Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
The candidate will be working alongside the infant feeding team and will assist with the planning, implementation, maintenance, and reaccreditation of UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) standards across Alder Hey Children's Hospital. This role includes combining the education and training of clinical and support staff with expert direct clinical care. The post holder will provide professional support, expert knowledge, and advice on infant feeding. Additionally, they will conduct audits and action planning to monitor and measure the implementation of best practice standards.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide expert advice and contribute to the development of all who come into contact with mothers with regard to the skills and knowledge needed to promote, support and protect breastfeeding and breast milk feeding or other chosen feeding methods.
2. Work in partnership with women and their families, medical/surgical team, and other agencies to ensure optimum care. Contribute to infant feeding network meetings when appropriate.
3. Respond to referral system for specialist information/support required in all inpatient areas and ED.
4. Utilise highly developed communication skills which include receiving and delivering complex and emotive information which may challenge practice.
5. Fully adopt the work of the BFI across the hospital setting with an aim to achieve and maintain the BFI award, preparing staff fully for any assessments.
6. Support the infant feeding team in delivering any educational sessions on infant feeding.
7. Have an active involvement in the auditing process and implementing measures to make improvements.
8. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of mothers and babies in accordance with the Trust's policies and guidelines.
About us
As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Job responsibilities
1. Have the ability to coordinate care for women experiencing difficulties with breastfeeding. Respond to referrals and refer on as appropriate.
2. Abide by legal requirements and statutory rules relating to practice and be familiar with NMC publications that may affect role, responsibility and accountability.
3. Attend Trust statutory and Mandatory training sessions as required and any other training courses relevant to the role.
Person Specification
1. Achieved grade/years experience.
2. Achieved grade/years experience.
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.
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