Tobacco Dependence Advisor Maternity - Wakefield, United Kingdom - Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
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Wakefield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Promote the health and wellbeing of people who use the service through offering specialist stop smoking advice, information and support.

Work with patients/women to change their behaviour to improve their health by stopping smoking (and, on occasions, support significant others e.g. partners/ parents/family members who smoke). Required to use their persuasive skills to encourage patients to change their behaviour (e.g.

to try a quit attempt/abstain, to try stop smoking medication, to accept a referral for further support). Manage own caseload of patients and responsible for all associated tasks, including follow-up visits, and managing diary commitments. Act as a smoke free champion promoting the smoke free message through their day-to-day work.

Support clinical staff to provide more effective stop smoking support for their patients, through providing up to date and evidence-based information and guidance.


Provide specialist advice and support to staff, including delivering an education, training and awareness programme to help reduce harm from smoking and ensure MYHT remains a smoke free setting.

Persuade other staff groups to support stop smoking activity with their patients and within their departments more generally, identifying and supporting smoke-free champions across the Trust.

Ensure robust discharge planning to meet the needs of the patients ongoing stop smoking support, including arranging onward referral/appointment (e.g.

to a community stop smoking service, community pharmacy), signposting (GP, self-help resources), agreeing follow-up appointments/contacts, co-ordinating continued supply of medication or prescription, feeding back to health care partners e.g.

GP/primary care, midwife.

Deliver stop smoking assessments, specialist advice and support, including advice on stop smoking pharmacotherapy and e-cigarettes, working within recommended protocols and guidelines.

This will involve face-to-face and virtual work and will require working closely with partners including Trust clinicians and pharmacy colleagues, Community Stop Smoking Service and community pharmacists.

Responsible for management of day-to-day workload.


Communicate with a wide range of health professionals and other staff to advise them on effective methods of stop smoking behavioural support.

Undertake Carbon Monoxide (CO) testing for patients who engage with the service. Both at first contact, throughout pregnancy, and 28 days following hospital discharge (where possible).

Work with a wide range of patients as part of their day-to-day work, including those with communication difficulties and adapt information and support provided accordingly Develop individually tailored stop smoking support plans including recommending treatments based on assessed needs and monitoring and adjusting plans as required.


Provide information to people about stopping smoking, minimizing harm from tobacco and health-related issues in line with best guidance and protocols.

Taking into consideration the wide range of diverse needs e.g.

different forms of tobacco use, English as a second language Communicate using a range of resources that promote health improvement (mainly stopping smoking), adapting information and using different formats depending on both patient need (e.g.

pregnant woman, adult inpatient) and for different staff groups or specialties.


Provide accurate and up to date promotional information to patients and staff and design and produce new resources as/when required.

Provide advice and support to ward staff about the service and to support their patients to quit or abstain from smoking whilst in their care.

Co-ordinate health improvement (mainly stop smoking) campaigns within the Trust and externally. This will require planning and collaboration with health improvement specialists and other colleagues (e.g.

Public Health, Communications leads) and adapting information/messages for the intended target group.

Contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of the service, including the completion of the minimum data set (NHS England mandatory requirement).

This will include following up patients following discharge to monitor stop smoking outcomes. Responsibility to feed back to Team Leader on any service improvements identified during day-to-day practice.

Use initiative to communicate/propose new or innovative ways of working to improve the delivery of the service for patients. Responsible for maintaining accurate patient and staff records in line with Trust guidelines. Responsible for responding effectively to referrals made to the service within stated timescales. Plan and organise own daily activities, visiting a range of patients in various locations and situations.


Plans will require adjusting depending on patient needs and, for example, if a patient has been moved or is unable or unwilling to engage.

Work closely with Community Stop Smoking Services and other providers ensuring a smooth hand over of patient care where appropr
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