospitals Sussex sites, you will work directly with Acute inpatients in CHICHESTER, delivering support through evidenced-based personalized behavioural support, NRT, and onward referral.
You will have strong record-keeping and IT skills, enabling you to work confidently across multiple clinical systems and maintain accurate databases for national outcomes reporting. Excellent communication and rapport-building skills are essential, including the ability to use Motivational Interviewing techniques. You will work both collaboratively within a cross-site team and independently, managing patient consultations with minimal direct supervision. You will build excellent relationships with clinical teams in wards to support early identification and management of tobacco dependence for identified smokers.
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The role also includes delivering training to clinical staff on the importance of providing Very Brief Advice to support smoking cessation. You will lead by example, helping to embed and sustain a Smoke Free culture across the Trust.
Working for our organisation
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
Candidate Pack
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Georgina Yeo
- Job title: Tobacco Dependency Programme Manager
- Email address: georgina.yeo@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01273 696955
Please contact Georgina (georgina.yeo@nhs.net) via email to arrange an informal chat about the role (Monday-Thursday)
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