Job summary
The post holder will provide a high standard of information and support to breastfeeding mothers, partners and their babies before and after the birth in a range of settings (home, Family Wellbeing centres and clinics etc.
- The post holder, following appropriate training will work with minimal supervision and use their initiative to undertake a range of tasks involving promoting and supporting breastfeeding.
Main duties of the job
- Ensure timely contact with breastfeeding mothers in order to offer breastfeeding information and support.
- Ensure breastfeeding mothers are provided with contact details of local breastfeeding support
- To actively support the planning of breastfeeding support sessions and groups
- Work within recognised best practice standards for breastfeeding as recommended by UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative and NICE Guidance
- Ensure appropriate referral for clinical support to a midwife, breastfeeding coordinator, health visitor or GP.
- Meet with the Infant Nutrition Coordinator on a regular basis for supervision, every 6 weeks, and to report progress.
- Deal in a courteous and sensitive manner with women, relatives and others with who they come into contact with
- Communicate effectively with women and others taking into account clinical conditions and differing levels of ability.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Establish working relationships with all groups of staff ensuring maintenance of good communication.
- Ensure accurate completion of records and entering of data onto required systems.
- To support the Infant Nutrition Team in other activities that may benefit our clients (e.g., community events and public meetings)
- Place orders for team supplies and receipt deliveries as required.
- To participate in personal development plans and supervision process with the Infant Nutrition Coordinator
About us
We providecommunity health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.
Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:
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stay well
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manage their own health with the right support
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avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.
We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.
Our vision:deliver great care closer to home.
Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work within the policies, procedures and guidelines of Central London Community Healthcare
- To actively participate in the Central London Community Healthcare individual development review by identifying key performance objectives and continuing education needs
- To follow and implement Trust, departmental and professional policies, procedures, guidelines and standards within own work area.
- To be responsible for maintaining detailed and accurate records and appropriate safe keeping, ensuring confidentiality in line with department standards, Trust policies and legal standards
- To be responsible for documenting client activity data, health promotion, training and education data in accordance with departmental and trust standards
- To be responsible for effective time management, meeting deadlines and responding to fluctuating workloads and organising, planning and prioritising clinical and non-clinical workload
- To participate in meetings as requested by line manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work within the policies, procedures and guidelines of Central London Community Healthcare
- To actively participate in the Central London Community Healthcare individual development review by identifying key performance objectives and continuing education needs
- To follow and implement Trust, departmental and professional policies, procedures, guidelines and standards within own work area.
- To be responsible for maintaining detailed and accurate records and appropriate safe keeping, ensuring confidentiality in line with department standards, Trust policies and legal standards
- To be responsible for documenting client activity data, health promotion, training and education data in accordance with departmental and trust standards
- To be responsible for effective time management, meeting deadlines and responding to fluctuating workloads and organising, planning and prioritising clinical and non-clinical workload
- To participate in meetings as requested by line manager.
Person Specification
Role requirments
Essential
- oGCSE or equivalent in English and Mathematics.Evidence of health-related qualification or NVQ study to level 3 or equivalent qualifications
- oExperience of working effectively within a team environment oExperience in working autonomously. oExperience in developing and maintaining IT based data collection and reporting systems
- oAbility to work collaboratively with health professionals to improve breastfeeding outcome for women and their babies oIT skills (MS Word, excel, power point, Access and publisher, MS Outlook and internet) oAbility to communicate effectively with a wide and diverse range of people oDeveloped verbal and written communication skills oAbility to complete documentation accurately and legibly oAbility to recognise own limitations and when to refer to others oUnderstanding the need for confidentiality oUnderstanding to need for Equal Opportunities
Desirable
- oKnowledge of Infant Nutrition and breastfeeding oUnderstanding of the evidence for breastfeeding peer support and the importance of breastfeeding on mothers and babies health o Awareness of the support needs of pregnant women and new mothers in relation to infant feeding choices
Person Specification
Role requirments
Essential
- oGCSE or equivalent in English and Mathematics.Evidence of health-related qualification or NVQ study to level 3 or equivalent qualifications
- oExperience of working effectively within a team environment oExperience in working autonomously. oExperience in developing and maintaining IT based data collection and reporting systems
- oAbility to work collaboratively with health professionals to improve breastfeeding outcome for women and their babies oIT skills (MS Word, excel, power point, Access and publisher, MS Outlook and internet) oAbility to communicate effectively with a wide and diverse range of people oDeveloped verbal and written communication skills oAbility to complete documentation accurately and legibly oAbility to recognise own limitations and when to refer to others oUnderstanding the need for confidentiality oUnderstanding to need for Equal Opportunities
Desirable
- oKnowledge of Infant Nutrition and breastfeeding oUnderstanding of the evidence for breastfeeding peer support and the importance of breastfeeding on mothers and babies health o Awareness of the support needs of pregnant women and new mothers in relation to infant feeding choices
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
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).
