Main area Specialist Midwives Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (If successful candidate is external, an offer of Band 6 rotational midwife would follow after the secondment ends)
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (Flexibility of the role for compressed hours, parent craft sessions are on an evening therefore some late finishes)
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Employer: Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Town: Cramlington
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/02/2025 23:59
Infant Feeding Co-Ordinator
NHS AfC: Band 7
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). 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 and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
* Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
* Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
* A range of flexible working opportunities
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
* Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
* On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
* Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
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Job overview
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.
Main duties of the job
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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Please read attached JD specification
Person specification
Qualifications
* 1st Level NMC Registered Midwife
* Diploma or Degree in Midwifery
* PP126/127 or equivalent
* D32/23
* Leadership course
* Management Course
* UNN Breast feeding module
* UNICEF Breast feeding course
Experience
* Considerable previous midwifery experience following qualification
* Evidence of participation of change management and /or practice development
* Evidence of innovation in practice
Other
* Must hold a full driving license
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.
Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.
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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.
Please contact any of the maternity matrons or head of midwifery to discuss individual questions about the job.
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