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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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Profession
Nurse, Midwife
Grade
Band 7
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
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

    • 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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