Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate who is passionate about offering evidence-based individualised breast/chestfeeding support to women and birthing parents as part of the Lime Green Infant Feeding Team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust.
The team, which celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2023, has an opening for a new team member working mainly in the Mansfield areaproviding individualised and culturally safe breast/chestfeeding support, antenatally and postnatally, for local families in their home, and in the hospital.
The successful candidate will need to have organisational skills and be able to work both on their own and within a team to manage daily workload.
This exciting role also includes providing infant feeding education both face to face and in a class situation, supporting with staff training, audits and administration tasks.
If you are ready to take on a rewarding role within a supportive team, we want to hear from you. Join us in making a positive impact on the lives of mothers and their families.
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Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Ability to speak and write English fluently
- Evidence of good written and oral communication skills
- Able to communicate with and disseminate information from the multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrates understanding of the importance of supportive working in a team
- Ability to understand and adhere to the equal opportunities policy
- Ability to articulate reasons for wishing to work in this clinical specialty area at this grade
- Demonstrates awareness of audit and quality issues
- Previous experience of working with members of the public
- Understanding of Safeguarding issues
- Awareness of Health and Safety issues
- Knowledge and understanding of data protection confidentially
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE Maths & English Grades AC, Levels 4-9, Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent
- NVQ Level 3 in Health care or equivalent experience
- Care certificate
Desirable
- Foundation Degree Maternity Pathway
Experience
Essential
- Approachable manner with good interpersonal skills
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to work without direct supervision
- Understanding of the role and own professional boundaries
- Able to identify when to escalate issues/concerns
- Ability to work as part of team and to liaise with colleagues in other disciplines
- Demonstrate attention to detail IT / computer skills
Desirable
- Formal maternity care experience in a hospital/birth centre/community team
- Experience of using hospital patient record system
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting
- Experience of providing high quality care
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Further Training
Essential
- Demonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development.
- Demonstrates an awareness of role of facilitator and evidence of ability to educate others
- Commit to undertake in-house training
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Adaptable and flexible approach to work
- Positive attitude to training and development
- Ability to work shift pattern, including weekends.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Ability to speak and write English fluently
- Evidence of good written and oral communication skills
- Able to communicate with and disseminate information from the multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrates understanding of the importance of supportive working in a team
- Ability to understand and adhere to the equal opportunities policy
- Ability to articulate reasons for wishing to work in this clinical specialty area at this grade
- Demonstrates awareness of audit and quality issues
- Previous experience of working with members of the public
- Understanding of Safeguarding issues
- Awareness of Health and Safety issues
- Knowledge and understanding of data protection confidentially
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE Maths & English Grades AC, Levels 4-9, Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent
- NVQ Level 3 in Health care or equivalent experience
- Care certificate
Desirable
- Foundation Degree Maternity Pathway
Experience
Essential
- Approachable manner with good interpersonal skills
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to work without direct supervision
- Understanding of the role and own professional boundaries
- Able to identify when to escalate issues/concerns
- Ability to work as part of team and to liaise with colleagues in other disciplines
- Demonstrate attention to detail IT / computer skills
Desirable
- Formal maternity care experience in a hospital/birth centre/community team
- Experience of using hospital patient record system
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting
- Experience of providing high quality care
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Further Training
Essential
- Demonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development.
- Demonstrates an awareness of role of facilitator and evidence of ability to educate others
- Commit to undertake in-house training
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Adaptable and flexible approach to work
- Positive attitude to training and development
- Ability to work shift pattern, including weekends.
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.
