Smoking Cessation Specialist - Maternity

Job summary

This post holder is responsible for delivering a bespoke and flexible smoking cessation service to pregnant women within Cardiff and Vale UHB geographical area. As part of this service, the post holder will provide intensive behavioural support and pharmacological advice to smokers and others in the household who wish to stop smoking.

This post is a fixed term/secondment for 8 months to meet the needs of the service.

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for working autonomously with patients to develop a treatment plan in order to deliver the support and help them stop smoking. This will involve working collaboratively with other clinical staff such as Midwives, Consultants and Health Visitors to identify patients and ensure that they are provided with the adequate pharmacotherapy.

The post holder is responsible for planning and organising their own workload effectively, this will include the management of a caseload. The post holder will be responsible for maintaining and inputting patient records into a digital database and ensuring that referrals are processed and patients are contacted within the adequate target time frame. The post holder will also work with clinical staff in the community and hospital to promote the service and support them to carry out brief intervention with patients. The post holder will work within standard operating procedures and use their own initiative when delivering information to clients.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well",and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.