Job summary
- Main area
- Help Me Quit
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am-8pm and Saturday morning 9am-12pm)
- Job ref
- 130-AC108-0625
- Employer
- Swansea Bay University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cimla Health and Social Care Centre
- Town
- Neath
- Salary
- £30,420 - £37,030 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Smoking Cessation Advisor
Band 5
Welcome to Swansea Bay University Health Board. We welcome applications from people who share our values: caring for each other, working together and always improving.
Swansea Bay University Health Board reserve the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff currently awaiting redeployment and we therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of the Help Me Quit Smoking Cessation Service. It is an innovative and dynamic team, working across NHS hospital Trusts sites, Maternity Department and Community settings in Swansea Bay.
This role will support Maternity, Outpatients, Inpatients, Community patients, and relevant teams, to provide advice and support, to safely and sustainably, stop smoking.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our team of smoking cessation advisors, to provide specialist behavioural support and advice to smokers who want to quit. The successful candidate will need to have excellent interpersonal skills, and experience of working with patients/service users to make a positive behaviour change.
Excellent organisational skills and experience of using technology is essential. You will be responsible for accurate recording of patient/service user information electronically throughout each day.
You will also need the ability to positively influence the actions of others and must be a non-smoker or someone who has stopped for over a year.
There is a significant demand for our service outside of office hours, thus the candidate should be willing to work flexible hours including evenings and Saturdays.
Previous experience in smoking cessation work is advantageous but is not essential as full training will be provided.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the delivery of smoking cessation behaviour support to clients on a one to one or group basis in line with evidence-based guidelines.
Work collaboratively with individuals and local partners, stakeholders and health professionals including GP surgeries and pharmacies to deliver a specialist smoking cessation service across the health board footprint, ensuring a seamless journey for patients across all elements of the Help Me Quit service (HMQ) in hospital and community.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available for you bilingually, in English and Welsh
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome
Person specification
Essential Aptitude and abilities
Essential criteria
- Adhere to and can demonstrate SBU Values & Behaviours
- Ability to work independently and effectively with a high degree of motivation for long periods and manage own unpredictable workload.
- IT literate including Microsoft Office/Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Teams
- Record keeping- updating files on bespoke databases
- Ability to define, collate, analyse and interpret data in a timely manner to solve complex problems
- Able to utilise a high level of interpersonal skills including: well-developed abilities in client centred councelling; nonjudemental confidential communication; negotiation, persuasion; motivational and empathetic approaches.
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
- Ability to write reports producing clear communication of performance data
- Use of Quit Manager
- Ability to carry resources
Essential Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing client/patient centred services in a health or social care setting or
- Experience of delivering health education in one to one/group counselling on health issues - including virtual and face to face
- Experience of delivering specialised smoking cessation programme
- Experience of delivering Motivational Interviewing and Behaviour Change interventions
Essential Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- A Degree in a specialised subject or/and equivalent level of previous specialised training and experience
- Recognised professional qualification in health or social care e.g RGN, Diploma in Counselling, CQSW or/and Counselling qualification e.g Certificate in Counselling, WNB Counselling Skills
- Knowledge of health promotion theories and approaches, particularly Behaviour Change
Desirable criteria
- Health Promotion qualification e.g Certificate, WNB Diploma, Open University
- Knowledge of smoking cessation guidelines and practice and wider tobacco control policy
Other Essential Criteria
Essential criteria
- Required to travel within the designated area for clinic delivery and occasionally attend meetings, events or training throughout Wales.
- Satisfactory Standard/Enhanced DBS clearance including an Adults and Childrens Barred List check (if required for post)
- Willing to work flexible hours including evenings and Saturdays
- Non-smoker/Vaper or someone who has stopped for over a year
- Able to deliver health related behaviour and change strategies
- Ability to deal with occasional emotionally distressing situations and potential conflicts.
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susan O'Rourke
- Job title
- Service Development Manager HMQ and EPP
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929764642
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