This post is for internal candidates to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. If you are not currently working within either of these Trusts, your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
As part of the Healthy Pregnancy Support Service (HPSS), the Practitioner will work within Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin alongside midwives and independently within community settings and patients’ homes to provide an evidence‑based behaviour change healthy lifestyle service. The needs of patients will be at the forefront of the service, which aims to improve the general health of pregnant women by encouraging healthy life choices such as quitting smoking and maintaining a healthy diet and exercise.
Responsibilities
* Providing an intensive behavioural support service to facilitate pregnant women through a structured evidence‑based stop smoking support programme, including providing individual choices with stop smoking medications and informing on the use of e‑cigarettes to reduce risk.
* Educating and giving guidance on how to reduce their baby and children’s exposure to second‑hand environmental tobacco smoke in the home to protect them from the known harmful effects.
* As well as face‑to‑face, using a range of communication as appropriate to deliver support, e.g. text messages, video calls, and telephone calls.
* Discussing and demonstrating how to ensure healthy eating in pregnancy, to maintain a healthy weight gain in pregnancy and reduce excessive weight into the post‑natal period.
* Informing women on which safe physical activity patterns can be performed during pregnancy and signposting to local services to access activities appropriate for pregnant women.
* Discussing and encouraging the uptake of the routine offer of vaccinations.
* Using a range of techniques and goal setting to motivate clients and to provide them with support, information and guidance which will contribute to reducing health inequalities.
* Signposting women, members of their household and significant others to other healthy lifestyle services/organisations available locally.
Location and Relocation
The service will relocate to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in 2028 as part of the Hospital Transformation Programme (HTP). Successful candidates will be expected to move with the Service in early 2028. The relocation will follow a formal management of change process, including full consultation and support for staff.
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