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Smokefree Pregnancy Practitioner
The closing date is 03 August 2025
We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our friendly and supportive team.
The successful post holder will work with the Lead Midwife and other key members of the Maternity Team to deliver evidence-based behavioural support to a caseload of pregnant women who are Tobacco dependent. This will take place 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
* Educate individuals about the risks of smoking in pregnancy.
* Promote smoke free homes and cars whilst advising women and their families about the harms of secondhand smoke.
* Inform individuals about the benefits of stopping smoking in pregnancy.
* Conduct a pre-booking telephone call with all individuals who have self-reported themselves as smokers upon referral to maternity services.
* Respond effectively to internal and external referrals into the Maternity Treating Tobacco Dependence Service within agreed timescales.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
* The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
* Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
* Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* GCSE level English and Mathematics or equivalent
* Equivalent NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in health-related studies OR has relevant experience
* NCSCT trained Stop Smoking Practitioner
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
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.
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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