Specialist Midwife (XR06)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Demonstrate the knowledge, skills and experience needed to provide quality care for women, babies and their families.

To ensure that all knowledge and skills are updated and maintained within the requirements outlined in the NMC.

Develop and maintain a working knowledge of local obstetric/neonatal guidelines and SOPs.

Develop and maintain flexible and innovative approaches to care in keeping with current research based practice.

To develop awareness of clinical audit systems, leading to improvements in care for women, babies and their families.

Support Infant feeding team to maintain UNICEF Baby Friendly Accreditation and work towards achieving the sustainability standards necessary to receive the Gold award.

Support the Infant Feeding team leader in developing the infant feeding service, to uphold Baby Friendly Initiative Standards and enhance care delivery, with a view to increasing breastfeeding initiation, sustained breastfeeding and improved breastfeeding experiences.

Support the delivery of the staff Infant Feeding education programme, monitor outcomes and to strive to continually enhance staff education across the service.

Deliver antenatal infant feeding education programme, monitor outcomes and strive to continually enhance antenatal education across the service, focusing on hard to reach or disadvantaged groups.

Support tongue tie assessment, referral into specialist services and to complete any training to enhance the service/care where there is a suspected tongue tie.

Provide support and practical assistance to staff supporting women with feeding issues, in a way that develops staff knowledge and skills, in line with best available evidence and the Baby Friendly standards.

In the absence of the Infant Feeding Lead, act as a representative for the Infant Feeding service at meetings and events.

Please see attached job description and addendum for full details.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Interest in health promotion, child health and family support.
• Evidence of assessment of care needs, planning, implementation and evaluation of care plans.
• Be up to date with LTHT Infant Feeding training programme (or equivalent)
• Significant experience as a midwife or equivalent within speciality
• Insight into current issues in midwifery/professional issues

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent
• NMC Registered Midwife
• Successful completion of the LTHT Midwifery Preceptorship program (or equivalent)

Desirable

• Evidence of CPD relating to Infant Feeding
• Teaching/assessing qualification

Skills & behaviours

Essential

• Clinical skills to provide high quality midwifery care in a variety of settings.
• Awareness and skills in clinical audit systems, leading to improvements in care for women, babies and their families.
• To develop skills and competence to participate in the teaching and mentorship of learners within the clinical setting.
• Skills and experience with the promotion, support and assistance of breast feeding.
• To utilise their professional judgement to assess problems/conditions and needs to plan care for women and babies.

Desirable

• Have achieved/be working towards IBCLC qualification.
• Have achieved/be working towards frenulotomy competence

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel to community settings and womens homes
• Car Driver - with a full driving licence
• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for post

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)