Smokefree Pregnancy Support Worker: Sponsorship Available

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Job Summary

Would you like to come a make a difference to the lives of women and babies during the perinatal period by joining our Smokefree Pregnancy Support team? The post holder will be an integral member of the team and provide tobacco harm reduction related treatment advice and support to women and birthing people who wish to stop smoking and reduce their harm from tobacco in pregnancy. In some instances, the post holder will also be required to support extended family members/carers in their journey to stop smoking, in a targeted effort to reduce health inequalities associated with smoking.

Families that are supported by the Smoking in Pregnancy Service might also be experiencing other complexities in their lives. The post holder will provide generalised support, advice, and signposting to specialist services in order to meet families individual needs.

The post holder will provide training for all maternity staff and act as a mentor to new starters. Some flexibility in the full-time position will be needed to deliver care/training and maintain the post holders own skills through training days. There will be guidance and standard operating procedures to follow, with these needing updating by the post holder as new evidence arises. Applications from non-smokers are welcomed and it is anticipated that the successful candidate will be supportive of Trust’s smoke free policy by acting as a champion or smokingreduction strategies.

 

Main duties of the job

Deliver tobacco harm reduction (smoking cessation) assessments, advice and support sessions, including advice on stop smoking medications and e-cigarettes to pregnant women and their partners, both virtually and face to face.

2. Provide advice and support to maternity staff, including providing training to the multi-disciplinary inpatient and community teams to reduce harm from tobacco and to promote smoke free settings.

3. Ensure robust continuity of care planning for service users.

4. Promote the general health and wellbeing of people who use the service through the offer of healthy lifestyle advice and support, signposting to other services to provide holistic care, and supporting families to access other support.

5. Work with people (including staff, patients, and their families) using behaviour change science to improve their health.

6. Act as a smoke-free champion.

7. Help to facilitate smoke free environments.

8. Data monitoring, audit, and quality improvement

Person Specification

Knowledge and experience

Essential

  • Experience of providing healthcare, healthcare advice, or health promotion advice to patients or members of the public
  • Experience of working with vulnerable families

Desirable

  • A minimum of 6 months experience working within maternity care
  • Experience of delivering training to small groups of people

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) grade C or above in English and Maths
  • Diploma in health-related studies or equivalent experience
  • NVQ Level 3 in a relevant field/discipline

Desirable

  • Smoking Cessation Training Level 2 or willing to undertake within three months of starting in post
  • Specific training in health promotion and behaviour change interventions

Aptitude and abilities

Essential

  • Good knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice in smoking cessation, the consequences of smoking, and the benefits of quitting on health inequalities
  • Willing to undertake further education / training according to needs of role

Desirable

  • Understanding of audit, evaluation, and quality improvement
  • Knowledge of principles of health promotion and health inequalities

Disposition, attitude, and motivation

Essential

  • Must be self-motivated and able to work under the direction of the Maternity Day Assessment Manager
  • Willing to undertake further education / training according to needs of role

Desirable

  • Has the ability to work under minimal supervision
  • Physically capable of demonstrating and participating in work related learning activities e.g. manual handling

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Closing Date: 08 July 2025

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