London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Infant Feeding Coordinator Midwife

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Job summary

The post holder will utilise well developed leadership skills and specialist infant feeding knowledge to:

  1. Promote and protect breastfeeding in line with the LNWUH infant feeding policy and related guidelines.

  1. To lead, develop and manage the Infant feeding Strategy for maintaining LNWUH Baby Friendly full accreditation.

  1. Provide clinical expertise to staff, parents and health partners in order to support families with infant feeding by following the UNICEF BFI standards.

  1. 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.

  1. 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
  • Expert Practitioner
  • 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.

Details

Date posted

28 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,178 to £55,492 a year per annum including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

337-NP-7529DG-B

Job locations

Northwick Park Hospital,

Watford Road

Harrow, Middlesex

HA1 3UJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

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
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

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Northwick Park Hospital,

Watford Road

Harrow, Middlesex

HA1 3UJ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Northwick Park Hospital,

Watford Road

Harrow, Middlesex

HA1 3UJ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Inpatient Matron

Florence Okpara

fokpara@nhs.net

077967055643

Details

Date posted

28 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,178 to £55,492 a year per annum including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

337-NP-7529DG-B

Job locations

Northwick Park Hospital,

Watford Road

Harrow, Middlesex

HA1 3UJ


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