Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
NHS Band 3 Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
Hours per Week: full time 37.5
Contract type: Permanent
Are you passionate about working with people to make key lifestyle changes to improve their health and wellbeing?
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Medicine as a new Smoking Cessation service is being set up.
We have vacancies for a Tobacco dependency advisor. This role will focus on providing inpatients with support to help them stop smoking.
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals with excellent communication skills to be a Smoking Cessation Advisor. Experience of working in an NHS/Health care setting would be beneficial or a role where frequent engagement with the public was key.
You will be responsible for undertaking face to face smoking cessation assessments with inpatients and liaising with the clinical and community teams involved in the patients’ care and onward cessation journeys. Providing education to trust staff and undertaking smoking cessation roadshows when necessary. Training will be provided, but the post holder will be expected to computer literate (word, outlook, excel).
Key responsibilities:
- Deliver smoking cessation services to inpatients within Medicine Care group wards, reporting to the Band 4 Supervisor..
- Establish and maintain communication with patients, relatives and carers, working in partnership with the multidisciplinary team to provide holistic patient care.
- Contribute to own personal development.
- Assist in maintaining own and others’ health, safety and security.
- Ensure own actions help to maintain quality and patient safety.
- Assist with a wide range of administrative services to the smoking cessation team.
- Assisting in the transfer of patients to community smoking cessation services.
- Access a number of computer systems to track patient’s progress and current status in treatment pathway.
- Undertake data entry onto local and national databases and updating of spreadsheets.
- Dealing promptly with a wide range of enquiries from staff and patients.
- Ability to work flexibly and unsociable hours to meet the demands of the service.
For full details of this role, please refer to the enclosed Job Description
QualificationsEssential
- Standard GCSE/NVQ.
Desirable
- NCSCT Level 2 Training.
Experience
Essential
- Customer care experience.
- Experience of working in an NHS environment.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- The ability to work using own initiative and without supervision.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to use a personal computer with knowledge of word processing, and Windows applications.
- Customer service background.
- Attention to detail and able to work to deadlines.
- Time management.
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS Trust environment and NHS software.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026
Skills Required
- Standard GCSE/NVQ
- Customer care experience
- Experience of working in an NHS environment
- Computer literate (Word, Outlook, Excel) and Windows applications
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work using own initiative and without supervision
- Attention to detail and ability to work to deadlines
- Time management
- Ability to work flexibly and unsociable hours
- NCSCT Level 2 Training
- Knowledge of NHS Trust environment and NHS software
What We Do
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust provides expert, compassionate care to approximately 675,000 residents across Portsmouth and South East Hampshire, and offers specialized treatments to a wider area.
