Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and forward thinking team and make a real difference, by supporting pregnant women and their families to improve their own health and the health of their unborn babies. Working alongside the specialist smoking cessation midwifery team, you will provide face to face and remote support to help women, their significant others and staff to quit smoking.
Main duties of the job
Promote the general health and wellbeing of people who use the service through offering healthy lifestyle advice and support.
Work with people to change their behaviour and to improve their health, including patients and staff.
Act as a smoke free champion, promoting the smoke free message through their day to day work.
Provide advice and support to maternity staff, including reinforcing the training provided to inpatient teams by the Smoking cessation midwifery team.
Ensure robust support planning for inpatients and their significant others, referring appropriately to specialist midwives and other services for increased intervention and ongoing support.
About us
The Directorate of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology is based at the Jessop Wing which is linked to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and is a maternity unit with Baby Friendly accreditation. The maternity unit has approximately 6500 births per year and is a Regional Tertiary Maternity Service with a Level 3 Neonatal Unit of 44 cots. A Tertiary Gynae-Oncology service and Gynaecology Service, which includes an Assisted Conception Unit, complete the services within the Directorate.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
We are working in partnership with our Local Maternity System across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan, tobacco control agenda and promote equitable care to all women within our services.
We can offer you:-
A supportive team environment in which to provide high standards of quality care.
Excellent opportunities including role specific public health smoking cessation training and mandatory training.
On-going support from our experienced specialist midwifery team.
A diverse population and client group.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) grade C/4 or above in English and Maths or equivalent experience/ qualifications.
- NVQ level 3 in Health care (or equivalent).
- Smoking Cessation Training Level 2 or willing to undertake within 3 months of starting in post.
Desirable
- Specific training in health promotion interventions.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in the NHS in the community or hospital setting.
- Experience of providing healthcare, healthcare advice or health promotion advice to patients or members of the public.
Desirable
- Experience of providing help, support and/or counselling on a one to one or group basis.
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate, experience of using Microsoft Office software.
- Knowledge of evidence based smoking cessation initiatives.
- Ability to work and communicate in group settings.
- Good knowledge and understanding of evidence based practice in smoking cessation, the consequences of smoking and the benefits of quitting
- Ability to build and maintain good working relationship with professional/ individuals from different professional backgrounds
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) and listening skills.
- Good organisational skills
- Understand and maintain confidentiality issues
Desirable
- Experience of using clinical systems
- Understanding of audit and evaluation
- Knowledge of principles of health promotion and issues of health inequality
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Well-developed interpersonal skills.
- Enthusiasm and ability to motivate self and others
- Commitment to the promotion of equality of opportunity.
- Fully supportive of Trust's smoke free policy acting as a smoke free champion.
- Ability to work flexible hours when team / service requires including evenings and weekends.
- UK driving licence
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) grade C/4 or above in English and Maths or equivalent experience/ qualifications.
- NVQ level 3 in Health care (or equivalent).
- Smoking Cessation Training Level 2 or willing to undertake within 3 months of starting in post.
Desirable
- Specific training in health promotion interventions.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in the NHS in the community or hospital setting.
- Experience of providing healthcare, healthcare advice or health promotion advice to patients or members of the public.
Desirable
- Experience of providing help, support and/or counselling on a one to one or group basis.
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate, experience of using Microsoft Office software.
- Knowledge of evidence based smoking cessation initiatives.
- Ability to work and communicate in group settings.
- Good knowledge and understanding of evidence based practice in smoking cessation, the consequences of smoking and the benefits of quitting
- Ability to build and maintain good working relationship with professional/ individuals from different professional backgrounds
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) and listening skills.
- Good organisational skills
- Understand and maintain confidentiality issues
Desirable
- Experience of using clinical systems
- Understanding of audit and evaluation
- Knowledge of principles of health promotion and issues of health inequality
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Well-developed interpersonal skills.
- Enthusiasm and ability to motivate self and others
- Commitment to the promotion of equality of opportunity.
- Fully supportive of Trust's smoke free policy acting as a smoke free champion.
- Ability to work flexible hours when team / service requires including evenings and weekends.
- UK driving licence
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Jessop Wing
Tree Root Walk, Broomhall, Sheffield S10 2SF
Sheffield
S10 2SF
Employer's website
https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
