Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the Guy's and St Thomas' Acute Tobacco Dependence Treatment Team, with responsibility for the Guy's Hospital site. We are looking for a dynamic person with a strong background in directing and delivering a range of tobacco dependence treatment interventions in the acute environment. With a growing team of referral coordinators, tobacco dependence advisors and tobacco dependence specialists you will lead on new developments and delivery of existing inpatient and outpatient clinics across our two hospital sites.



Areas of work include continuing the development and delivery of our services to meet the Long Term Plan for tobacco, including ward based interventions, outpatient clinics and MDT training. In addition we are about to roll out the COSTED programme in ED and also we contribute to the Vital 5 agenda.



This will help to achieve the Trust commitment to drive a culture change towards prevention and to bring the promotion of optimised physical health and wellbeing into the mainstream.



The post holder will be expected to support the delivery of the tobacco dependence treatment sections of the Trust initiatives aimed at promoting and improving the health of patients including the LTP project, COSTED and Vital 5 programmes.

Duties will include:

To provide the strategic framework, development, and operational management of the Trust's stop smoking services



Provide day-to-day line management to the Acute Tobacco Dependence Treatment.



Partnership working with SEL ICB and community tobacco dependence treatment colleagues to support their delivery of services to GSTT patients.

To work with healthcare professionals to ensure that Long Term Plan policies designed for patients who smoke and who are admitted and cared for in a smoke-free environment in our hospitals

To support, develop and implement other stop smoking initiatives eg.Stop before the Op, Costed

Promote the stop smoking referral system across all hospital departments.



We are a small friendly team which has become well-established with a wealth of experience in tobacco dependence, led by the Trust's Values:



Caring - we put patients first

We provide patient and person-centred care. We care about others' needs and wellbeing. We listen. We are compassionate to ourselves and others. We reflect on our actions. We are respectful and welcoming.



Ambitious - we innovate and strive for excellence

We innovate and strive for excellence. We act with integrity. We act on staff and patient feedback. We seek ways to improve the care and experience of others. We are efficient. We are committed to growth. We find new ways to deliver excellence.



Inclusive - we respect each other and work collaboratively

We respect each other and work collaboratively. We act on diverse views. We put ourselves in 'others' shoes'. We are building an anti-racism organisation. We seek opportunities to collaborate. We show sensitivity towards diversity of culture.



To lead the development, management, monitoring and evaluation of Acute Tobacco Dependence Treatment services, ensuring that any services provided meet both national and local requirements and are in line with Trust and National guidance.

To act as the Trust's expert resource in relation to tobacco dependence support, and to be the first point of contact for incoming queries and information requests in relation to tobacco dependence.

To undertake training needs assessments within and across all clinical services so that all clinical staff can provide first-line health promotion advice and support to patients on tobacco dependence, and are able to screen all patients in hospital-based services for support and onward referral.

Linked to above, continue to develop and improve implementation of the Long Term Plan initiative across all inpatient specialties.



To work closely with partners, including the SEL ICB, to ensure that the reduction of health inequalities is seen as a relevant priority to the Trust as an acute provider of clinical care, and that clinical and management teams are aware of the correlation between smoking, ill-health, and health inequality.

To support the Tobacco Dependence Treatment Lead in the strategic planning for tobacco dependence with the SEL ICB and internal Trust management and clinical teams to embed tobacco dependence treatment within the culture of health care provision, and to ensure delivery of local and national targets.

The post-holder will support the Tobacco Dependence Treatment Lead for liaison with relevant finance personnel to accurately quantify the cost implications of any new systems and processes, and for the development of funding approval business cases.



To work closely with Trust colleagues and service clinical and management teams to ensure that there is wide awareness of how to access tobacco dependence treatment across the Trust and community.

To provide specialist advice and support to service providers, health care providers and management teams within the organisation.

To be actively involved in partnerships relevant to tobacco dependence treatment, e.g. London Tobacco Control Network, London Tobacco Dependence Acute Leads, etc