Job summary
- Main area
- Women's
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-7529BS-A
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital,
- Town
- Harrow, Middlesex
- Salary
- £49,178 - £55,492 per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Infant Feeding Coordinator Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 7
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The post holder will utilise well developed leadership skills and specialist infant feeding knowledge to:
- Promote and protect breastfeeding in line with the LNWUH infant feeding policy and related guidelines.
- To lead, develop and manage the Infant feeding Strategy for maintaining LNWUH Baby Friendly full accreditation.
- Provide clinical expertise to staff, parents and health partners in order to support families with infant feeding by following the UNICEF BFI standards.
- To work collaboratively with Community, Health visiting services and LNWUH Trust to ensure universal and specialist infant feeding support is accessible to families in line with UNICEF Baby Friendly Guidelines.
- To work one clinical shift per week.
Main duties of the job
- To act as an effective role model and demonstrate effective evidence based care in relation to Infant Feeding and Relationship building
- Provide proactive and effective Leadership
- Expert Practitioner
- Work in partnership with women and their families
- Work collaboratively as a member of the Multidisciplinary team
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered midwife
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Leadership course
- UNICEF BFI Courses
- Masters Level or Equivalent
- Car Driver
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- 36 months rotational midwifery experience
- UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative standards, their implementation and maintenance
- I.T. skills that allow for data collection and analysis, reporting and presentations
- Act as mentor/assessor
- Knowledge of safeguarding
Desirable criteria
- MSSP/997/998
- Experience of audit
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Teaching Skills
- Interest in taking infant feeding practice forward
- Implementation of policies, procedures and standards
Desirable criteria
- People Management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Florence Okpara
- Job title
- Inpatient Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 077967055643
- Additional information
Dana Loney
Education Lead-Maternity
Phone: 0782506506
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