A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
The Infant Feeding Coordinator's key role is to lead the implementation, delivery and monitoring of the UNICEF BFI standards for the Maternity Directorate. Leading to an overall improvement in breast feeding rates and an organisational culture that successfully supports women in their choice of infant feeding.
This role is mainly weekdays, some evenings for parent craft with some weekend working required. You will be required to work flexibly to support the service demands.
The Infant Feeding Coordinator is responsible for the development and implementation of pathways to achieve and maintain the UNICEF Baby Friendly status award which includes supporting their colleagues through coordinating and providing training and guidance around infant feeding.
The successful post holder will provide expert knowledge as a clinical educator in the promotion and support of evidence based infant feeding management, they will have a high level of relevant expert knowledge and skills which will be used to manage, develop and lead the clinical teams on all sites in relation to all aspects of infant feeding as well as facilitate delivery of training as expected by the Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS) Training plan.
They will work collaboratively with local public health teams and programs to support women and their families and engage hard to reach groups.
Line manage Maternity Support Workers in infant feeding roles, and support MSW apprenticeship programme with timely training of new candidates with infant feeding.
Support Coordination of clinics with Child Health Business Unit including Tongue Tie division clinics and Infant Feeding Specialist clinic.
Support coordination and facilitation of parent craft education sessions.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Please Note: This job is not eligible for overseas sponsorship or for international educated midwives without a current full NMC Pin or new to midwifery practice in the UK.
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This advert closes on Monday 24 Feb 2025
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