Tobacco Dependence Practitioner for Maternity

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in London is looking for a tobacco dependence advisor to support smoking cessation for pregnant individuals in its maternity team. The successful candidate will work closely with various midwifery team members to provide evidence-based interventions, contribute to better maternal and neonatal outcomes, and ensure effective support for clients. This is an opportunity to be part of a dedicated effort to reduce smoking-related risks in pregnancy.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience delivering stop smoking interventions/support.
• Experience working with clients aiming to quit smoking.
• Knowledge of evidence-based practices in smoking cessation.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualised smoking cessation support for pregnant individuals.
• Liaise with local stop smoking services.
• Operate with minimal supervision within assessed level of competence.

Skills

Smoking cessation support

Interpersonal skills

Behavioural change strategies

Education

GCSE level English and Mathematics

NVQ level 3/4 or equivalent

Job description

Barts Health Maternity department is looking to recruit enthusiastic individuals to join our Maternity Team as a tobacco dependence advisor. The successful candidates will support Barts Health to provide smoking cessation support for pregnant people receiving care from Newham, Whipps Cross and the Royal London maternity units.

This post has been established to support the Smoke Free Pregnancy Programme at Barts Health NHS Trust and adopts a systems-based approach to enhance how smoking in pregnancy is addressed. It aims to:

Improve the identification and support of pregnant women who smoke.

Enable maternity teams to deliver more effective, evidence-based smoking cessation interventions.

Contribute to better maternal and neonatal outcomes by reducing smoking-related risks.

If you are interested in this role, we look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work with the Consultant Midwife (Public Health), the Smoking Cessation midwife, Saving Babies Lives Lead midwife and other Antenatal clinic, Specialist and Community midwifery team members in providing individualised smoking cessation support for pregnant women/people within the Smoke-Free Pregnancy Service at Barts Health.

Liaise closely with local stop smoking services, provide intermediate smoking cessation support throughout pregnancy using the support of interventions such as CO monitoring and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).

Work with minimal indirect supervision operating within the assessed level of competence and being accountable for all aspects of own work.

Applicants are advised to read all the information within the job description before completing and submitting an application

About us

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.

Job 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

• GCSE level English and Mathematics or equivalent
• NVQ level 3/4 or equivalent health related studies OR substantial successful experience delivering stop smoking interventions/support
• National Incentive scheme training and use of national NSPIS database

Experience

• Experience as a tobacco dependence advisor or similar behavioural change role
• Experience of working with clients who want to give up smoking or similar role
• Experience of working in an environment that provides help, support, and/or counselling.
• Experience of providing smoking cessation support
• A record of working with pregnant women.
• Experience of developing and delivering successful health promotion interventions

Knowledge

• A good level of understanding of evidence-based practice in relation to smoking cessation, the consequences of smoking and benefits to quitting.
• An understanding of human behaviour in relation to making healthy lifestyle changes and decisions
• The ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with professionals/individuals from a variety of different professional backgrounds
• Evidence of continual personal and professional development
• EDCEL
• A basic understanding of audit and evaluation

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.