Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Smokefree Pregnancy Practitioner
The closing date is 12 June 2026
The post holder will work with the Lead Midwife for Treating Tobacco Dependence, and other key members of the maternity team, to deliver evidence‑based behavioural support and treatment to a caseload of pregnant women who are tobacco dependent, in a variety of clinical settings, using the support of interventions such as Carbon Monoxide (CO) monitoring and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).
This role is intended to tackle the health inequalities that arise from addiction and the post holder will be an integral member of the maternity team, working alongside Midwives, Obstetricians, and other Healthcare Professionals (HCPs), to deliver safe and individualised care in a flexible and innovative manner.
Main duties of the job
* The Trust provides maternity services for the women of St Helens, Knowsley and Halton.
* The Smokefree Pregnancy Practitioner accepts the role as stated above.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* National Preceptorship Accreditation 2023 for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to GCSE level English and Mathematics or equivalent qualification/Experience
* NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in health‑related studies OR substantial successful experience delivering stop smoking interventions and support.
* NCSCT trained Stop Smoking Practitioner.
Knowledge and Experience
* Experience of providing healthcare advice or promoting healthy lifestyle advice to patients or members of the public.
* Experience of working in health, social care and other support roles in direct contact with people, families or carers (in a paid or voluntary capacity).
* Experience of providing help, support and/or counselling on either a one‑to‑one basis or as part of a group setting.
* Experience of working within multi‑professional team environments.
* Experience of delivering tobacco dependence treatment.
* Experience of working in maternity services.
* Experience of developing and delivering successful health promotion interventions.
* Experience of data collection and using tools to measure impact of services.
* Experience of working with vulnerable people.
Skills
* A good level of understanding of evidence‑based practice in relation to smoking cessation, the consequences of smoking and benefits to quitting.
* An understanding of human behaviour that contributes to making healthy lifestyle changes and decisions.
* The ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with professionals/individuals from a variety of different professional backgrounds.
* Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload and coordinate own schedule without direct supervision.
* Ability to recognise and work within limits of competence and seek advice when needed.
* Ability to use Microsoft Office applications - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook.
* Accurate and sufficient record keeping.
* Evidence of continual personal and professional development.
* Experience of using an electronic clinical record system/database.
* A basic understanding of audit and evaluation.
* Knowledge of Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults policies and processes.
Qualities
* Ability to actively listen, emphasis with people and provide personalized support in a non‑judgmental way.
* Commitment to reducing health inequalities.
* Ability to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence. Motivating others to reach their potential.
* Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with people their families, carers, community groups, partner agencies and stakeholders.
* Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals.
* Ability to demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure.
* Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
* Assertive and confident.
* Ability to provide motivational coaching to support people's behaviour change.
Other
* Willingness to work flexible hours when required to meet demands of the job.
* Ability to travel to different locations within a specified time frame, via own car or assisted driver.
Values
* We are kind
* We are open
* We are inclusive
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 name
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
£28,392 to £31,157 a year (pro rata if part time)
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