Practitioner - Smoking & Wellbeing

Hywel Dda University Health Board is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and passionate Smoking and Wellbeing Practitioner, to develop and deliver support to smokers admitted to hospital sites within Hywel Dda. The post will be based in Withybush General hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a friendly, committed, innovative and dynamic Health Improvement and Wellbeing Team improving population health within the Public Health Directorate at Hywel Dda.Main duties of the job The post holders will work collaboratively with patients and Health Board staff involved in their care, to deliver a specialist smoking cessation service, based within the main hospital sites in Hywel Dda. The post holder will be required to deliver empathetic, individually tailored, high quality, evidence based, support and guidance to inpatients, outpatients and their families as well as Health Board staff. The post holders will also be responsible for advising prescribers about nicotine replacement therapy for inpatients via drug charts and outpatients via community pharmacy. Training staff in brief advice, identifying and referring smokers on admission and the use of Nicotine replacement therapy will be a key feature of the role.

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties. We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services. We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers. Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 99
• community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services