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Samantha O’Loughlin

Wallasey,Wirral

Summary

I am a highly motivated and confident individual with excellent communication skills and a determination to succeed. My passion lies within Public Health and my previous roles have provided me with invaluable experience in Project Management within a portfolio of health care services across the Country.


Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work history

Regional Public Health Service Manager

Solutions4health
04.2024 - Current
  • Full project management of the new 'Healthy Worcestershire' programme in Worcestershire, West Midlands.
  • Including; Recruiting, managing staff, development of course content, mapping of delivery locations, developing relationships with stakeholders and partners, attending partnership and networking meetings, codeveloping IT systems, managing and analysing data and monitoring KPIs.


Public Health Business Development Manager

Solutions4health
07.2023 - 04.2024
  • Worked within the business development team sourcing and maintaining commissioned contracts across healthcare.
  • Responded to tenders through attending market engagement events and writing bids with strict and often short deadlines
  • Established and maintained relationships with internal and external stakeholders and partners.
  • Supported projects through mobilisations including those with TUPE
  • Identified opportunities to drive business growth, diversification and expansion.


Regional Health Improvement Manager

Solutions4health ltd.
07.2015 - 07.2023
  • Project Management of a portfolio of Health Improvement services including Stop Smoking Services, Domestic Abuse and Integrated services within Wirral, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Sheffield, Blackpool, Barrow in Furness & Worcestershire.
  • Recruited and managed large teams including staff, volunteers and intermediate advisors.
  • Identified and set up new clinics, utilising local insight data including LSOAs, prevalance (smoking, ethnicity, mental health etc) and access to services.
  • Oversight of data including capturing, analysing, auditing, reporting to ensure KPIs are being met.
  • Ran social marketing and street campaigns to ensure that annual targets are met.
  • Managed Incentive scheme for pregnant women and managed direct supply of Nicotine replacement Therapies
  • Developed links with stakeholders and partners
  • Delivered Very Brief Advice, Level 2 and update training to Stakeholders and health professionals.
  • Worked closely with Pharmacy services including training, support and running a PGD & SLA whilst managing performance outcomes.
  • Worked with Prison services to introduce Smokefree Prisons
  • Support Primary Care with training and EMIS referrals
  • Involved in the set up and running of the Liverpool CURE project at the Liverpool Royal hospital and have worked with other local Secondary Care Trusts to develop electronic referral pathways. working closely with the Trusts Smoking working groups
  • We work closely with the local Mental Health trust to support inpatients and community patients to stop smoking.
  • I work closely with the local maternity services and we deliver training to all midwives on VBA and CO Monitoring. We have recently introduced a Smoking in Pregnancy Midwife and I chair weekly meetings for the Smoking in Pregnancy working group there.

  • I worked alongside Dr Kathy Hawley and Leena Sankla to develop and implement an integrated model of smoking cessation in pregnancy. The 12 week program aims to engage pregnant smokers from deprived areas and works through a series of self-management and public health concerns such as healthy eating, breast feeding and exercise in pregnancy to raise self-esteem and overall health and wellbeing
  • I have presented at the UKNSCC


Locality Coordinator / Pregnancy Specialist

Solutions4health ltd.
11.2011 - 01.2013
  • Developed, delivered and managed an integrated model of smoking cessation in pregnancy 'Me Time, for mums to be' across The Wirral
  • Targeting pregnant smokers from deprived areas and works through a series of self-management and public health concerns such as healthy eating, breast feeding and exercise in pregnancy to raise self-esteem and overall health and wellbeing
  • Management of a PbR stop smoking contract across Wirral


Health Promotion/ Smoke Free Home Lead

HYPE
08.2010 - 10.2011
  • Managed and delivered the ‘Seven Steps’ Smokefree Homes project in local primary schools in Wirral

Education

10 GCSE’s -

Weatherhead High School

Bachelor of Science - Sport and Exercise Science

University of Leeds
Leeds

A Levels -

Weatherhead Media Arts College
Wirral

Other Qualifications

Skills

  • 13 years track record of project managing Public Health contracts
  • Working with local and National policy context
  • Excellent written and oral communication
  • Analytical and problem solving
  • Data management and reporting
  • Organisational and time management
  • Ability to work independently or across a multi disciplinary team
  • Experience of multi agency work
  • Staff management

Custom

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Timeline

Regional Public Health Service Manager

Solutions4health
04.2024 - Current

Public Health Business Development Manager

Solutions4health
07.2023 - 04.2024

Regional Health Improvement Manager

Solutions4health ltd.
07.2015 - 07.2023

Locality Coordinator / Pregnancy Specialist

Solutions4health ltd.
11.2011 - 01.2013

Health Promotion/ Smoke Free Home Lead

HYPE
08.2010 - 10.2011

10 GCSE’s -

Weatherhead High School

Bachelor of Science - Sport and Exercise Science

University of Leeds

A Levels -

Weatherhead Media Arts College

Other Qualifications
Samantha O’Loughlin