Maternity Public Health Administrator

Job summary

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A Public Health Immunisation team of nurses and midwives with your administrative support, was created to achieve this public health goal. The role of the team is to enable the smooth implementation of the maternal vaccination programme within our maternity unit and to oversee Neonatal BCG referrals.

The successful applicants will possess excellent time management skills; be able to organise and proactively deal with all administrative duties and promotional work to ensure effective communication with the local primary care teams and NHS England. Any potential candidate must meet the essential criteria and be flexible within the team working patterns to meet the needs of this weekday service. A job share will be considered.

Main duties of the job

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Tooting, South West London, is a large teaching hospital with a tertiary maternity unit providing care to over 4500 women, birthing people and babies each year. We take great pride in providing a midwifery service that delivers holistic patient-centred care to our diverse local community.

We strive to ensure a positive pregnancy and birth experience for women and birthing people with both complex and uncomplicated pregnancies, excelling both in the provision of high risk care for women and birthing people who require medical input on one hand, and a thriving homebirth team on the other, whilst continuing to promote our midwife-led birth centre.

In conjunction with NHS England, this year (2024) we continue to offer the maternal Flu and Pertussis vaccinations as well as the new RSV vaccine in pregnancy to further protect young children in their first year of life.

In addition to our well-established Trust induction and maternity orientation programme, there are many opportunities for in-service training, development of special interests, and excellent career prospects.

If you would like further information or an informal visit before applying and or to discuss the role, please contact Maternity Practice Development Team on 0208 725 2033 or Chelone Lee-Wo, Consultant Midwife for Public Health on 07884 086523

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.