Sarah Johnson - Academic Staff

Sarah joined us in 2020. She has varied experience in midwifery care with a previous role as an infant feeding specialist. Sarah is also a nurse with a clinical background working in cardiothoracic intensive care.

Sarah is a Senior Midwifery Lecturer at our Burnley campus. She is also the University’s Baby Friendly Initiative project Lead, responsible for the implementation of the Baby Friendly university standards across our midwifery and health visiting programmes. She has experience as an Admissions Tutor for our BSc Midwifery programme.

Sarah has had over fifteen years of clinical experience in various roles. She has a passion for creating peer support and working in a culture of kindness. She was an infant feeding specialist in her previous role and also worked for Public Health England. This was as a physical activity clinical champion. Sarah has a strong ethos as a midwife and now an educator. She aims to embed relationship building in all areas of teaching and learning and through networking with colleagues across university.

Sarah has a diagnosis of ADHD and dyslexia. She is an advocate for Universal Design for Learning and is a founding Co-Chair of the University’s Staff Neurodivergent Group.

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External Affiliations / Memberships

Johnson, S. (2018). Teenage pregnancy, are we doing enough?. Midirs, Midwifery Digest, 28(2), 176-183. Johnson, S. (2017). Atrial fibrillation- online module. from https://www.all4maternity.com/courses/atrial-fibrillation/ Johnson, S., & Wilson, T. (2019). Atrial Fibrillation Case Study. The Practicing Midwife, 19(3), 8-11. Johnson, S., O'Malley, L., & Broome, C. (2015). Promoting normality through choice in Blackburn. Practising Midwife, 18(6), 20-3.

Conferences & Events

Speaker - CCL Connect, September 2022, University of Central Lancashire
Speaker - Resilient: Speaking the unspoken, 2021, University of Central Lancashire
Speaker - CCL: Care in the Learning Community, 2021, University of Central Lancashire
Speaker - Normal birth and the neonate, 2019, University of Central Lancashire
Speaker - BFI to NHS England and UNICEF, 2019, East Lancashire Hospitals Trust
Chair - Two sides of the coin, 2015, University of Central Lancashire
Chair - The butterfly effect, 2015, University of Central Lancashire
Speaker - Social Media, 2015, University of Central Lancashire
Speaker - Celebrating the best of the maternity experience of care, 2014, Dunkenhalgh Hotel