Start for Life Specialist HV/Midwife for Infant Feeding
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Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for either a qualified HV/Midwife, passionate about supporting women and birthing people in their feeding choices to support the expansion and delivery of system wide Infant Feeding interventions . The post has been funded for 2yrs initially as part of the government Family Hub and Start for Life Agenda.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to:
- Communicate highly sensitive and complex information to appropriate parties by promoting effective working relationships.
- Work and communicate closely with the Start for Life Programme Lead and Infant Feeding Leads in Health Visiting and Midwifery
- Attend Start for Life steering group meetings with the Joint Early Years Commissioning team, colleagues in public health and other system partners.
- Support the Organisation and lead the delivery of UNICEF Baby Friendly (BFI) Breastfeeding and Relationship Building training for system partners.
- Deliver UNICEF BFI 'train the trainer' training to key staff within the Family Hub service and support them to cascade to other staff across the system.
- Support the coordination and delivery of Tongue Tie training to HV's/Midwives
- Develop a Tongue Tie pathway enabling early identification and support
- Support the establishment of a Midwifery Led Tongue Tie Release clinic
- Support the coordination of HENRY training to practitioners across the system
- Act as a resource and support to other practitioners in matters relating to Infant Feeding
- Manage a clinical caseload and support the delivery and development of ante natal and post natal infant feeding pathways and interventions.
About us
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
As an organisation, we've made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of "Good" in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of "Good" that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust's improvement journey, as we've stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We've also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.
Details
Date posted
07 June 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£51,488 to £57,802 a year per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAS
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
24 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
197-RF3952
Job locations
Bellingham Childrens Centre
109 Randlesdown Road
London
SE6 3HB
Employer details
Employer name
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address
Bellingham Childrens Centre
109 Randlesdown Road
London
SE6 3HB
Employer's website
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