Tobacco Treatment Dependency Advisor

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Tobacco Treatment Dependency Advisors to join our Tobacco Treatment Dependency service at BSol. The TTDA will work across the BSol maternity footprint and have an opportunity to work with Gynaecology services to support women and families who wish to stop smoking.
We are looking for a highly dedicated, enthusiastic and motivated person to join our team to deliver stop smoking advice and support. The successful post holder should have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to support and motivate others whilst working well in a team setting and on an individual basis. They should have a positive and proactive outlook with the ability to motivate, engage and support others to achieve high standards and service delivery. This role will make a significant difference to tobacco users, their families and communities. Ideally the successful post holder will have experience of working in such a role.
The TDA will provide individualized smoking cessation support to women who are pregnant, post-partum women receiving maternity care across Birmingham and Solihull and to their partners and/or close family members. The TDA will also promote wellbeing and healthy lifestyles by providing public health information, advice, support, and brief interventions.

The post holder will have in depth-experience of healthy lifestyles, behavioral change, managing varying caseloads, have the ability to work both independently, autonomously and as part of a larger team, to support the delivery of tangible results. The post holder will have an understanding and experience of caseloads, data entry (excel spread sheet) excellent communication skills in engaging with vulnerable women in a culturally sensitive manner as well as being able to follow instructions and work closely with the Tobacco Treatment Dependency Lead.
The TDA will be allocated to one or more of the community midwife teams within Birmingham as a clinic location, however, regular travel across the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) will be necessary to undertake the role. The post holder will be directly responsible to the Tobacco Treatment Dependency Lead working as part of the Birmingham & Solihull Local Maternity System. The post may require some occasional evening and weekend work.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.