Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Maternity Health Coach

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Job summary

You will work with the Specialist Midwife for Public Health and other team members to promote the general health and wellbeing of service users and their families accessing maternity care at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust by offering healthy lifestyle advice and support during pregnancy and the postnatal period.

As well as offering advice and support with healthy lifestyles including, nutrition, exercise, vaccinations, baby care and safer sleeping for new-borns the post holder will be key to implementing individualised stop smoking support to women and families in a flexible and innovative way. Providing intermediate stop smoking support throughout pregnancy and the post-natal period, using the support of interventions such as carbon monoxide monitoring and Nicotine Replacement Therapy. This also includes undertaking delivery of the Smokefree pregnancy incentive scheme with those women and families who meet the criteria, along with administration of the smokefree pregnancy data collection and collation.

This post contributes to tackling inequalities in health through promoting and supporting families. It focuses on engaging with families in communities by offering them practical support to change their behaviour to achieving their own choices and goals. This will involve working in both hospital and community settings with minimal, indirect supervision, operating within the assessed level of competence and being accountable for all aspects of own work.

Main duties of the job

Provide general healthy lifestyle advice and support to service users and their families. This will include individual and group-based interventions, signposting and referring to other health, community, and voluntary services.
Plan and deliver stop smoking advice and support including advice on stop smoking medications. This may involve individual, telephonic, on-line and group work sessions in a variety of settings and venues
Identify and approach women who are eligible for tobacco dependence conversations and treatment in a variety of different settings.
Participate in educating pregnant women about the benefits of stopping smoking in pregnancy and give support to those women wanting to quit.
Deliver Carbon Monoxide (CO) monitoring to a high standard and engage in the data collection and collation of CO rates in pregnancy and following birth.
Deliver Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) in line with relevant protocols and guidelines.
Play an active role in the development of the Smoke Free service targets and work collaboratively with team members to share best practice and information on how to achieve these.

About us

Do you have a passion for health promotion and making opportunities for people to make positive changes to benefit their health? If so, we have an exciting new opportunity for Maternity Health Coaches at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. We are looking for self-motivated enthusiastic individuals to join our Maternity Public Health Team. You will need to have excellent team working skills and the ability to support and motivate others whilst managing your own workload. Experience in working in a health care setting or delivering health promotion will be beneficial.

You will support the clinical teams in maternity services providing advice about healthy lifestyles, diet, exercise, weight management and stopping smoking. We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our Maternity Public Health Team. As part of this team, you will be instrumental in setting up and running the new in-house stop smoking service with support from the Specialist Midwife for Public Health. This will include providing nicotine replacement therapy to women who wish to give up smoking during pregnancy and following birth.

We are very excited to be able to offer this new role within our team, so come and help us make a difference to women and their families. If you think you are up for the challenge, we would like to hear from you.

Date posted

29 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year Per Annum, Pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-RC9951

Job locations

Lancashire Teaching Hospital - Cross site working

Royal Preston Hospital, Shaore Green Lane, Fulwood

Preston

PR29HT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide general healthy lifestyle advice and support to service users and their families. This will include individual and group-based interventions, signposting and referring to other health, community, and voluntary services.
Plan and deliver stop smoking advice and support including advice on stop smoking medications. This may involve individual, telephonic, on-line and group work sessions in a variety of settings and venues
Identify and approach women who are eligible for tobacco dependence conversations and treatment in a variety of different settings.
Participate in educating pregnant women about the benefits of stopping smoking in pregnancy and give support to those women wanting to quit.
Deliver Carbon Monoxide (CO) monitoring to a high standard and engage in the data collection and collation of CO rates in pregnancy and following birth.
Ensure that the relevant equipment is provided and maintained on an agreed schedule. Report any failings of equipment or other environmental factors to the Specialist Midwife for Public Health.
Deliver Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) in line with relevant protocols and guidelines.
Respond effectively to referrals within stated timescales self-referrals from the individuals, and those from colleagues /other workers/GPs.
Enable utilisation of the smokefree pregnancy platform, for recording patient data, outcomes, review own personal performance against programme KPIs and engage with the Smokefree pregnancy incentive scheme.
To be involved in the monitoring and evaluation of client feedback, offering recommendations as part of the team to improve services
Play an active role in the development of the Smoke Free service targets and work collaboratively with team members to share best practice and information on how to achieve these.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide general healthy lifestyle advice and support to service users and their families. This will include individual and group-based interventions, signposting and referring to other health, community, and voluntary services.
Plan and deliver stop smoking advice and support including advice on stop smoking medications. This may involve individual, telephonic, on-line and group work sessions in a variety of settings and venues
Identify and approach women who are eligible for tobacco dependence conversations and treatment in a variety of different settings.
Participate in educating pregnant women about the benefits of stopping smoking in pregnancy and give support to those women wanting to quit.
Deliver Carbon Monoxide (CO) monitoring to a high standard and engage in the data collection and collation of CO rates in pregnancy and following birth.
Ensure that the relevant equipment is provided and maintained on an agreed schedule. Report any failings of equipment or other environmental factors to the Specialist Midwife for Public Health.
Deliver Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) in line with relevant protocols and guidelines.
Respond effectively to referrals within stated timescales self-referrals from the individuals, and those from colleagues /other workers/GPs.
Enable utilisation of the smokefree pregnancy platform, for recording patient data, outcomes, review own personal performance against programme KPIs and engage with the Smokefree pregnancy incentive scheme.
To be involved in the monitoring and evaluation of client feedback, offering recommendations as part of the team to improve services
Play an active role in the development of the Smoke Free service targets and work collaboratively with team members to share best practice and information on how to achieve these.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential

GCSE level English and Mathematics or equivalent
NVQ level 3/4 or equivalent health related studies OR experience delivering healthy lifestyles advice, and/or stop smoking interventions/support.

Desirable

Smoking Cessation Advisor Intermediate level qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Experience of providing healthcare advice or promoting healthy lifestyle advice to members of the public
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Experience of coaching or providing help, support and/or counselling on either a one-to-one basis or as part of a group setting.

Desirable

Experience of providing smoking cessation support
A record of working with pregnant women.
Experience of developing and delivering successful health promotion interventions

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential

GCSE level English and Mathematics or equivalent
NVQ level 3/4 or equivalent health related studies OR experience delivering healthy lifestyles advice, and/or stop smoking interventions/support.

Desirable

Smoking Cessation Advisor Intermediate level qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Experience of providing healthcare advice or promoting healthy lifestyle advice to members of the public
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Experience of coaching or providing help, support and/or counselling on either a one-to-one basis or as part of a group setting.

Desirable

Experience of providing smoking cessation support
A record of working with pregnant women.
Experience of developing and delivering successful health promotion interventions

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lancashire Teaching Hospital - Cross site working

Royal Preston Hospital, Shaore Green Lane, Fulwood

Preston

PR29HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lancashire Teaching Hospital - Cross site working

Royal Preston Hospital, Shaore Green Lane, Fulwood

Preston

PR29HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)