Specialist Smoking Dependence Midwife

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust in London is seeking a Specialist Smoking Dependence Midwife to provide clinical leadership on smoking cessation during pregnancy. The role involves collaboration with healthcare professionals to improve outcomes for women at risk, offering support to pregnant smokers and developing guidelines to assure responsive care. Strong communication, organizational skills, and relevant qualifications are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with active registration.
• Evidence of post-qualification education in midwifery.
• Mentorship/Practice assessor qualification or preparing for it.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership on smoking in pregnancy.
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams to improve health outcomes.
• Provide expert support to pregnant smokers.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Leadership

Counseling

IT skills

Education

Registered midwife

Public health qualifications

Mentorship qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Specialist Smoking Dependence Midwife, London

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Client:

Barts Health NHS Trust

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Description:

Job overview

·To provide visible clinical leadership and evidence-based information and education on smoking in pregnancy to women and their families, other members of the smoking cessation team, and other health professionals, in line with Trust policies, the NMC Midwives Rules and Standards, the NMC Code and current public health guidance such as the NHS Long Term Plan objectives for a smoke free pregnancy pathway or the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle.

·The post holder will work in partnership with service users, the multi-disciplinary team, the in-reach smoking cessation team and local stakeholders to improve and protect health and wellbeing by focusing upon improving outcomes of women with the single biggest modifiable risk factors for stillbirth.

·The post holder will work closely with the Senior Midwifery Management Team to further develop related pathways and guidelines to assure appropriate and responsive care.

Main duties of the job

·Providing an opt-out expert support service to pregnant smokers including those who either decline referral to the smoking cessation team, or who accept referral but subsequently do not engage.

·The post holder will liaise with different stakeholders within the hospital and the community setting in order to provide the 12-week treatment programme for pregnant women and their household members. 2 weeks of this 12-week period will involve direct provision to all pregnant women.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with active registration
• Evidence of post-qualification education
• Mentorship / Practice assessor qualification or preparing for it
• Understanding of NMC Codes of Practice
• Practice Supervisor/ Assessor - Post registration
• Awareness of current issues in maternity care and smoking as part of the public health agenda
• Managerial / leadership qualifications
• Public health qualifications NCSCT level 2 and level 3 Smoking Cessation Training
• Counselling skills

Experience

• Experience Band 6 midwife
• Able to use own initiative Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
• IT skills including Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint Evidence of multi-disciplinary /multi-agency working
• Evidence of applying current research to practice
• Ability to monitor the quality of own work
• Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so
• Experience of Equal Opportunity policies and procedures

Knowledge

• Proven oral and written communication skills
• An ability to compile complex written information
• An ability to demonstrate on-going commitment to learning and development
• Skilled practitioner in all areas of Midwifery
• Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy
• Ability to write and interpret reports to a satisfactory standard
• Understanding of CNST compliance and clinical Governance

Skills

• Good interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written) with ability to communicate at all levels across the Department and Directorate/Trust/Organisations
• Ability to make independent decisions and work autonomously
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to self-reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify what s/he needs to learn to able to do current job better
• Demonstrate good leadership and organisation skills
• The ability to communicate with women and families in an empathetic manner. Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner
• Developed IT skills with good understanding of windows/Microsoft Office
• Reporting skills, including managing and analysing data relating to KPIs or other targets
• Motivational interviewing skills
• Effectively carries out tasks related to evaluating services
• Ability to work within set time frames working to priorities and deadlines
• Ability to record and report back accurately and fully on patient assessments undertaken and risks identified
• Experience of caring for at risk / socially excluded patient
• Ability to work with others to produce detail plans to protect the health of Mother and Unborn child
• Experience of Equal Opportunity policies and procedures

Other

• Attend appropriate meetings as and when necessary