Job overview

Would you like to come a make a difference to the lives of women and babies during the perinatal period by joining our Smokefree Pregnancy Support team? The post holder will be an integral member of the team and provide tobacco harm reduction related treatment advice and support to women and birthing people who wish to stop smoking and reduce their harm from tobacco in pregnancy. In some instances, the post holder will also be required to support extended family members/carers in their journey to stop smoking, in a targeted effort to reduce health inequalities associated with smoking. 

Families that are supported by the Smoking in Pregnancy Service might also be experiencing other complexities in their lives. The post holder will provide generalised support, advice, and signposting to specialist services in order to meet families individual needs.

The post holder will provide training for all maternity staff and act as a mentor to new starters. Some flexibility in the full-time position will be needed to deliver care/training and maintain the post holders own skills through training days. There will be guidance and standard operating procedures to follow, with these needing updating by the post holder as new evidence arises. Applications from non-smokers are welcomed and it is anticipated that the successful candidate will be supportive of Trust’s smoke free policy by acting as a champion or smoking reduction strategies. 

Main duties of the job

      Deliver tobacco harm reduction (smoking cessation) assessments, advice and support sessions, including advice on stop smoking medications and e-cigarettes to pregnant women and their partners, both virtually and face to face.

2.     Provide advice and support to maternity staff, including providing training to the multi-disciplinary inpatient and community teams to reduce harm from tobacco and to promote smoke free settings.

3.     Ensure robust continuity of care planning for service users.

4.     Promote the general health and wellbeing of people who use the service through the offer of healthy lifestyle advice and support, signposting to other services to provide holistic care, and supporting families to access other support.

5.     Work with people (including staff, patients, and their families) using behaviour change science to improve their health.

6.     Act as a smoke-free champion.

7.     Help to facilitate smoke free environments.

8.     Data monitoring, audit, and quality improvement

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Working for our organisation

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.