In conjunction with NHS England, in 2018, we commenced the offer of maternal Flu and Pertussis vaccinations at UHMBT. A vaccination team of both midwives, nurses and maternity support workers were created and the role of the team is to focus on the successful implementation of the national maternal vaccination programme along side public health and smoking cessation support. In 2024, the new maternal vaccine, Respiratory Syncytial virus (RSV) has commenced. Our established Public health midwife specialist will lead you through these changes.
This role will also entail supporting and developing public health in maternity services including but not limited to; smoking cessation, immunisation and nutrition in pregnancy.
The successful candidate will provide a non judgemental approach to caring for our clients, supporting families who use our services to improve their health and wellbeing.
Candidates with public health experience through nursing or midwifery are encourage to apply., + Support the Specialist Midwife - Health and Wellbeing, deputise within the scope of their remit, when necessary, to ensure continuity and delivery of high standards of care.
- Act as an enabler for safe and effective care working across community and inpatient settings to promote best practice through enhancements in multi-disciplinary working, clinical recording and support professional practice.
- Assist with development, implementation and local audit of policies, guidelines and pathways in public health for midwifery across the trust.
- Support, assist and advise women and their families around public health in partnership with their named midwife, specialist midwife health and wellbeing and the health and wellbeing team.
- Act as an advocate for women and liaise with public health services, other services and partner agencies to ensure that women are receiving specialist public health care they need.
- Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team ensuring that women and their families receive appropriate information about in a sensitive way.
- Work with colleagues to ensure that there is appropriate screening and early identification of women with, or at risk.
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Our community services for adults are provided in people's homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.
The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive .
The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.
We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert
If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, (formally CRB) a charge of £49.50 for Enhanced and £21.50 for Standard clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.
Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.
We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us at UHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle in to your new role including: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this link https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding.
