Job summary
- Main area
- Obstetrics
- Grade
- NHS AFC: Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 months from post commencement)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 409-6707296
- Employer
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whiston
- Town
- Whiston
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum (pro rata if part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Smokefree Pregnancy Practitioner
NHS AFC: Band 4
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Job overview
Full Time/Part Time - Fixed Term/ Secondment Available
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.
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- 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.
- Develop personalised treatment plans for pregnant women who are tobacco dependent, in line with the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT) Standard Treatment Programme for Pregnant Women, to support complex behaviour change.
- Work flexibly in a range of settings, as required, for the delivery of tobacco dependency treatment (e.g., hospital, community hubs, home visits). This may involve individual, telephonic, on-line and group work sessions.
- Conduct a daily ward round to identify maternity inpatients who may require tobacco dependency treatment and access to Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).
- Conduct and interpret Carbon Monoxide (CO) monitoring to a high standard.
- Dispense NRT according to the Trust protocol.
- Use the Maternity Information System (MIS) to provide real time feedback to the referring professional regarding women’s treatment plans and progress with their quit attempt
The post holder will:
- Work with minimal indirect supervision operating within the assessed level of competence and be accountable for all aspects of own work.
- Prioritise own workload according to the needs of the service and their individual caseload.
- Ensure a high degree of confidentiality, always complying with Information Governance policies.
- Accurately record and report activities and results.
- Support the delivery of the service key performance and reporting indicators for tobacco dependency.
- Liaise with others in the health and social care community to promote the Maternity Treating Tobacco Dependence Service and encourage appropriate referrals.
- Utilise persuasive, motivational and empathic skills as required because there may be barriers to understanding, alongside limited or fluctuating motivation to change.
- Support individuals to make informed choices about their own health and wellbeing and support them in initiating and sustaining appropriate behavioural changes to improve their health.
- Seek out opportunities to develop the tobacco dependency service and contribute to service development discussions. This may include the monitoring and evaluation of service user feedback.
- Maintain good working relationships with a range of staff across a variety of disciplines, grades, and organisations.
- Provide specialist support to individuals with complex needs and/or who may be vulnerable and tailor information accordingly.
- Engage in, recommend, promote and lead audits or surveys to support service improvement.
- Apply and promote the principles of woman and family centred care in all aspects of their practice.
- Work to identify and help the management of at-risk families within the safeguarding arena.
- Identify any risks, incidents, concerns, or complaints and escalate appropriately to the Lead Midwife for Tobacco dependence/ Maternity Matron.
- Support the development and dissemination of publicity and support materials for the service, in collaboration with the communications team and the service including contributing to National campaigns such as ‘Stoptober’ and ‘No Smoking Day’.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 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.
Desirable criteria
- NCSCT trained Stop Smoking Practitioner.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- 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.
Desirable criteria
- 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
Essential criteria
- 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.
- Excellent communication skills
- 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.
Desirable criteria
- 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
Essential criteria
- 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.
- Innovative.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to provide motivational coaching to support people’s behaviour change.
Other
Essential criteria
- 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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sue Orchard
- Job title
- Head of Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 430 1734
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