Smoking Practitioner
ICE Creates
Smoking Practitioner
£23000
ICE Creates, Bicester, Oxfordshire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 3 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 388e1098d64e49eea4f9741a187e68d2
Full Job Description
Do you live in Oxfordshire and want to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of people living in your community?
Have you got experience of working within the health and wellbeing sector to support a wide range of clients on their stop smoking journeys?
Do you work in the NHS or in a health-related role such as HCA (Health Care Assistant) or Social Prescribing and looking for a change and a new challenge?
We are looking for people to work as part of a small highly skilled and passionate team delivering a Stop Smoking Service, operating across Oxfordshire to support local residents to quit smoking through a 3-tiered approach service.
Main duties of the job
Contribute to the assessment of clients for suitability for the service and eligibility for the right tier of support.
To carry out CO testing using equipment provided.
To assess nicotine dependence and readiness to quit using the Fagerstrom test.
To support the client in making the best decision on pharmacotherapy - Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products.
Provide NRT via a voucher scheme/direct supply.
Ensure appropriate records are kept for all contacts with the service via the service CRM.
Follow up and support clients to 4 week and 12-week quits.
Support clients who fail in their attempt to re-engage with the service and make subsequent attempts.
Seek out opportunities to develop and implement stop smoking services in a range of health and community settings.
Complete all service paperwork in a timely manner in line with agreed protocols.
Working as part of a Team: eg,
- As part of a team, deliver person centred care whilst meeting the service standards and objectives.
ICE is one of the fastest growing behaviour change organisations in the UK. We bring courage, energy, and ambition to equip & enable more organisations & people to move our world forward. To grow our significance as a leading behaviour change practice. By energising organisations & people to find the clarity, courage, & commitment needed to realise their full purpose & potential.