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Infant Feeding Team Coordinator

On-site in Oxford·Full-time·Added today (last checked 13 Oct)

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Overview

Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 a year
About £3,260 - £3,610 a month after tax.
Contract: Permanent contract, full-time hours
Closing date: Apply by Sunday 25 October

The role

Job overview

The Infant Feeding Coordinator's key role is to lead the implementation, delivery and monitoring of the OUH FT infant feeding strategy 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.

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.

This role is mainly weekdays with some weekend working required. You will also be expected to work night shifts as the post holder will be required to work 0.2 WTE of their hours on the 24 hour Maternity bleep holder rota. You will be required to work flexibly to support the service demands.

Main duties of the job

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Coordinate the development and implementation of the Infant feeding strategy across areas and disciplines within the maternity services, leading to an overall improvement in breast feeding rates.

To provide expert and professional leadership and support for staff by demonstrating a commitment to best practice in infant feeding

To oversee the monitoring, audit, action planning and evaluation of the infant feeding strategy across areas; to include regular feedback reports to the service on progress

Lead the infant feeding team to include the coordination with, and the management of, the infant feeding leads in each area, Breastfeeding Clinic and other infant feeding support services.

Coordination and development of an infant feeding training programme across disciplines and areas which meets the Baby Friendly Initiative standards for education. To include evaluation of the effectiveness of the programme including audit, modification and updating as required.

To provide expert feeding advice and support in all clinical areas and Breast-Feeding Clinic. To include the organisation and delivery of supervision of practical breastfeeding skills to staff in clinical areas.

To develop close working links with the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

To be responsive and involved in the investigation of complaints regarding feeding.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Person specification

Qual knowl and comps

Essential criteria

Registered Midwife with current UK Registration and a minimum of 6 months employed experience as a midwife in the UK
Evidence of leadership
Train the trainer or equivalent
Evidence of education in the theoretical and practical teaching of breastfeeding mothers

Desirable criteria

Recognised lactation or peer supporter qualification / IBLCE / UNICEF
UNICEF Train the Trainer

Skills/Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of key national policy drivers for infant feeding
Presentation and facilitation skills, including the ability to enthuse and motivate others.

Desirable criteria

Teaching expertise (Desirable)
Experience with audit (Desirable

Communication

Essential criteria

Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Ability to communicate effectively with people from varied social, cultural & professional backgrounds
Ability to challenge constructively and assert the authority of the role

Desirable criteria

Experience with report writing (Desirable)
Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary / multiagency team (Desirable)

Applicant requirements

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.

Application numbers

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.