Smokefree Pregnancy Practitioner

The successful post holder will work with the Lead Midwife and other key members of the Maternity Team to deliver evidence-based behavioural support to a caseload of pregnant women who are Tobacco dependent. This will take place in a variety of clinical settings, using the support of interventions such as Carbon Monoxide (CO) monitoring and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).,

• 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 pre-booking 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.
  
  We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our friendly and supportive team. This is for 9 months with a possible view to becoming permanent in the future.
  
  The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000. The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.