Health Promotion Practitioner/Tobacco Treatment Advisor

NHS; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Doncaster is seeking a Health Promotion Practitioner/Tobacco Treatment Advisor to support families in stopping smoking. The successful candidate will engage with pregnant women and their families, providing tailored support and working alongside maternity services. Qualifications include GCSEs in English and Maths and NVQ level 3 in Health care. The role offers a salary of £24,937 to £26,598 per annum, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) grade C or above in English and Maths.
• NVQ level 3 in Health care (or equivalent).
• Smoking Cessation Training Level 2 or willing to undertake immediately of starting in post.

Responsibilities

• Support the Trust's Stop Smoking in Pregnancy Service and Strategy.
• Provide specific and individualised stop smoking support to pregnant women.
• Engage patients in community and clinical settings.

Skills

Good knowledge of evidence-based practice

Ability to maintain confidentiality

Computer literate

Education

GCSE grade C or above in English and Maths

NVQ level 3 in Health care

Smoking Cessation Training Level 2

Tools

Microsoft Office software

Job description

Health Promotion Practitioner/Tobacco Treatment Advisor

The closing date is 29 September 2025

As part of Doncaster Stop Smoking in Pregnancy Service, we offer support and interventions to people who attend our community-based services, to help them to stop smoking and become smoke free. The programme will also provide support to significant others in the family who wish to quit.

The Stop Smoking in Pregnancy service programme recognises smoking as an addiction (tobacco dependency) and that it is a chronic, relapsing clinical condition that prematurely kills at least half of people who smoke and has significant consequences for the unborn child. Smoking is seen as a medical condition that can be treated, rather than as a lifestyle choice.

This post will contribute to tackling inequalities in health through promoting and supporting families to stop smoking, breastfeeding and positive parenting.

Main duties of the job

Specifically, the post holder will:

• Have an instrumental role to support the Trust's Stop Smoking in Pregnancy Service and Strategy, as part of the Integrated Community Health Visiting team.
• Providing specific and individualised stop smoking support to pregnant woman and families in a flexible, holistic and innovative way. Post holder will also work closely with Maternity services to support the NHS Long Term Plan and Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle.
• Engage patients in a community and clinical setting and motivate those who smoke by offering evidence-based behavioural support.
• Act as a smokefree champion promoting smoke free message through their day-to-day work.
• As well as offering patients' advice and support, advisers will also be expected to carry out Carbon Monoxide (CO) monitoring and educate and recommend appropriate Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) under direct supervision of team leader.
• This role is intended to tackle health inequalities across our Doncaster by providing an outstanding service by educating, supporting and guiding those who need intervention to stop smoking for good.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) grade C or above in English and Maths.
• NVQ level 3 in Health care (or equivalent).
• Smoking Cessation Training Level 2 or willing to undertake immediately of starting in post.

Experience

• Experience of working in the NHS in the community or hospital setting or equivalent in the private sector.
• Experience of providing healthcare, healthcare advice or health promotion advice to patients or members of the public.

Knowledge

• Good knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice and interventions in smoking cessation, the consequences of smoking and the benefits of quitting.
• Good knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice in breast feeding in line with Baby Friendly Initiative, World health organisation and Start for Life.
• Understand and maintain confidentiality issues.
• Computer literate, experience of using Microsoft Office software.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum, pro rata