The post holder will provide specialist behavioural support and advice to smokers who want to quit. They will be expected to deliver support through hospital settings across CTMUHB sites, inclusive of one to one and telephone interventions and group intervention where possible.

We require enthusiastic motivated individuals who have the ability and passion to work within our friendly and committed team. Help Me Quit is expanding its service and we require 2 Hospital Smoking cessation advisors who have the ambition to help drive these changes and help expand the service we offer. Commitment to undertake ongoing training and development is essential. We offer both community and hospital based training and customised Help Me Quit study days developed by our team and specialist central Public Health cessation team.

Main duties of the job

You should be motivated, passionate, committed keen to learn and ready to embrace change. Our commitment to you is to provide the environment for this to happen and ensure that you are part of our defined preceptorship programme.

If you are motivated to deliver high standards of service delivery and have these personal qualities and characteristics then this could be the post for you. Please contact for any further information.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A Degree in a relevant subject or equivalent previous experience.

Desirable

• Counselling qualification eg. Certificate in Counselling, WNB Counselling Skills.

Knowledge

Essential

• Recognised professional qualification in health or social care eg. RGN, Diploma in Counselling, CQSW.
• Understanding of the principles and practice of client confidentiality.
• Health related behaviour and behaviour change strategies.
• Knowledge of existing smoking cessation services.

Desirable

• National Centre for Smoking Cessation Training (NCSCT) Advisor training.
• Knowledge of nicotine replacement therapy.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of providing client/patient centred services in a health or social care setting.
• Experience of health education / one to one behaviour change support on health issues.

Desirable

• Experience in working with smoking or other addictive behaviours.

Skills

Essential

• Organisational skills to prioritise work.
• Meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Self-motivated and able to work without supervision.
• Problem solving and fact finding.

Desirable

• The ability to speak Welsh.
• Ability to analyse, research and interpret data.

Employer details

Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Across CTMUHB

Across CTMUHB

CF481BZ

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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