Infant Feeding Coordinator Midwife
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Location
- Harrow, Middlesex
- Salary
- £49,178 to £55,492 per annum including HCAS
- Closing date
- 2 Nov 2024
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The post holder will utilise well developed leadership skills and specialist infant feeding knowledge to:
Promote and protect breastfeeding in line with the LNWUH infant feeding policy and related guidelines. To lead, develop and manage the Infant feeding Strategy for maintaining LNWUH Baby Friendly full accreditation. Provide clinical expertise to staff, parents and health partners in order to support families with infant feeding by following the UNICEF BFI standards. To work collaboratively with Community, Health visiting services and LNWUH Trust to ensure universal and specialist infant feeding support is accessible to families in line with UNICEF Baby Friendly Guidelines. To work one clinical shift per week.
Main duties of the job
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge and experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential
Desirable
Employer details
Employer name
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Northwick Park Hospital,
Watford Road
Harrow, Middlesex
HA1 3UJ
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
337-NP-7529DG-B
Main duties of the job
- To act as an effective role model and demonstrate effective evidence based care in relation to Infant Feeding and Relationship building
- Provide proactive and effective Leadership
- ExpertPractitioner
- Work in partnership with women and their families
- Work collaboratively as a member of the Multidisciplinary team
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A& E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered midwife
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Leadership course
- UNICEF BFI Courses
- Masters Level or Equivalent
- Car Driver
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- 36 months rotational midwifery experience
- UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative standards, their implementation and maintenance
- I.T. skills that allow for data collection and analysis, reporting and presentations
- Act as mentor/assessor
- Knowledge of safeguarding
Desirable
- MSSP/997/998
- Experience of audit
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- Teaching Skills
- Interest in taking infant feeding practice forward
- Implementation of policies, procedures and standards
Desirable
- People Management
Employer details
Employer name
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Northwick Park Hospital,
Watford Road
Harrow, Middlesex
HA1 3UJ
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
337-NP-7529DG-B
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