+ Complete training and induction program
+ Support the Public Health Specialist Midwife to implement the smoke free pregnancy initiative
+ Educate pregnant women about the benefits of stopping smoking in pregnancy and give support to those women wanting to quit. Promote smoke free homes and advise on passive smoking and the risks involved
+ Provide smoking cessation support in line with the evidence base and the pathways
+ Deliver flexible support including face to face home visits, phone calls, texts and emails
+ Carbon Monoxide (CO) monitoring in line with local protocol and Investigate high CO readings in non-smokers
+ Determine an individual's nicotine dependency, provide advice on available stop smoking medication, how to use it, possible side effects and safe storage, working within local protocols and guidelines.
+ Work with pharmacists
+ Develop an action plan with the client according to their individual needs, organise and deliver smoking cessation support according to agreed pathways. Utilise motivational interviewing techniques records and inputting them into a database such as Quit Manager to provide accurate and comprehensive data for reporting and service improvement.
+ File records on maternity notes in a timely manner and feed back to Maternity service when appropriate.
+ Use comprehensive computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, e-mail and the Quit Manager smoking cessation database
+ Travel across CTM to participate in meetings and service delivery.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
+ We listen, learn and improve
+ We treat everyone with respect
+ We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Band 3
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales's capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed