Infant Feeding Lead (22.5 hours)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To support the Service Manager to deliver high performing, evidence based, cost effective services to children, young people and their families

To be a clinical expert with regards to Infant Feeding and Nutrition, managing complex infant feeding issues, using specialist knowledge and skills with regards to all aspects of Breast Feeding and Infant Feeding

To lead Peer Support Volunteers and provide supervision and training

To lead the delivery of the Pregnancy Birth and Beyond Programme across Redcar & Cleveland in partnership with Midwifery Colleagues

To provide supervision for Infant Feeding key workers in both the Health Visiting and Children Centre Service To provide supervision for Early Years Senior Practitioners who deliver the HENRY Programme in Redcar & Cleveland and to liaise with the National HENRY centre

1. To ensure the effective and safe delivery of Health Visiting clinical practise in accordance with relevant statutory, policy, procedural and practice guidance requirements. To implement new and emerging evidence within the service with regards to Health Visiting and Infant Feeding and Nutrition Practice

2. To develop, sustain and evaluate collaborative approaches to health visiting professional practise with other agencies to ensure coordinated and effective approaches to infant feeding and nutrition. To develop evidence based pathways of care that reflects all aspects of Infant feeding, Infant Nutrition and Healthy weight

3. To work alongside the service manager on medium and long term infant feeding policy and practise development and to the planning of childrens public health services within the council

4. To lead service development with regards to Health Visiting and Early Years Infant feeding and nutrition work, work collaboratively with colleagues in other service areas and agencies to ensure effective working relationships and coordinated work re Infant feeding and nutrition

5. To take an active part in the corporate management of the service by attending appropriate management meetings and to lead on relevant projects as directed by service manager

6. To undertake line management responsibilities for the Infant Feeding Key workers, Breast Feeding Peer Support Volunteers, and staff delivering HENRY and Pregnancy Birth and Beyond Programme in Redcar and Cleveland

7. To provide expertise, advice, guidance and support to all staff across the Council in relation to Breast Feeding and Infant Nutrition; including the design and delivery of relevant training programmes for staff

8. To manage a clinical caseload to support service users presenting a range of highly complex health needs around infant feeding issues; including the undertaking of specialist assessments and delivery of appropriate, specialist interventions

9. To provide expert clinical advice with regards to Infant Feeding issues underpinned by evidence based knowledge and skills gained from post registration study i.e. Lactation Consultant qualification

10. To actively contribute to the identification of children at risk of abuse. Write reports and make referrals to other agencies in accordance with Council Policy and Procedures. Attend case conferences, core groups, strategy meetings and participate in any care protection plans which result from conference

11. To maintain accurate, comprehensive and contemporaneous records in accordance with the standards of the Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) professional guidelines

12. To be able to respond appropriately to crisis situations such as bereavement, post-natal depression, substance misuse, where circumstances are distressing and emotive

13. To be able to work alone in a variety of working conditions, visiting families in their own home where the standards of hygiene can vary considerably

14. Be responsible for and coordinate the assessment process to achieve UNICEF Accreditation for Health Visiting and Childrens Centre services

15. To be responsible for service development with regards to Infant Feeding practise within the borough and to represent the Local Authority at both a regional and national level bringing learning back to and implementing any learning within Redcar & Cleveland

16. To write practise guidance for the Health Visitor service and implement within the Service, undertaking audit for assurance

17. To lead in the monitoring, evaluation and analysis of all key performance indicators relating to Breast Feeding activity across the Borough; and to produce analytical performance reports in line with the Corporate Performance Framework

18. Ensure all Infant Feeding equipment and training resources are ordered to maintain appropriate stock levels to meet demand

19. To be responsible for to the development of corporate policies and pathways relating to Infant feeding

20. To ensure that team members understand and work within the key performance indicators relating to the teams core activities

21. To take a lead role in statutory OfSTED and Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection processes around Breast Feeding performance and activity; to develop subsequent improvement plans; and lead in the implementation and monitoring of such going forward

22. To deputise for the service manager and clinical leads as required

23. To take an active role in the recruitment, selection, induction and training of staff within the Health Visiting service

24. To undertake personal training as deemed necessary to meet the duties and responsibilities of the post

25. To lead the investigation and resolution of complaints when issues relate to Health Visiting practise

26. To work with the service manager to investigate issues of professional health visiting practise

27. To develop action plans when infant feeding issues are raised within restorative supervision

28. To enhance the corporate image of Health visiting and Infant Feeding by promoting the awareness of services and achievements and by encouraging greater participation in corporate issues

Person Specification

Skills and Other Requirements

Essential

• Highly developed communication skills
• Ability to make professional judgements underpinned by specialist knowledge and skills and practical experience
• Highly developed Presentation / Training Skills
• Leadership and Management Knowledge and skills
• Highly developed advisory and persuasive skills
• Ability to produce complex reports

Qualifications

Essential

• Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) Health Visiting
• First level degree
• Advanced knowledge around national policy with regards to Infant Feeding
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
• Completed Unicef Breast Feeding & Relationship Building Training
• Teaching / Assessment Qualification

Desirable

• Post basic qualification in Breast feeding
• Lactation Consultant Qualification
• Train the Trainer Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience as a Health Visitor
• Extensive experience of working collaboratively across agencies
• Extensive experience of working with children and families
• Experience of Leading a Public Health Initiative
• Supervisory Skills

Desirable

• Clinical Supervisor

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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).

Employer details

Employer name

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Address

Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council

Rectory Lane

Guisborough

Cleveland

TS14 7FD

Employer's website

https://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/Pages/default.aspx (Opens in a new tab)