11 Oct
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Job description
Job overview
Do you enjoy talking to patients and wish you could spend more time with them, helping them make a good recovery? We are looking for staff with experience in working with patients and an understanding on how hospitals work to join a small team of Tobacco Dependency Advisors.
The team works together with other professional groups supporting patients during and after their hospital stay. We are looking for people who can relate to patients, has excellent people skills and can help motivate patients to make steps towards better health and is able to engage with the wider healthcare team.
We have hours available for 5 days a week,
Monday-Friday office hours at Tunbridge Wells Hospital with some cover at Maidstone Hospital also required.
Main duties of the job
MTW has a newly established service for treating tobacco dependency for patients admitted to hospital suffering from tobacco withdrawal symptoms.
The team will be helping medical, nursing and pharmacy teams assess and treat nicotine withdrawal symptoms for hospitalised patients and support patients willing to try to stop smoking long term.
You would be a part of a small team seeing patients on the wards who smoke and need nicotine replacement therapy. You would help arrange suitable medication, support patients with withdrawal symptoms, discuss how stopping smoking would benefit their health, liaise with community stop smoking services and follow up patients already discharged with phone calls to see how they are getting on.
We keep careful records of patient contacts and submit information to NHS Digital so ability to complete some admin tasks is essential.
We hear regularly from patients how our support has helped to give up smoking and be healthier for longer and able to do things they enjoy!
These hours are to mainly cover Tunbridge Wells Hospital service but regular travel to Maidstone Hospital is also required.
There is a free staff bus service between the sites.
Please note that this role may often attract a high level of applications. Please note this role may close earlier than the original closing date so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible.
Working for our organisation
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex.
We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Standard Level.
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career.
We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients.
We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought,
viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace.
Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible.
You can find out more here : Access to Work : get support if you have a disability or health condition : What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date : TBC
▶️ CAU Medical Secretary - Specialist Medicine
🖊️ Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
📍 Royal Tunbridge Wells