Treating Tobacco Dependency Lead | University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 Per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Lancaster, LA1 4RP
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	9 Oct 2026
Closing date:	13 Nov 2026

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Summary

Band 5Full Time(37.5 hours per week)| Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) Base | Cross-Bay Working

Are you passionate about tackling health inequalities and helping people live healthier lives?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Treating Tobacco Dependency Lead (Band 5) to leadand developUHMBT's Stop Smoking Service.

Based at Royal Lancaster Infirmary with cross-bay working,you'lllead a team of practitioners, develop services, support clinicalteamsand help patients across Morecambe Bay access life-changing tobacco dependency treatment.

If you have strong leadership skills, experience supporting behaviour change, and a drive to improve health outcomes,we'dlove to hear from you.

Help us create a smoke-free future for our patients and communities. Apply today.

Lead the Trust's Treating Tobacco Dependency Service, providing operational leadership and support to Stop Smoking Practitioners across UHMBT. Deliver evidence-based smoking cessation interventions, monitor service performance, develop pathways with internal and external partners, support achievement of national and local targets, and drive continuous service improvement to improve patient outcomes and reduce health inequalities.

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Our Community Service for adults are provided in people's homes ,community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent , improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care , advice and support.

The post holder will provide day-to-day leadership of the Treating Tobacco Dependency Service across UHMBT, supporting delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan agenda and Trust Smoke Free Policy. Responsibilities include clinical support, staff supervision, performance monitoring, data reporting, service development, education and training, stakeholder engagement and delivery of contractual KPIs. The role will support patients, staff and partners to improve smoking cessation outcomes across the Trust.

This advert closes on Friday 23 Oct 2026

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