4261 - Infant Feeding Midwife

Job summary

9 Hour post fixed term until March 2025.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Infant feeding Team, this is a new post of an Infant Feeding Midwife to work within the Hospital Infant Feeding Team. The successful applicant will work with and alongside the Infant Feeding Coordinator and Team to ensure the UNICEF Baby Friendly Standards are embedded in routine practice and are maintained within the Trust.

If you are interested in supporting mothers/parents within their infant feeding journey, this could be the role for you. The successful applicant will respect ALL mothers/parents choice of feeding, encourage skin to skin contact, close loving relationships and enabling mothers/parents to responsively meet their babys needs. Providing evidence-based, mother/parent centered information and supporting individualised care.

Main duties of the job

An Infant Feeding Midwife will support the Infant Feeding Coordinator in the day to day running of the Infant Feeding Team and act as a role model through demonstrating evidence-based care in relation to infant feeding and relationship building.

Be a confident and competent autonomous practitioner who practices within the sphere of the Nursing and Midwifery council and NMC guidelines. Act as a mentor to student midwives and other staff and learners/ facilitating preceptorship for newly qualified midwives and support the induction of new staff

Supporting the Infant feeding Coordinator to:

Improve Breastfeeding rates and meet national targets

Provide support, information and advice to mothers/parents

Train health professionals

Maintain the UNICEF UK, Baby Friendly Initiative Standards

Work in close partnership with the 0-19PHNS.

Undertake audits

Provide 1 to 1 support or facilitate group sessions

About us

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close a position early.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust achieving a Good rating in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives. We are proud of the commitment of our staff to ensuring a strong and sustainable future for this organisation which is highly valued by our local communities.

There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation, where staff are engaged for change and committed to being part of the journey to sustainability and growth.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles only will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

Certificates of Sponsorship

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link below to check your eligibility Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), band 2 and 3 roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.

Employer details

Employer name

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pogmoor Road

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 2EP

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pogmoor Road

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 2EP

Employer's website

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

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