Maternity Smokefree Support Specialist

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a full-time Maternity Smokefree Advisor to support pregnant smokers and their families. You will provide behavioural support, manage cravings, and distribute nicotine replacement therapy, with training supplied to become level 2 trained.

Travel between sites and homes is expected, and experience in Maternity Services or Public Health is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide stop smoking support throughout pregnancy and the post-natal period
• Work with the Smoking in Pregnancy Specialist Leads
• Assist with administration of the smokefree pregnancy data collection and collation
• Order and maintain stocks of nicotine replacement therapy
• Promote the general health and wellbeing
• Develop and implement stop smoking services in a range of health and community settings.
• Work with minimal indirect supervision
• Escalate and record any possible safeguarding issues

Job description

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a full-time Maternity Smokefree Advisor to support pregnant smokers and their families. You will provide behavioural support, manage cravings, and distribute nicotine replacement therapy, with training supplied to become level 2 trained.

Travel between sites and homes is expected, and experience in Maternity Services or Public Health is desirable.