Clinical Lead Health Visitor: Infant Feeding

Whittington Maternity Voices Partnership; Edgware; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Whittington Health in Barnet seeks a dedicated lead to support the Health Visiting teams and drive infant feeding services as part of the Baby Friendly initiative. The post focuses on increasing initiation and continuation of breastfeeding while delivering universal health services and working with the Infant Feeding Coordinator.

You will develop clinical expertise for staff and families, coordinate training programmes, and contribute to integrated child health strategies within Barnet, with

Qualifications

• Experience delivering infant feeding services and supporting Baby Friendly initiatives.
• Ability to plan and deliver training programmes for health visiting staff.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice and clinical excellence.
• Collaborative working with Early Years and other partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead on infant feeding strategies in Barnet and support the Infant Feeding Coordinator.
• Support delivery of Universal Health Services to designated Barnet areas.
• Develop and provide clinical expertise to staff, parents and health partners.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate audits, trainings and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Infant feeding

Health visiting

Audit & training

Job description

This exciting new post involves taking the lead in supporting the wider Health Visiting teams to deliver on one of the key objectives identified and agreed for the health visiting service in Barnet. The time dedicated to this role will vary but will include certain number of day(s) per week.

This role supports the Infant Feeding Coordinator in the delivery of infant feeding services in Barnet, working towards increasing rates of initiation and continuation of breast feeding. This includes supporting audit and training in relation to maintaining and developing Barnet's Baby Friendly certificate of commitment with the aim of progressing to Level 1. The post holder will support developing and providing clinical expertise to staff, parents and health partners alongside the infant feeding coordinator. It also includes supporting and enhancing the delivery of the Barnet Healthy Child programme as part of an integrated service.

The role is also responsible for the delivery of Universal Health Services to designated areas within Barnet. Reporting to the Team Leader/Locality Manager, they will support the development of the service and work with colleagues to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective universal health provision.

The role is a fantastic development opportunity which will enable you to get involved to shape and deliver on the local strategy.

We are interested in your aspirations and supporting your career development so come and find out more

• To demonstrate a commitment to best practice in Infant Feeding and all aspects of child development and work with the Early Years Teams and other partners to embed best practice in Barnet, and Whittington Health as a whole.
• To demonstrate and develop evidence-based knowledge, attitudes, and skills to be able to be an expert resource for the integrated teams, particularly in the area of Infant Feeding.
• To assess local need and to plan, coordinate and deliver training programmes and workshops to health visiting staff, and others as appropriate, to promote best practice standards in all aspects of Infant Feeding.
• To work with other specialist colleagues such as Early Years to develop integrated protocols which support the Infant Feeding Strategy.
• To provide Infant Feeding expertise and support to Community Nursery Nurses, Health Visitors and other partners working with families.
• To take a lead role in working with colleagues and partners to deliver on our Infant feeding Strategy.
• To participate in planning, carrying out and evaluating audits, research projects and/or innovations following agreed policy and protocol, in particular those relating to the Baby Friendly Initiative.
• To initiate and to take part in Quality Improvement projects using recognised methodology.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ruth Achu Job title: Locality Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0778509930