The closing date is 31 May 2026.
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
We are excited to offer 14.5 hours per week for the role of public health midwife within UHS. Working with our current public health midwife, we are looking for a motivated, forward-thinking midwife with a passion for public health and improving outcomes for women, birthing people, babies and families. You will need to demonstrate initiative, innovation and ability to drive improvement across maternity public health priorities, working proactively with colleagues and partners to effect meaningful and sustainable change.
The public health remit within maternity services is broad and continually evolving, and this role is pivotal in leading, coordinating and embedding key public health priorities across the maternity pathway. You will play a crucial role in improving outcomes for women, birthing people, babies and families, with a particular focus on reducing health inequalities and supporting our most vulnerable populations.
You will work closely with a wide range of key stakeholders, including multidisciplinary maternity teams and local and regional public health teams, to ensure national and local public health priorities are translated into high-quality, evidence-based practice. This collaborative approach will support prevention, early intervention and personalised care, helping to deliver equitable and inclusive maternity services.
Job responsibilities
* Provide professional leadership for the maternity public health agenda, ensuring alignment with national and local priorities.
* Lead and coordinate stop smoking in pregnancy pathways, working with local stop smoking services and public health teams to improve access, uptake and outcomes.
* Support maternity teams to deliver consistent, evidence-based public health interventions, including CO monitoring, referral and very brief advice.
* Lead and coordinate healthy weight, nutrition and physical activity in pregnancy work streams, working with local services and public health teams to improve access, uptake and outcomes.
* Lead key public health workstreams across maternity services, including reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for vulnerable groups, healthy weight, nutrition, physical activity and immunisation uptake.
* Work collaboratively with local and regional public health teams, LMNS/LMS partners and multidisciplinary maternity teams.
* Lead audit, evaluation and quality improvement activities linked to maternity public health priorities.
* Provide education, guidance and professional leadership to support staff confidence and capability in public health practice.
Qualifications / Knowledge / Experience
* Educated to degree level (appropriate subject) or equivalent experience to demonstrate competency at all levels.
* Registered Midwife with current NMC registration.
* Post-registration experience across the whole spectrum of pregnancy pathway including normal and complex needs, covering both hospital and community based care.
* Experience of managing a project and project templates and reporting processes.
* Experience of working in a case loading model of midwifery.
* Experience of working in a continuity of carer model.
* Knowledge and understanding of workforce requirement and modelling.
Aptitudes and Skills required
* Highly effective communicator with all levels, able to understand, analyse and present complex and sensitive information verbally and in writing.
* Experience of writing a report.
* Conversant with the Better Births framework.
* Awareness of National guidance to deliver continuity of care to reflect National trajectories.
* Ability to engage people, especially seniors to develop effective working relationships.
* Proficient in Microsoft systems to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
* Team player.
* Highly motivated and resourceful with a proactive approach.
* Well organised.
* Flexible and adaptable.
* Ability to work under pressure.
Trust Values
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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