Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for 2 enthusiastic STORK faciliators to join our Neonatal team to support parents on the Neonatal unit . We have two partime postions available . 1x 30 hours and 1 x 26 hours per week .
We would like to recruit to the team those whom share the ambition to increase breast feeding success , by ensuring all families receive appropriate support and advice .
You would work directly with families on the neonatal unit . Work in collaboration with infant feeding agenda with midwives , neonatal nurses and other wider multi disciplinary team , to offer family centred specialist support and guidance to facilitate mothers to initiate and sustain breast feeding .
STORK (Supportive Training Offering Knowledge and Reassurance) is an education programme which aims to promote parents and carers to make informed choices to address infant mortality, low rates of breast feeding, smoking and childhood obesity. This is done by offering training and education for parents in:
- Recognising the sick baby
- Reducing the risk of sudden infant death
- Breast feeding
- Smoking cessation and healthy lifestyles
- Basic life support and choking advice
- Coping with the crying baby
Main duties of the job
The STORK Programme Facilitator will deliver the parent education programme for parents and carers of babies receiving care on the Neonatal Unit. The post holder will co-ordinate breast feeding support to mothers and offer training to staff members. The STORK Programme Facilitator will provide training to families prior to discharge and ensure that a consistent, standardised message is delivered.
The post holder will support the Lead Nurse and Lead Consultant to evaluate the success of the STORK Programme through audit evaluation of outcomes and parental feedback.
The job holder will assist Neonatal Unit, transitional care /PNW based staff with early and appropriate education delivery to aid the discharge planning process and improve long term health outcomes .
About us
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide seamless timely education pre discharge from hospital
The job holder will be supported to identify a defined caseload, including the assessment of educational needs to enable delivery of the STORK programme
To provide on-going holistic education on the neonatal unit for vulnerable neonates and their family.
Provide on-going education for the neonate, advice and support to the family in the prior to discharge home from the neonatal unit
The job holder will take a proactive role in the education and training of the multidisciplinary team(s), providing on-going supervision and support as an expert in the STORK programme
To work effectively and efficiently as a Neonatal Home care team member as well as independently in the planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of the neonatal STORK programme.
To plan, time manages and initiates a weekly schedule based on workload requirements, which will meet the needs of the service and ensure that individual family needs are met.
Please see Job description for further information
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide seamless timely education pre discharge from hospital
The job holder will be supported to identify a defined caseload, including the assessment of educational needs to enable delivery of the STORK programme
To provide on-going holistic education on the neonatal unit for vulnerable neonates and their family.
Provide on-going education for the neonate, advice and support to the family in the prior to discharge home from the neonatal unit
The job holder will take a proactive role in the education and training of the multidisciplinary team(s), providing on-going supervision and support as an expert in the STORK programme
To work effectively and efficiently as a Neonatal Home care team member as well as independently in the planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of the neonatal STORK programme.
To plan, time manages and initiates a weekly schedule based on workload requirements, which will meet the needs of the service and ensure that individual family needs are met.
Please see Job description for further information
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Previous work in a health care setting
Desirable
- experience in health education
- Breast feeding knowledge and experience
communication
Essential
- ability to communicate efficiently
Desirable
- experience of working with multi cultural families
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Previous work in a health care setting
Desirable
- experience in health education
- Breast feeding knowledge and experience
communication
Essential
- ability to communicate efficiently
Desirable
- experience of working with multi cultural families
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.
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).
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.
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).
