Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Infant Feeding Coordinator's key role is to lead the implementation, delivery, and monitoring of the OUH FT infant feeding strategy for the Maternity Directorate, leading to an overall improvement in breastfeeding rates and an organisational culture that successfully supports women in their choice of infant feeding.
Please Note: This job is not eligible for overseas sponsorship or for internationally educated midwives without a current full NMC Pin or new to midwifery practice in the UK.
This role is mainly weekdays with some weekend working required. You will be required to work flexibly to support the service demands.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Coordinate the development and implementation of the Infant feeding strategy across areas and disciplines within the maternity services, leading to an overall improvement in breastfeeding rates.
2. Provide expert and professional leadership and support for staff by demonstrating a commitment to best practice in infant feeding.
3. Oversee the monitoring, audit, action planning, and evaluation of the infant feeding strategy across areas, including regular feedback reports to the service on progress.
4. Lead the infant feeding team, including coordination with and management of the infant feeding leads in each area, Breastfeeding Clinic, and other infant feeding support services.
5. Coordinate and develop an infant feeding training programme across disciplines and areas that meets the Baby Friendly Initiative standards for education, including evaluation of the programme's effectiveness.
6. Provide expert feeding advice and support in all clinical areas and the Breastfeeding Clinic, including the organisation and delivery of supervision of practical breastfeeding skills to staff in clinical areas.
7. Develop close working links with the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
8. Be responsive and involved in the investigation of complaints regarding feeding.
About Us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals: the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, focusing on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
Job Responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and personal specification for further information about this role. Alternatively, please contact Amanda Lee, Maternity Matron for Public Health if you would like to discuss further.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Knowledge, and Competencies
* Registered Midwife with current UK Registration and a minimum of 6 months employed experience as a midwife in the UK.
* Evidence of leadership.
* Train the trainer or equivalent.
* Evidence of education in the theoretical and practical teaching of breastfeeding mothers.
* Recognised lactation or peer supporter qualification / IBLCE / UNICEF.
* UNICEF Train the Trainer.
Skills/Knowledge
* Knowledge of key national policy drivers for infant feeding.
* Presentation and facilitation skills, including the ability to enthuse and motivate others.
* Teaching expertise (Desirable).
* Experience with audit (Desirable).
Communication
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
* Ability to communicate effectively with people from varied social, cultural, and professional backgrounds.
* Ability to challenge constructively and assert the authority of the role.
* Experience with report writing (Desirable).
* Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary/multiagency team (Desirable).
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.
Address
John Radcliffe Hospital and Community Teams
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Part-time
Reference Number
321-SW2-6842023-B7-PUB
Job Locations
John Radcliffe Hospital and Community Teams
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