About this role
Job summary
This is a highly rewarding role that offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to peoples lives. The Specialist Stop Smoking Practitioner will support the delivery of evidence-based stop smoking services aimed at reducing health inequalities across the borough of Sefton. The role will include delivering stop smoking and tobacco dependence interventions throughout multiple venues across Sefton including Community centres, GP practices and workplaces. The postholder must be able to work flexibly, independently, and collaboratively as part of a team and be willing to work one evening per week to meet the needs of the service.
Part of this role will also involve occasional work with hospital settings. This will include reviewing and updating referral pathways to make sure patients are referred to the service promptly when they are discharged from hospital.
Main duties of the job
Your key responsibilities will include working with colleagues across other organisations and services to promote the service and ensure effective referral pathways, while embedding smoking cessation support as part of routine client and patient care. You will motivate and empower clients to make positive changes to address their addiction, clearly explaining the principles of nicotine dependence and the Stop Smoking Service to enable informed choices. The role involves delivering evidence-based stop smoking interventions in line with the NCSCT Standard Treatment Programme, including one-to-one, drop-in, group, telephone, and online support. You will analyse health, equality, and service data to identify local need and inform service delivery, and provide high-quality, efficient, and cost-effective support across a range of community settings. You will also lead peer support groups for successful quitters to help prevent relapse, deliver education on smoking cessation and behavioural change, provide ongoing motivational support, and work with individuals to set realistic and sustainable goals. In addition, you will ensure all client and service records are accurately maintained in line with ABL Health documentation policies.
About us
ABL is an exciting fast-paced, growing community health organisation. As an experienced, CQC registered, provider of community health services, we are passionate about delivering evidence based, innovative, effective, and relevant health care services in partnership with individuals, communities, and stakeholders.
We are a value`s driven organisation, dedicated to reducing health inequalities and improving peoples lives. We would love to hear from you if you would like the opportunity to work with in a close team of committed professionals and you share our values of designing and delivering health services
Job description Job responsibilities
This is a highly rewarding role offering the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to peoples lives. The Specialist Stop Smoking Practitioner will support the delivery of evidence-based stop smoking services aimed at reducing health inequalities across the borough of Sefton, delivering stop smoking and tobacco dependence interventions across a range of community settings including community centres, GP practices, and workplaces. The postholder must be able to work flexibly, independently, and collaboratively as part of a team, and be willing to work one evening per week to meet service needs, with occasional work in hospital settings to support and improve referral pathways and ensure timely referrals following discharge. Training will be provided to equip staff to deliver effective services.
You will work with colleagues across organisations to promote the service, strengthen referral pathways, and embed smoking cessation within routine care, while motivating and empowering clients to make positive changes and addressing addiction. You will explain the principles of nicotine dependence and the Stop Smoking Service to support informed decision-making, and deliver evidence-based interventions in line with the NCSCT Standard Treatment Programme, including one-to-one, drop-in, group, telephone, and online support. The role includes analysing health, equality, and service data to identify local need, delivering high-quality, efficient, and cost-effective services across diverse community settings, and leading peer support groups for successful quitters to help prevent relapse. You will also provide education on smoking cessation and behavioural change, offer ongoing motivational support, and work with individuals to set realistic, sustainable goals, while ensuring all client and service records are accurately maintained in line with ABL Health documentation policies. You will be a motivated, passionate, organised, and proactive individual with significant experience in smoking cessation or addiction, able to prioritise competing demands effectively and manage a varied workload within required timescales as services continue to develop and integrate across settings.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Higher level education or health/social care/public health/ professional qualification, or experience working within smoking cessation other addiction or behaviour change.
Desirable
NCSCT Practitioner Relevant degree
Experience Essential
Experience of working in community settings
Job Specific Requirements Essential
Driver with a full clean driving licence and access to vehicle for work purposes. Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name ABL Health Ltd
Address Smokefree Sefton
Burlington House
Crosby Road North
Waterloo
L22 0PJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)