Job summary
- Main area
- Division E - Maternity
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 3 years (Fixed term contract)
- Hours
- 22.5 hours per week (Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered)
- Job ref
- 180-E-269007
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Rosie Hospital - Division E
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 P.a pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/02/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/03/2026
Employer heading
Smoke Free Pregnancy Practitioner
Band 4
Job overview
As a Smoke Free Pregnancy Practitioner you will work with the Consultant Midwife for Public Health to deliver smoking cessation support to women and birthing people within the maternity service at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is a fixed term contract due to end in March 2029.
Main duties of the job
As a Smoke Free Pregnancy Practitioner you will act as a member of the care team working under the supervision and guidance of registered midwives and other professional staff. The role will require a flexible approach to care delivery, which may include visiting women in their homes, at children’s centres, or within the hospital setting.
Driver’s licence and access to car essential for the role.
The key duties of the Smoke Free Pregnancy Practitioner will be:
• Providing smoking cessation support
• Delivering interventions such as Carbon Monoxide Monitoring, Nicotine Replacement Therapy and behavioural support after relevant training
• Managing own clinics and caseload
• Engaging with data collection and reporting
Please note that there are two part time positions available.
Working for our organisation
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practice your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
• Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on 24th February 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 6th March2026
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ3 in Care or equivalent plus additional training to diploma level equivalent, or equivalent through short courses or experience
- Proficient in the use of suite of Microsoft packages
Desirable criteria
- NSCST smoking in pregnancy practitioner registered
- Accredited Health Education and Promotion qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in smoking cessation, counselling or a public health related role
- Knowledge of relevant strategies and approaches to delivering an effective smoking cessation service
- Up to date knowledge of effective health improvement strategies.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a Healthcare environment or for local authority services
- Previous experience within a maternity setting
- Experience delivering smoking cessation advice
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate sound knowledge of the impact smoking has on pregnancy Knowledge and understanding of NICE Guidelines
- Always understands the importance of professional behaviour
- Ability to prioritise own workload, to work unsupervised and to use initiative
- Team Player
- Commitment to working with local communities and partner organisations
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent IT skills
- Excellent communicator Effective, interpersonal and influencing skills
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work using own initiative
- Ability to work with a range of staff and stakeholders
- Diplomacy and negotiation skills
- Ability to cope under pressure with high levels of concentration
- Ability to interact with different people appropriately
- Ability to adapt to different situations
- Ability to deal with potentially emotional situations such as babies going into care or adoption.
- Ability to act sensitively, using tact and empathy in order to minimise parental anxiety
- Requirement to travel to remote locations
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Welsh
- Job title
- Consultant Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 217629
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