The post holder will provide strategic leadership and implement and maintain the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative within University Hospital Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (UHD) in line with the relevant objectives within the LMNS and following the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative standards.

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be the lead professional responsible for supporting babies, their mothers, and families in relation to breastfeeding, healthy eating and healthy weight management. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the achievement and maintenance of UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative and in doing so ensure that processes are developed to improve both breastfeeding initiation and duration rates in the local population and enable UHD to achieve national, regional, and local breastfeeding targets for its population.

Foster an organisational culture that protects the Baby Friendly standards.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details on the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level of education in healthcare or equivalent skills

Desirable

• UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative qualification Teaching Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of conducting audits and/or research
• Experience of implementing strategy and policy

Desirable

• Substantive experience in infant feeding
• Experience of working towards BFI accreditation
• Experience of gaining BFI accreditation
• Experience in project management

Skills

Essential

• Ability to prioritise & plan own workload to meet deadlines & competing demands
• Ability to negotiate and influence others in situations where there are a number of barriers and challenges to change
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Good keyboard and IT skills, able to use Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of the UNICEF Baby Friendly initiative standards
• Demonstrated specialist knowledge of breastfeeding skills

Other

Essential

• Highly developed communication and report writing skills, in verbal and written format

Personal

Essential

• Ability to motivate others and manage change
• Flexible, adaptable, reliable

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospitals Dorset - All Sites

Dorset

BH15 2JB

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