An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 Infant Feeding and Weight Management Lead to join the Hammersmith and Fulham 0 - 19 Service Inner Public Health Nursing

UNICEF Baby Friendly Accreditation is highly valued in CLCH and is embedded in the CLCH Quality Strategy 2020-2025 under campaign one, 'a positive patient experience. Success in maintaining the Gold Sustainability Award in February 2023 was announced on the Trust intranet (The Hub), the Inner Northwest Division newsletter and the Spotlight on Quality newsletter. We are very proud of this accreditation and all the boroughs in Central London Community Healthcare Trust (CLCH) are working through the Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) accreditation process.

Our commitment to career progression, leadership and research in practice is reflected in the recent appointment of our first Nurse Consultant for Public Health. Research and practice initiatives from frontline staff are encouraged and supported and we have an excellent CLCH Academy to support learning and career development, plus membership of IHV and SAPHNA for professional development.

Main duties of the job

The Infant feeding Lead works alongside the health visiting team which further enhances the clinical pathways to local families. The Infant Feeding and Weight Management Lead continues to support mothers and families across Hammersmith & Fulham with early support where required. This is offered in the 'preparing for feeding' antenatal phase or 'postnatal period'. Support is offered to enable parents and babies to achieve optimal health outcomes and to achieve their personal feeding goals. The infant feeding Lead provide many infant feeding clinics weekly across the borough to support local families. The Infant Feeding and Weight Management Lead also provide a specialist breastfeeding clinic for those mothers who require additional more specialist support. We are seeking a dynamic individual with a strong public health focus who is fully committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our diverse school aged population in Hammersmith and Fulham. You will be a highly motivated individual with an interest in proactively managing health promotion initiatives and supporting children to make healthy lifestyle changes that can become everyday habits.

About us

Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Healthcare Professional
• Degree level qualification
• Educated to masters level in breastfeeding or children's nutrition or equivalent combination of postgraduate diploma, training and experience

Desirable

• UNICEF Breastfeeding and Early relationships building certificate
• UNICEF or voluntary organisation training certificate
• Group facilitation or teaching qualification
• Fully qualified UNICEF accredited Breastfeeding trainer

Experience

Essential

• Experience in breastfeeding issues and promotion
• Experience of implementing and evaluating public health interventions in a community setting
• Experience of supporting members of a teams and advising/ training/ teaching other health and education professionals
• Experience in providing clinical supervision
• Experience in working across multi- professional and multi-agency partnerships
• Experience of gathering, analysing & reporting on a limited range of data and information
• Experience of conducting audits and/or research
• Experience of implementing strategy and policy

Desirable

• Experience of being an Infant Feeding and Healthy Weight management champion

Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative and current Government policy regarding health and infant feeding
• Good IT skills -Microsoft Word, Power point, Excel
• Highly developed communication and report writing skills, in verbal and written format

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Parsons Green

Parson Green Health Centre 5-7 Parsons Green

Fulham

SW6 4UL

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