About this role
Job summary
Make a Difference for Families
We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Maternity Tobacco Dependence Practitioner to join our maternity team. This rewarding role supports pregnant women and their families to stop smoking, improving the health and wellbeing of both parent and baby.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will deliver evidence-based smoking cessation interventions, provide behavioural support, and promote a smoke-free pregnancy through personalised care and encouragement.
Key Responsibilities
Identify and engage pregnant women who smoke or use tobacco Deliver one-to-one behavioural support using evidence-based smoking cessation techniques. Provide advice and support on nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and other approved smoking cessation treatments in line with local and national guidance. Monitor client progress, maintain accurate records, and report outcomes. Work collaboratively with midwives, obstetric teams and other healthcare professionals. Promote the benefits of smoke-free pregnancies and homes through education and health promotion activities. Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and achievement of key performance indicators.
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Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements Essential
Good written and communication skills Basic computer skills: Word, Excel, email Ability to prioritise workload Work effectively and independently without direct supervision and/or as part of a team Accurate record keeping Excellent verbal communication skills Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service Assertive and confident Ability to present an open and non-judgemental demeanour Innovative
Qualifications Essential
NVQ level 3 or 4 or equivalent experience
Desirable
NCSCT Smoking Cessation Advisor Intermediate level qualification
Further Training Desirable
Smoking cessation NCSCT training Healthy lifestyle/ behavioural change experience EDCL computer course Database skills Audit skills Safeguarding L3
Experience Essential
Evidence of continuing personal development
Desirable
Experience of providing tobacco dependence treatment programme support Working in maternity service
Contractual Requirements Essential
Current driving license/ability to travel to different locations within a specified time frame Occupational Health assessment Enhanced DBS
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 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)