Job summary
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 description
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.
Job description
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
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Smoking cessation Advisor Intermediate level qualification (NCSCT)
- National Incentive scheme training and use of national NSPIS database
Experience
Essential
- 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.
Desirable
- Experience of providing smoking cessation support
- A record of working with pregnant women.
- Experience of developing and delivering successful health promotion interventions
Knowledge
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Smoking cessation NCSCT trained.
- EDCEL
- A basic understanding of audit and evaluation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Smoking cessation Advisor Intermediate level qualification (NCSCT)
- National Incentive scheme training and use of national NSPIS database
Experience
Essential
- 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.
Desirable
- Experience of providing smoking cessation support
- A record of working with pregnant women.
- Experience of developing and delivering successful health promotion interventions
Knowledge
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Smoking cessation NCSCT trained.
- 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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
