Infant Feeding Specialist Midwife

Job overview

Midwifery at King’s has a reputation for innovation and working in ways that puts women and their families at the heart of our care.

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and motivated midwife with a passion for infant feeding to join our team for 37.5 hours per week.

As Band 7 Specialist Midwife for Infant Feeding you will be responsible for leading a team of midwives and a team of Infant Feeding Support Workers to successfully achieve full level 3 Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation.

You will be an effective change agent, pivotal in bringing about positive changes in infant feeding practice throughout the maternity service. You must have excellent communication skills and the ability to inspire, support, manage and motivate staff. The role involves coordinating training and education, and as such will require you to have excellent teaching skills and a high standard of organisation and time management.

If you are looking for career development and the opportunity to broaden your experience this is an ideal post.

This post is based on the Princess Royal University Hospital site but will require a degree of cross-site working.

Main duties of the job

As Band 7 Specialist Midwife for Infant Feeding you will help lead the PRUH maternity team in supporting infant feeding across the service, and work with the senior team cross-site in our goal to achieve Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation.

As a Band 7, you will need excellent communication skills and the ability to lead, inspire, support, manage and motivate staff. This role will give you the opportunity to broaden your experience in managing a service, and working towards a project goal.

Working for our organisation

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As an experienced midwife you will already be well versed with infant feeding guidance and national initiatives, such as ATAIN. But this post will give you the opportunity to develop your knowledge, and help lead on improving care for babies at PRUH

You will be supported to develop skills in managing a small team of staff independently, review risk investigation cases and complaints, develop patient information leaflets and guidelines, and work externally with our peers in Health Visiting and across Bromley.

Part of your role will also be to support infant feeding education for all staff, helping us prepare to meet Baby Friendly Initiative education standards.

A large focus of your role will be developing strategies that improve neonatal safety, particularly within the postnatal setting

Please see Job description for further information

Person specification

Essential and Desirable

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of relevant continuous practice development
• Competent in providing midwifery care in all areas
• Experience of breastfeeding promotion

Desirable criteria

• Experience of staff management/ leading a team
• Specific training in breastfeeding e.g. UNICEF Course
• Leadership Qualification
• Experience of leading or supporting a unit through the BFI accreditation process

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