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Job summary

Main area
Maternity/Midwifery
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (May be required to work in community settings in addition to hospital settings across Coventry and Rugby)
Job ref
218-AC-B4-6288998-B
Employer
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
UHCW
Town
Coventry
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/07/2024 23:59

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University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust logo

Maternity Tobacco Cessation Advisor

NHS AfC: Band 4

Job overview

This post will contribute to tackling inequalities in health through promoting and supporting people to stop smoking.  It focuses on engaging with people in all maternity settings and offering them practical support to change their behaviour to achieve their own choices and goals. While supporting them to make positive health changes that will improve pregnancy & birth outcomes and longer-term family health.

As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, all expectant women and birthing people and their partners will be offered support via a maternity smoke-free pregnancy pathway. As part of this pathway all women and birthing people admitted to hospital who smoke will be offered NHS funded tobacco cessation treatment and follow up support.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with the Public Health Midwife and the maternity team to achieve element 1 of the saving babies lives care bundle and reduce smoking in pregnancy by providing individualised stop smoking support to women and families in a flexible and innovative way. 

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

·       Provide stop smoking support throughout pregnancy and the post-natal period, using the support of interventions such as very brief advice, Carbon Monoxide (CO) monitoring and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). 

·       Ensure that all referrals to the Stop Smoking in Pregnancy Service (SSIPS) service and Fire Service have been completed in a timely manner.

·       Work with the Public Health Midwife to ensure areas within the hospital and community have the correct equipment and supplies and provide CO training if necessary to midwives and staff.

·       Promote the general health and wellbeing of people who use the service by signposting them to healthy lifestyle advice and support services. 

·       Seek out opportunities to develop and implement stop smoking services in a range of maternity settings.

·       Support the set up and on-going provision for inpatient NRT in the maternity department.

·       Identify women and birthing people who need risk perception and refer appropriately.

·       Work with minimal indirect supervision operating within the assessed level of competence and being accountable for all aspects of own work.

·       Will be required to work across sites ( Rugby St Cross ) and also family hubs around the Coventry area

 

For further details of the role please see the attached job description. 

Person specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Pathway to excellenceCare quality commission - GoodPregnancy Loss PledgeHeart Charter

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel Harrison
Job title
Public health midwife
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02476967350
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