Specialist Maternity Support Worker - Infant Feeding
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
UHDB maternity infant feeding team has a vacancy for a Band 3 specialist Maternity Support Worker to work across all sites at UHDB. The successful candidate will be actively involved in promoting and supporting breastfeeding and ensuring the safe, appropriate use of formula milk preparations. The role is pivotal in supporting UHDB to continue to embed its UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Accreditation. You will work with families in the antenatal and postnatal period, supporting them to make informed decisions about infant feeding. This will include giving professional advice on breastfeeding and lactation to parents and staff to ensure consistent advice and information is given. You will also be expected to support the Specialist Midwives responsible for infant feeding to develop initiatives towards embedding UNICEF UK BFI standards.
Main duties of the job
The post will require an ability to work flexibly, meeting competing demands, to be adaptable, and reliable. Clinical support of breastfeeding is fundamental to the role, therefore previous experience in advising pregnant women and supporting new mothers to breastfeed and maintain lactation is essential. The successful applicant must also be driven by a passion to provide women-centred personalized care with a commitment to maintaining the UNICEF Baby Friendly accreditation.
Support new mothers and their families helping them to gain confidence in caring for their babies and reinforcing evidence-based advice on infant feeding by:
1. Delivering a seamless approach to breastfeeding support and coordinating follow-on support and resolution of breastfeeding problems.
2. Assisting with the facilitation and running of Infant Feeding Antenatal Classes.
3. Increasing pregnant women's knowledge and confidence with hand expressing to enable them to obtain colostrum and use if required, reducing the use of formula supplementation and breastfeeding attrition within these groups.
4. Working closely with the midwives and other health professionals to offer evidence based breastfeeding support to new mums in the hospital or postnatal settings.
Closing date of applications: 21 October 2024
Interview date: 4 November 2024
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Education Training and Qualifications
* Previous experience supporting breastfeeding women, with a breastfeeding qualification (for example, IBCLC, ABM, Breastfeeding Network or equivalent)
* GCSE Maths & English Grades A-C, Levels 4-9, Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent
Skills and Ability
* Full driving license with vehicle (as some cross site working).
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.
Employer name
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
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