BHRUT maternity department is looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual to join our Maternity Team as a tobacco dependence advisor. The successful candidate will support BHRUT to provide smoking cessation support for pregnant people. The post holder will have a close working relationship with the multidisciplinary team and support with delivering training, be friendly and approachable and be able to organise their own workload. If you are interested in this role, we look forward to hearing from you.
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.
The postholder will work with the Consultant Midwife (Public Health) and other antenatal clinic, specialist and community midwifery team members in providing individualised smoking cessation support for pregnant women/people within the Smoke-Free Pregnancy Service at BHRUT.
Provide intermediate smoking cessation support throughout pregnancy using the support of interventions such as CO monitoring and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).
Work with minimal indirect supervision operating within the assessed level of competence and being accountable for all aspects of own work.
Liaise closely with local stop smoking services and work closely with the antenatal clinic team manager, consultant midwife (public health) and community midwife colleagues.
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
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All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact KeKe Igere, Recruitment Advisor, on ext Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.