Maternity Tobacco Dependency Advisor
The closing date is 03 July 2025
Job summary
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.
About us
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
Details
Date posted
19 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,857 to £30,570 a year Per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
2 years
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
323-ACS4935-JN
Job locations
St Peters Hospital
Guildford Road
Chertsey
KT16 0PZ
Employer details
Employer name
Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Peters Hospital
Guildford Road
Chertsey
KT16 0PZ
Employer's website
https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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