Tobacco Dependence Practitioner
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
10 September 2026
9 days left
Job description
Make a Difference for Families We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Maternity Tobacco Dependence Practitioner to join our maternity team. ...
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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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
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
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing personal development
Desirable
- Experience of providing tobacco dependence treatment programme support
- Working in maternity service
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Current driving license/ability to travel to different locations within a specified time frame
- Occupational Health assessment
- Enhanced DBS
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
27 August 2026
Last checked
1 September 2026
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