Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity Tobacco Dependency
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- 2 years (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 323-ACS4935-JN
- Employer
- Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Peters Hospital
- Town
- Chertsey
- Salary
- £27,857 - £30,570 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Maternity Tobacco Dependency Advisor
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
Base: Main base Ashford / St Peter’s Hospital, with requirement to work across both St Peter’s and Ashford Hospital sites to fulfil role and working at any other Trust site as required. Post-holder will be required to travel to patient’s home and between local community hubs.
An opportunity has arisen to recruit a Tobacco Dependency Advisor to work within Ashford and St Peters Hospitals maternity services to specifically deliver smoking cessation support to women, pregnant people and their families in a flexible and innovative way.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be the Tobacco Dependency Advisor for Maternity.
They will provide intermediate stop smoking support throughout pregnancy and the post-natal period, using the support of interventions such as CO monitoring, behavioural support, practical and social support, and Nicotine Replacement Therapy
They will plan and deliver stop smoking advice and support sessions, including advice on stop smoking medications, working within recommended protocols and guidelines for pregnant women and inpatients. This may involve individual, telephonic, on-line and group work sessions in a variety of settings and venues
They will contribute to National and local drivers by verifying and auditing data for local, regional and National submission.
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- On-site Nurseries
- On-site staff cafes
- On-site parking
- Support in career development
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics
Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:
www.asph-careers.org
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will have in-depth experience of behavioural change, managing own clinics and caseloads with minimal supervision and have the ability to work both independently and autonomously.
They will participate in educating women and pregnant people about the benefits of stopping smoking in pregnancy and give support to those wanting to quit. Promote smoke free homes and support and advise women and pregnant people and their families about passive smoking
They will advise/support other professionals on smoking in pregnancy issues, including carbon monoxide (CO) screening.
They will deliver VBA training for the Maternity workforce & work with the maternity education team and Consultant Midwife for Public Health to devise a training package
They will support ward staff and students in actively engaging in smoke free conversations / facilitating groups to support behaviour change around tobacco smoking.
They will contribute to the reporting of data and assurance relating to Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle (V3) Element 1: Reducing smoking in pregnancy
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE A-C
Desirable criteria
- Smoking cessation qualification
- Public Health qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in public health
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within smoking cessation service
- Experience of working in NHS
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanna Doumouchtsi
- Job title
- Consultant Midwife for Public Health
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07581 049 030
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