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Nursery Nurse Infancy and Beyond, Barking
Client:
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Location:
Barking, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
d91ec4d8c606
Job Views:
5
Posted:
14.02.2025
Expiry Date:
31.03.2025
Job Description:
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity for an experienced practitioner in Infant feeding with lactation experience, is being offered in Barking and Dagenham to support Breast Feeding.
The Specialist Infant Feeding Practitioner (SIFP) will be providing leadership in infant feeding and specialist evidence-based support to families with more complex needs. They will lead delivery of the infant feeding remit and will be responsible for a service providing high quality infant feeding support to parents and carers, and regular training and advice to professionals.
In line with the Barking and Dagenham “Best Chance” Strategy, and the Start for Life and Family Hubs’ model, this post is crucial to establishing a supportive culture towards infant feeding; this support enables parents/carers in Barking and Dagenham to make an informed choice about feeding their baby in a way that optimises nutrition and develops a close, and loving parent-child relationship. The SIFP post holder must provide safe, competent and evidence-based care whilst demonstrating specialised knowledge and clinical expertise in breastfeeding and human lactation.
It is expected that the successful applicant does not hold a certificate from the IBLC, they will undertake the training within the 6 months of starting the role.
Main duties of the job
* Be responsible for developing and delivering family-centred patient care by providing coordination and management of care for parents; this would involve assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating lactation plans for the breastfeeding parent.
* Provide specialist one to one support to families who have complex breastfeeding or post-partum issues.
* Work with the Breastfeeding Peer Support service to provide clinical supervision to volunteers and staff.
* Develop and deliver breastfeeding training for the wider workforce, in accordance with UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI).
* Work with the Local Authority Public Health team, Infant Feeding operational leads and other infant feeding partners to contribute to an Infant Feeding Strategy for the borough.
* Perform consultations, oversee rental of lactation equipment and supplies, support telephone triage, and deliver prenatal education as appropriate.
* Educate parents and carers on the benefits of breastfeeding for mother and infant.
* Line management responsibility for the Infant Feeding & Beyond Health Practitioner role, providing clinical oversight and development to the post-holders.
* Attend and co-chair the Infant Feeding Operational Leads’ group and Infant Feeding Strategy group meetings.
* Lead by example and display a leadership style that empowers staff through development.
* Lead on designated infant feeding projects to ensure effective communication and standardisation of practice.
Person specification
* Registered Midwife or Health visitor Degree.
* Registered with IBLC or commitment to register within the first 6 months of appointment.
* Minimum of 5 years working as Health Visitor/ Midwife.
* Demonstrates skills to assist the lactating mother with feeding position, correct latch, supplementation, use of handheld and electric breast pump, hand expression, and cup, spoon and syringe feeding.
* Experience of providing breastfeeding support to families with complex needs.
* Experience of providing training and/or supervision in area of practice.
* Knowledge of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation, including its aims, approach and the requirements of accreditation.
* Knowledge of current evidence-based approach and research related to breastfeeding.
* Experience developing and delivering training of infant feeding to multi-disciplinary services.
* Project management skills including the development of project plans.
* Unicef BFI or La Leche League Train the trainer, Nursing or Midwifery qualification, Holistic Sleep qualification, Nutrition qualification.
* Masters in Infant feeding / Nutrition.
* Minimum of 3 years' experience of providing specialist infant feeding and lactation support.
* Ability to prioritise specialist breastfeeding delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust and Council policies and procedures.
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
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