Job summary
UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation requires a responsive specialist support service to be available to support families experiencing complex and /or enduring infant feeding challenges.
This infant feeding Senior Assistant Practitioner role supports the delivery of this essential service for families across Bath and North East Somerset. The post holder will support the Infant feeding Lead in the planning, implementation, and maintenance of the UNIFEF BFI standards across the health visiting service, working in partnership with midwives, the Local Authority and other partners to ensure a coordinated approach to infant feeding support and management.
This is a part-time position, working 22.5 hours per week. The primary work location will be determined upon appointment, with travel required within the B&NES area. The role also offers opportunities for flexible, agile working arrangements.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will:
- Work towards maintaining UNICEF 'Baby Friendly' accreditation and support the Gold Award application.
- Maintain evidence-based infant feeding support, addressing social and emotional needs of parents during the perinatal period.
- Provide specialist support for complex infant feeding issues, ensuring optimal growth and milk transfer.
- Manage workload and referrals autonomously under the supervision of the Infant Feeding Lead.
- Assist the Infant Feeding Lead in training Health Visitors, Staff Nurses, and Early Years Community Practitioners.
- Facilitate student and colleague observations and development in infant feeding support.
- Participate in audits and monitor outcomes of the specialist infant feeding service.
- Aid in developing and reviewing infant feeding policies and guidelines.
- Engage in CPD and self-directed learning to stay current in infant feeding support.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will feel valued as anInfant Feeding Practitionerwith HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £28,875 (this will be pro-ratato hours worked) salaryand access to our group pension
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Free and plentiful on site-parking at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
The Ideal Candidate
- Qualified to at least Level 5 of the Qualifications Framework (Dip HE / HND / Foundation Degree or NVQ level 5) including a specialist qualification in breastfeeding support.
- Evidence of a commitment to continued CPD in relation to breastfeeding and infant health and wellbeing.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative programme
- Demonstrate good understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and the role of the Public health nursing service
- Experience of working in collaboration with other health care and service providers to support the continuity of care delivery for families
- Driving license and access to a car for work purposes
If you would like to discuss the role further, please contactPippa Sparks at Pippa.Sparks@hcrgcaregroup.com or Patricia West atPatricia.West@hcrgcaregroup.com
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will feel valued as anInfant Feeding Practitionerwith HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £28,875 (this will be pro-ratato hours worked) salaryand access to our group pension
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Free and plentiful on site-parking at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
The Ideal Candidate
- Qualified to at least Level 5 of the Qualifications Framework (Dip HE / HND / Foundation Degree or NVQ level 5) including a specialist qualification in breastfeeding support.
- Evidence of a commitment to continued CPD in relation to breastfeeding and infant health and wellbeing.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative programme
- Demonstrate good understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and the role of the Public health nursing service
- Experience of working in collaboration with other health care and service providers to support the continuity of care delivery for families
- Driving license and access to a car for work purposes
If you would like to discuss the role further, please contactPippa Sparks at Pippa.Sparks@hcrgcaregroup.com or Patricia West atPatricia.West@hcrgcaregroup.com
Person Specification
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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.
