Smokefree Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working with the Lead Midwife and maternity team to provide evidence-based behavioural support and treatment to pregnant women who are tobacco dependent. The post holder will manage a caseload, using interventions like Carbon Monoxide monitoring and Nicotine Replacement Therapy. This position aims to address health inequalities arising from addiction and requires working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to deliver safe and individualised care.
Key responsibilities
- Educating individuals about the risks of smoking in pregnancy.
- Promoting smoke-free homes and cars while advising about the harms of second-hand smoke.
- Informing individuals about the benefits of stopping smoking in pregnancy.
- Conducting pre-booking telephone calls with individuals who self-report as smokers upon referral to maternity services.
- Responding effectively to internal and external referrals into the Maternity Treating Tobacco Dependence Service within agreed timescales.
Essential criteria
- Evidence of providing healthcare advice or promoting healthy lifestyle advice to patients and 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 working within a multi professional team environment
- Health related qualification such as but not limited to NVQ level 3 or care certificate
- Excellent communication skills, both written, verbal and listening
- GCSE maths or equivilent
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent health related study
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering tobacco dependence treatment
- Experience of working in maternity services
- NCSCT qualification
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (WHH)
Smokefree Practitioner
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
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
1. Educating individuals about the risks of smoking in pregnancy 2. Promote smoke free homes and cars whilst advising women and their families about the harms of second-hand smoke3. Inform individuals about the benefits of stopping smoking in pregnancy 4. Conduct a pre-booking telephone call with all individuals who have self-reported as smokers upon referral to maternity services 5. Respond effectively to internal and external referrals into the Maternity Treating Tobacco Dependence Service within agreed timescales
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