Job vacancy: Tobacco Control Officer, Provide CIC, Colchester

Job summary

Main area: Tobacco Dependancy
Grade: Band 5
Contract: 12 months (1year fixed term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 828-PROVIDE3506

Employer: Provide CIC
Employer type: NHS
Site: Provide HQ
Town: Colchester
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/05/2025 23:59

Tobacco Control Officer

Band 5

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To lead with scoping of new service areas and taking a lead role in implementing new tobacco related services to increase opportunities for people to access tobacco dependence support/treatment
Increase their knowledge on EWS subjects such as smoking, weight management, living independently and social isolation and support partnership working and system integration.
Act as the key contact for questions and providing expert support on vaping and vaping products and other smoking aids
To lead the wider workforce development to access Very Brief Advice (VBA) training in Essex
To take a lead role in implementing the National Swap to Stop (S2S) service
Act as a key contact for questions, escalation issues and trouble shooting
Assisting partners in understanding and utilizing complex public health and wellbeing data
Monitor the functioning of partners within the pathway and support development innovate solution to improve on delivery
Evaluate any new ways of working with specialist partners.
Produces Reports for KPIs and referral data

Person specification

Qualification and Education

Essential criteria

Health Improvement relevant qualification/experience
Relevant practical experience in health improvement equivalent to degree level.
Making Every Contact Count training or willingness to undertake it
GCSE English
GCSCE Maths
IT Excel proficient

Desirable criteria

Evidence of commitment to CPD
Level 2 NCSCT Smoking Cessation Training
Level 1 NCSCT Very Brief Advice Training
Level 1 NCSCT Mental health Training
Power Point Presentation skills

Work related knowledge and experience

Essential criteria

Relevant knowledge of health improvement/ public health underpinned by theory
Clear understanding of behaviour change theory
Experience of setting up care pathways with partner organisations
Clear and demonstrable understanding health inequalities
Clear and demonstrable understanding of target area’s: MSOA, Routine and Manual, pregnancy, BME and other vulnerable groups, Mental Heath
Clear understanding of the health and social care system

Desirable criteria

At least 3 years’ experience working in public health or health improvement
Experience of managing people

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential criteria

Group facilitation skills
Ability to plan and organise complex activities or programmes of care
Ability to analyse public health data and the effectiveness of public health initiatives/programmes
Solution focussed, innovative and willing to work with a hunch-based approach

Personal attributes and circumstances

Essential criteria

Occasional work on evenings and weekends may be necessary
Willingness to work throughout all areas covered within Essex
Car owner/driver or ability to travel independently

FURTHER INFORMATION:

How will we contact you?

All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via [email protected]
If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.

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Closing Date

Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?

If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.

We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Anti Fraud

Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Disability

If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or [email protected].

Work Trials

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We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

Successful Applicant:

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.

The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.