Public Health Maternity Support Worker - Tobacco

Wye Valley NHS Trust

The closing date is 02 January 2025

Job summary

We are advertising for two part time Tobacco Treatment Advisors to join our Maternity team. One position at 30 hours and a second position at 22.5 hours per week.

The Smoke Free Tobacco Treatment Advisor will provide individualized smoking cessation support to pregnant and post-partum women receiving maternity care across Herefordshire and to their partners and/or close family members.

Working with maternity services, TDA will also promote wellbeing and health. The post holder will have in depth-experience of behavioural change, managing clinics, have the ability to work both independently and autonomously.

The post holder will have an understanding and experience of managing caseloads, excellent communication skills in engaging with vulnerable women in a culturally sensitive manner as well as being able to follow instructions and policies.

The TDA working within Herefordshire maternity services will provide individualised public health support to women and will specifically deliver smoking cessation support to women and their families in a flexible and innovative way.

Main duties of the job

Persuading mothers and household members to stop Smoking using a variety of evidence-based stop smoking interventions including face-to-face, behavioural support and pharmacotherapy, 1:1 face to face in a variety of settings including home visits, use of e-cigarettes and telephone and texting support, ANC clinics and community hub.

The TDA will work closely with others as part of the wider pathway to support smoking cessation and smoke-free households including carbon monoxide testing; risk perception interventions; and recording, collating and monitoring smoking and quit rates and client progress.

The post holder will be working closely with the team leader to implement a range of services across the LMNS. As a smoke free champion across the Trust you will provide information, advice and support to patients on stopping smoking, minimizing harm from tobacco and health-related issues. Working closely with Midwifery teams.

Undertaking coherent and excellent management of caseload and have the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. There will be limited opportunity for home working. The post holder will be expected to work with data and support the team leader in providing an accurate record of numbers and submissions of data in a timely manner. The post holder will work to policies and procedures.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Date posted

19 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

229-SUR-6780846-A

Job locations

Hereford County Hospital

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education & Qualification

Essential

NVQ Level 3 in Health care or equivalent with relevant experience.
Smoking cessation Advisor NCSCT Intermediate level qualification ..or willingness to train .
Educated to GCSE including Maths and English grades A-C (or 4-9), or functional skills level 1&2 in maths and English
Undertaken Challenging Conversation Motivational Training ...or willingness to train

Desirable

Foundation Degree in a health related qualification (Associate Psychologist /Registered Nurse Associate ) and or equivalent ( 2 A levels or Level 4 qualification)
Trained in Making Every Contact Count (MECC) and Motivational Interviewing

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

Knowledge of the impact smoking has on health
Knowledge of evidence-based interventions for smoking cessation
Proficient in reading and writing in the English language
Motivational qualities
Good written communication skills and computer skills
Ability to prioritise workload and work effectively with minimal supervision
Accurate record keeping

Experience

Essential

Healthy lifestyle/ Behavioural change experience
Able to demonstrate an understanding of health outcomes for smoking and smoking in pregnancy
Able to demonstrate an understanding of national policies relating to smoke-free pregnancies (including SBLCBv2, Tobacco Control Plan)

Desirable

Experience of providing smoking cessation support
Working with pregnant women

Person Specification

Education & Qualification

Essential

NVQ Level 3 in Health care or equivalent with relevant experience.
Smoking cessation Advisor NCSCT Intermediate level qualification ..or willingness to train .
Educated to GCSE including Maths and English grades A-C (or 4-9), or functional skills level 1&2 in maths and English
Undertaken Challenging Conversation Motivational Training ...or willingness to train

Desirable

Foundation Degree in a health related qualification (Associate Psychologist /Registered Nurse Associate ) and or equivalent ( 2 A levels or Level 4 qualification)
Trained in Making Every Contact Count (MECC) and Motivational Interviewing

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

Knowledge of the impact smoking has on health
Knowledge of evidence-based interventions for smoking cessation
Proficient in reading and writing in the English language
Motivational qualities
Good written communication skills and computer skills
Ability to prioritise workload and work effectively with minimal supervision
Accurate record keeping

Experience

Essential

Healthy lifestyle/ Behavioural change experience
Able to demonstrate an understanding of health outcomes for smoking and smoking in pregnancy
Able to demonstrate an understanding of national policies relating to smoke-free pregnancies (including SBLCBv2, Tobacco Control Plan)

Desirable

Experience of providing smoking cessation support
Working with pregnant women

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.