Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work with pregnant women and their families to ensure that every child has the best start in life.
We are seeking dynamic and motivated people with a level 3 qualification in a health or related subject and experience of working with pregnant women and families or community groups, in a health or voluntary sector capacity.
The role will work with both the public health team and maternity teams providing a holistic, behavioural change approach to caring for pregnant women and their families, providing a range of early support and information to promote a healthy pregnancy and targeting work to reduce health inequalities faced by families in your care. This may include, smoking cessation, physical activity advice, infant feeding, immunisations and healthy lifestyle support.
You will work with the maternity tobacco dependency team and public health team to provide behavioural support and treatment in relation to tobacco smoking to pregnant women.
The Best Start in Life Advisor role is multi-skilled and will involve working across a variety of core public health priorities to provide opportunities for the best start in life.
Main duties of the job
To work with a caseload of women and families during pregnancy and the early postnatal period to promote the best start in life for every child. You will be based in both the hospital and community setting, providing support in Family Hubs, family homes and community bases.
To support the wider 'Best Start in Life' programme of work within the public health and wider maternity team.
To support and manage prioritisation of a caseload in the maternity tobacco dependency service to ensure safe, well organized and evidenced based care is provided to all that access the service. Provide support in a range of settings as required for the delivery of smoking cessation service, this may include work with people by phone, by video conference, or face-to-face.
To support the delivery of the service key performance and reporting indicators for tobacco dependency.
The role will involve working in a variety of settings across the Trust area.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work with the maternity and public health teams to provide holistic support based on a behaviour change approach to pregnant women and their families. This may include smoking cessation, healthy lifestyle, vaccinations, infant feeding and physical activity advice to promote a healthy pregnancy and best start in life.
Working with women from disadvantaged groups to reduce health inequalities and promote a healthy pregnancy.
Providing personalised care depending on individual circumstance and adapting to meet a woman's needs.
Organise own workload in a busy team. Maintain a high standard of work and prioritise own workload according to the needs of the service, individual needs including equality, diversity and social inclusion in all aspects of work.
Identifying and engaging with individuals and groups from target areas, including providing additional support to pregnant women and their families on a range of public health issues as appropriate.
To support the Public Health Lead Midwife in the coordination and organisation of the BSiL service and to act as a point of contact for advisors for issues pertaining to the practicalities of the day to day operational matters within the team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work with the maternity and public health teams to provide holistic support based on a behaviour change approach to pregnant women and their families. This may include smoking cessation, healthy lifestyle, vaccinations, infant feeding and physical activity advice to promote a healthy pregnancy and best start in life.
Working with women from disadvantaged groups to reduce health inequalities and promote a healthy pregnancy.
Providing personalised care depending on individual circumstance and adapting to meet a woman's needs.
Organise own workload in a busy team. Maintain a high standard of work and prioritise own workload according to the needs of the service, individual needs including equality, diversity and social inclusion in all aspects of work.
Identifying and engaging with individuals and groups from target areas, including providing additional support to pregnant women and their families on a range of public health issues as appropriate.
To support the Public Health Lead Midwife in the coordination and organisation of the BSiL service and to act as a point of contact for advisors for issues pertaining to the practicalities of the day to day operational matters within the team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 qualification in relevant subject or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of public health/community services/maternity care procedures and practices; acquired through NVQ3 plus additional training to diploma level equivalent, or equivalent through short courses or experience
- Diploma or equivalent appropriate qualification, e.g. foundation degree; or NVQ3 level qualification plus short courses or relevant experience to diploma level Have experience of working either within maternity or a healthcare related community setting, with vulnerable patients/clients.
Desirable
- Certificate/Professional qualification in a related area
- Motivational behaviour training or willingness to complete training
- Level 2 smoking cessation training
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 qualification in relevant subject or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of public health/community services/maternity care procedures and practices; acquired through NVQ3 plus additional training to diploma level equivalent, or equivalent through short courses or experience
- Diploma or equivalent appropriate qualification, e.g. foundation degree; or NVQ3 level qualification plus short courses or relevant experience to diploma level Have experience of working either within maternity or a healthcare related community setting, with vulnerable patients/clients.
Desirable
- Certificate/Professional qualification in a related area
- Motivational behaviour training or willingness to complete training
- Level 2 smoking cessation training
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).
