Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, kind and inclusive Infant Feeding Lead Midwife to join our fantastic public health team.
You willtake the lead to promote, protect and sustain best practice in relation to infant feeding issues across maternity services.
The post holder will be responsible for co-managing the infant feeding team.
Main duties of the job
You should:
- Act as a clinical expert and resource for first line information for families and professionals in promoting, supporting and normalising breastfeeding, safe infant feeding practices and responsive parenting.
- Ensure the infant feeding team offers appropriate emotional support and practical advice to families within the care of the maternity services where needed.
- Promote and maintain the ethos of Family Integrated Care
- Strive to increase breastfeeding numbers in line with government targets, national specifications and locally recommended guidelines
- Ensure policies and trust guidelines are upheld in order to promote and maintain a quality service
- Audit and monitor initiatives and quality improvements to increase breastfeeding and breast milk numbers and standards of care within the service.
- Provide education and training for the multi-disciplinary team working across the Maternity services.
- Work as part of the infant feeding team to continue initiatives towards achieving full UNICEF baby-friendly accreditation and other quality improvements within the maternity services.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.
Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.
Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Midwife with current NMC Registration
- First Level Degree in related healthcare discipline or substantial experiential equivalence
- Evidence of learning beyond registration in relation to infant feeding evidenced by relevant professional portfolio
- Mentorship Qualification
- UNICEF Infant Feeding Leads Course Train the Trainer (2 days) or equivalent
- Embedding UNICEF BFI Standards (BFI training)
- UNICEF BFI Audit training.
- Qualification/Course in Frenotomy
Desirable
- Lactation Consultant GB qualification or equivalent qualification
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Previous experience working in an area specialising in infant feeding
- Substantial experience supporting dyads with on-going feeding difficulties due to a range of issues
- Demonstrate the application of research based practice.
- Clinical audit and standard setting
- Experience of multi-agency working
- Experience of family integrated care
- Understanding of the function of the tongue and impacts on breastfeeding
- Able to demonstrate delivery of quality improvement projects
- Willing to undergo further training as necessary.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience of the parent infant relationship, identification of positive interactions and management of well & sick infant feeding challenges
- Demonstrates knowledge of the Baby Friendly Initiative and implementation in practice.
- Demonstrates knowledge of Audit.
- Demonstrates a sound knowledge base of breastfeeding.
- Understanding of safeguarding procedures.
- Demonstrates knowledge of equality and diversity agenda
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Able to provide formal and informal education to staff and families around infant feeding.
- Assess, diagnose and divide a tongue tie where appropriate for newborn inpatients and within the specialist feeding clinic as outpatients
- Work collaboratively with other infant feeding team members to provide specialist clinics and support for families.
- Audit using the BFI standards for both infant feeding and tongue tie services.
- Audit readmissions via HUTH reporting system
- Good communication - verbal/written
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Works well with in a team
- Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
- Participate in standard setting and research projects
- Evidence showing clinical and professional development
- To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
- Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
- Facilitate learning of others.
Special Attributes and other
Essential
- Shows motivation in developing new skills
- Nurturing and supportive
- Non-judgemental approach
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- Flexible and reliable
Other Requirements
Essential
- Good timekeeper
- Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Midwife with current NMC Registration
- First Level Degree in related healthcare discipline or substantial experiential equivalence
- Evidence of learning beyond registration in relation to infant feeding evidenced by relevant professional portfolio
- Mentorship Qualification
- UNICEF Infant Feeding Leads Course Train the Trainer (2 days) or equivalent
- Embedding UNICEF BFI Standards (BFI training)
- UNICEF BFI Audit training.
- Qualification/Course in Frenotomy
Desirable
- Lactation Consultant GB qualification or equivalent qualification
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Previous experience working in an area specialising in infant feeding
- Substantial experience supporting dyads with on-going feeding difficulties due to a range of issues
- Demonstrate the application of research based practice.
- Clinical audit and standard setting
- Experience of multi-agency working
- Experience of family integrated care
- Understanding of the function of the tongue and impacts on breastfeeding
- Able to demonstrate delivery of quality improvement projects
- Willing to undergo further training as necessary.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience of the parent infant relationship, identification of positive interactions and management of well & sick infant feeding challenges
- Demonstrates knowledge of the Baby Friendly Initiative and implementation in practice.
- Demonstrates knowledge of Audit.
- Demonstrates a sound knowledge base of breastfeeding.
- Understanding of safeguarding procedures.
- Demonstrates knowledge of equality and diversity agenda
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Able to provide formal and informal education to staff and families around infant feeding.
- Assess, diagnose and divide a tongue tie where appropriate for newborn inpatients and within the specialist feeding clinic as outpatients
- Work collaboratively with other infant feeding team members to provide specialist clinics and support for families.
- Audit using the BFI standards for both infant feeding and tongue tie services.
- Audit readmissions via HUTH reporting system
- Good communication - verbal/written
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Works well with in a team
- Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
- Participate in standard setting and research projects
- Evidence showing clinical and professional development
- To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
- Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
- Facilitate learning of others.
Special Attributes and other
Essential
- Shows motivation in developing new skills
- Nurturing and supportive
- Non-judgemental approach
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- Flexible and reliable
Other Requirements
Essential
- Good timekeeper
- Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
