# Tobacco Dependence Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Trust Headquarters, King's Mill Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Practitioner
- **Salary:** £28392.00 to £31157.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri excluding Bank Holidays)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-27T14:39:13.262Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8188553
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8188553?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Make a Difference for Families

We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Maternity Tobacco Dependence Practitioner to join our maternity team. This rewarding role supports pregnant women and their families to stop smoking, improving the health and wellbeing of both parent and baby.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will deliver evidence-based smoking cessation interventions, provide behavioural support, and promote a smoke-free pregnancy through personalised care and encouragement.

Key Responsibilities

- Identify and engage pregnant women who smoke or use tobacco
- Deliver one-to-one behavioural support using evidence-based smoking cessation techniques.
- Provide advice and support on nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and other approved smoking cessation treatments in line with local and national guidance.
- Monitor client progress, maintain accurate records, and report outcomes.
- Work collaboratively with midwives, obstetric teams and other healthcare professionals.
- Promote the benefits of smoke-free pregnancies and homes through education and health promotion activities.
- Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and achievement of key performance indicators.

Apply now to join our team!

### Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Evidence of continuing personal development

**Desirable**

- Experience of providing tobacco dependence treatment programme support
- Working in maternity service

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- NVQ level 3 or 4 or equivalent experience

**Desirable**

- NCSCT Smoking Cessation Advisor Intermediate level qualification

### Further Training

**Desirable**

- Smoking cessation NCSCT training
- Healthy lifestyle/ behavioural change experience
- EDCL computer course
- Database skills
- Audit skills
- Safeguarding L3

### Knowledge Requirements

**Essential**

- Good written and communication skills
- Basic computer skills: Word, Excel, email
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Work effectively and independently without direct supervision and/or as part of a team
- Accurate record keeping
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
- Assertive and confident
- Ability to present an open and non-judgemental demeanour
- Innovative

### Contractual Requirements

**Essential**

- Current driving license/ability to travel to different locations within a specified time frame
- Occupational Health assessment
- Enhanced DBS

## Documents

- [benefits leaflet (pdf, 834.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2702)
- [application guide (pdf, 584.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2448)
- [our staff networks (pdf, 810.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2938)
- [tobacco dependence practitioner (pdf, 312.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10492814)
- [nursing, midwifery & ahp strategy 25-28 (pdf, 2.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2492)

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