Senior Specialist Midwife - Treating Tobacco Dependency

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• NMC registration
• Knowledge of tobacco control and public health: An up to date knowledge of the evidence base behind reducing smoking in pregnancy, including knowledge of NICE guidelines acquired through training to relevant degree level

Desirable criteria

• Training and/or experience in public health and /or health service management

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of services/projects and/or delivering clinical service change and development

Skills and Capabilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to deal with complex facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of options
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to listen to and respect others views and opinions
• Ability to communicate contentious and conflicting information in a sensitive and tactful manner, particularly where there may be resistance or barriers to understanding.
• Ability to plan complex activities, organise and project manage a diverse range of projects/programme work streams
• Computer literature - ability to use the required systems/software packages

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

• Motivated and focused, able to work independently and make decisions, within appropriate levels of accountability

Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Effective organiser, influencer and networker, completer/finisher

Other

Essential criteria

• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 184.6KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 584.3KB)
• Band 7 Senior Specialist Midwife.pdf (PDF, 936.5KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)