Smoking Cessation Team Leader

Job overview

The Smoking Cessation Service is here to provide expert specialised care and health improvement advice to our patients who require it, alongside our midwifery and obstetric team. The role of the Service Manager is to ensure the smooth running of an effective Smoke Free Pregnancy Service and to participate in the promotion of public health messaging.

This role will be primarily but not exclusively based in Antenatal clinics around the BSOL ICS. The home base will be at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The role is to provide managerial oversight to the team to ensure a cohesive approach, implementing best practice and processes across the service.

Main duties of the job

- Develop a safe and efficient Smoke Free Pregnancy Service that meets local and regional guidelines, with support from the Lead Midwife. - Plan and deliver expert clinical advice and support for women and pregnant people, and their families, across various settings. - Manage a team of TDAs handling the caseload of smokers who are pre-conception, pregnant, and post-natal, including partners and families. - Use high-level communication and interpersonal skills to interpret complex information into motivational formats that empower the team to help clients make behavioural changes related to smoking. - Organise the activities of the Smoke Free Pregnancy Service, providing access to Nicotine Replacement Therapy and other stop smoking aids, performing individualised risk-benefit assessments, and liaising with pharmacy to adjust medications as necessary. - Participate in training and support other Health Care Professionals (HCPs) in delivering the Smoke Free Pregnancy Service, aiming to improve public health and address health inequalities. - Take responsibility for delivering objectives, promoting the service to HCPs and pregnant smokers, and engaging their families. - Participate in audits, data collection, and submission, including the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle v. 3.2 (SBLCBV3.2). - Ensure high standards of record-keeping

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

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