Healthcare Assistant

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.   

Smokefree Lancashire has been commissioned to deliver the stop smoking service across Lancashire. With an estimated 131,000 smokers in Lancashire, our goal is to make smoking cessation a priority for everyone. We provide advice and information to people who want to quit smoking and develop personalised plans during one-to-one support sessions. We also offer groupwork sessions, pharmacotherapy and deliver training to our partner agencies.

We are looking for a dedicated and passionate Healthcare Assistant to join Smokefree Lancashire, pro-actively assist in the delivery of comprehensive interventions aimed at improving health & wellbeing for service users. 

The Healthcare assistant role is a varied one, the successful candidate must have an understanding of human behaviour in relation to smoking. Be able to carry out assessments and deliver interventions matched to identified needs.

You will have excellent engagement skills, be committed to high quality service provision and the active involvement of service users.

Where: Lancashire

Hours: Full Time 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent 

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

About the role: 

• Representing Smokefree Lancashire and CGL in a professional manner on all occasion
• Empower and proactively engage service users to address their tobacco addiction using evidence-based interventions, in line with the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT)
• Carry out lung health checks in line with National Standards
• Working closely with your Nursing team to develop pathways to care  
• Support service users in opiate and alcohol interventions.  
• You will support on harm reduction interventions along with physical and mental health assessments. 
• Keeping the people who use our services at the heart of everything you do 

About you: 

• Good interpersonal skills and a willingness to work flexibly as part of a team 
• Experience of working within substance misuse or a social care setting would be an advantage but not essential 
• A clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services 
• Good organisational skills 
• Confidence to work on own initiative as well as part of the team 
• Communicate confidently and effectively, verbally and in writing 
• Respond flexibly to the demands of the post 

What we will give to you: 

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days” 
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme 
• Contributory pension scheme 
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc. 
• A friendly and supportive team 
• Training, career development & progression opportunities 
• Refer a friend scheme.  

A note about using AI in your application

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We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles.

There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.

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Join us in our journey of empowerment and holistic support, where every individual's well-being is at the heart of what we do.

Direct applications only we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.