Infant Feeding Specialist - Bexley 0-19 Service

Bromley Healthcare CIC; Bexleyheath; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension schemes

Discounted gym membership

Cycle-to-work scheme

Blue Light Card eligibility

Lease car scheme

Job summary

Bromley Healthcare CIC is seeking an Infant Feeding Specialist to join the Health Visiting Team in Bexley. The postholder will drive UNICEF BFI accreditation and coordinate infant feeding standards across the service in partnership with midwives, GP practices and Local Authority.

The role requires training delivery, data collection, and a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach to breastfeeding support and management, including staff training and engagement with local services to improve

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
• NMC registered Nurse
• IBCLC/Breastfeeding Counsellor

Skills

Communication

Training delivery

IT literacy

Organization

Teamwork

Leadership

Audit & analytics

Research awareness

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Job description

This advert is for an Infant Feeding Specialist based in Bexley. The postholder will form part of the Health Visiting Team in the borough of Bexley.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a committed, self-driven, motivated practitioner who has the enthusiasm and passion to drive forward the infant feeding service and support staff to achieve UNICEF BFI accreditation.

The post holder will work in partnership with the Infant Feeding Lead on the planning, implementation, maintenance and accreditation of UNICEF BFI standards across the service. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will ensure that a coordinated approach to infant feeding support and management is adopted.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will plan, implement and maintain the UNIFEF BFI standards across the health visiting service, working in partnership with midwives, the Local Authority and other relevant parties to ensure a coordinated approach to breastfeeding support and management is adopted locally.

To work in partnership with local services and providers to increase breastfeeding rates as part of improving health outcomes for all mothers and children, particularly those from less advantaged groups.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring staff training and clinical practice, audit and data collection, roll out of best practice standards within all front-line staff and the promotion and support for breastfeeding across the wider community of Bexley. This will include the engagement of GPs and GP practice staff in the breastfeeding agenda.

The post holder must be able to work flexibly and independently as part of a multi-disciplinary team

About us

Bromley Healthcare, as a community interest company, offers an extensive array of services ranging from community nursing, including district nursing and health visiting, to specialised nursing care, along with therapy services catering to individuals across various age groups.

Compensation is contingent upon NHS experience and current banding/pay point.

We provide an outstanding benefits package, which includes pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, a cycle-to-work scheme, access to home furnishings and electronics, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts at various high street retailers, eligibility for the Blue Light Card, the opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans, and an excellent lease car scheme. Additionally, we are continuously striving to enhance our employee benefits offerings.

Job responsibilities

For the detailed job description, please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification attached to this advert

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
• NMC registered Nurse
• IBCLC/Breastfeeding Counsellor

Training

• Evidence of further training in Infant feeding
• UNICEF BFI Close and Loving Relationships
• UNICEF BFI Train the Trainer
• UNICEF BFI Audit training

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively
• Experience of delivering training/groups
• Ability to use information technology systems and programmes effectively
• Able to organise and prioritise workload
• Demonstrates ability to work as part of a team
• Demonstrates leadership skills and experience
• Ability to analyse and interpret audit, information and research
• Awareness of research and further study

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the public health role of contemporary health visiting and working in community setting Evidence based practice
• Knowledge of UNICEF BFI and the principles
• Knowledge of wider feeding issues

Experience

• Experience of Health Visiting Services
• Experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• Experience of planning and organising services to meet local needs
• Knowledge and experience of working with families with safeguarding concerns, in line with local and national protocols and guidance
• Recent experience of working in a community based setting
• extensive clinical experience of supporting women to breastfeed
• extensive clinical experience in Infant feeding
• Experience of co-ordinating and analysing clinical data
• Experience of quality improvement
• Flexible approach to meeting service & client needs
• Motivated to provide a high standard of care

Information Technology

• IT skills required to support undertaking audit/ collate findings and prepare reports and teaching resources

Other

• Full UK driving licence and a car for work purposes

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.

£36,943 to £44,900 a yearInc HCAS per annum pro rata