Tobacco Cessation Interventionist

University of Arkansas•Little Rock, AR

2h•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is seeking a Tobacco Cessation Interventionist to provide support and advice to inpatients, outpatients, UAMS students, UAMS employees, and their family members who wish to discontinue tobacco use. This role involves promoting tobacco cessation programs, providing individual or group support, maintaining outcome data, exploring grant funding opportunities, and training clinical staff. UAMS offers a collaborative healthcare environment with comprehensive benefits for eligible positions.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree plus 1 year of tobacco cessation experience or High School plus 5 years of tobacco cessation experience
Proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment

Nice To Haves

Grant Writing or Grant Proposal/Management Experience

Responsibilities

Supervises the work of assigned personnel, including assigning and reviewing work, providing guidance, and conducting performance evaluations
Improves UAMS and community awareness of Tobacco Cessation opportunities
Promotes Tobacco Cessation programs to clinics and other groups including face to face outreach, production/display of advertising materials, and other promotional initiatives
Provides individual or group tobacco cessation support and pharmacological advice in accordance with the Centers of Disease Control Tobacco Cessation Guidelines to patients, family members, and UAMS staff and students
Maintains and analysis outcome data to identify opportunities for program growth and improvement
Explores opportunities for tobacco cessation grant funding and writes and submits proposals
Provides trainings for clinical staff interfacing with patients who wish to discontinue the use of tobacco products
Stays up to date with tobacco product cessation practices, techniques and developments
Performs other duties as assigned