Smokefree Pregnancy Practitioner - Chester, United Kingdom - Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Chester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Working Part Time: 18.75 Hours Per Week

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our friendly and supportive team. This is for 18 months with a possible view to becoming permanent.

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.

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 prebooking 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, online 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 attempts.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.

The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services.

The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.

The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do.

The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life.

The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.