Infant Feeding Specialist Health Visitor

NHS; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Wales is seeking a dynamic and innovative Infant Feeding Specialist Health Visitor. This role involves promoting effective working relationships, delivering training, and ensuring Baby Friendly accreditation for the Health Visiting service. Candidates should hold relevant nursing qualifications and possess excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to supporting mothers and families. The service offers competitive salary and the opportunity to work within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Completion of UNICEF BFI Breastfeeding and Relationship Building.
• Knowledge of current government legislation on early years nutrition.
• Knowledge of BFI Standards and safeguarding procedures.

Responsibilities

• Promote effective working relationships with health care professionals.
• Deliver UNICEF Baby Friendly training to staff.
• Lead the audit programme to maintain Baby Friendly accreditation.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to develop specialised programmes of care

Ability to work under pressure

Clinical supervision skills

Skilled practitioner embracing clinical governance

Education

Registered Nurse / Midwife / Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

Teaching qualification or experience

Breastfeeding counsellor qualification or equivalent

Job description

We are looking for a dynamic, experienced, enthusiastic and innovative Infant Feeding Specialist Health Visitor (Band 7) to support Infant Feeding across the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, East IHC Area of Wrexham Flying Start. The BCUHB Health Visiting Service was re-accredited in March 2024 by UNICEF UK as Baby Friendly Level 3. The service was commended for providing a high standard of care to pregnant women and new mothers.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

As the infant feeding specialist, you will be responsible for promoting effective working relationships by liaising with colleagues, GP's, other professionals, and statutory and voluntary agencies, organising, and delivering training to Health Visiting Skill-mix Teams.

The successful candidate will be a resource for practitioners and support them when they are working with complex Infant Feeding cases. You will be an excellent communicator who promotes effective working relationships with all health care professionals and agencies.

You will organise and deliver UNICEF Baby Friendly training and assessment of Health Visiting staff breastfeeding skill in conjunction with the management team.

You will be responsible for leading the audit programme for the Health Visiting service to ensure Baby Friendly accreditation Level 3 is maintained. You will ensure that the Health Visiting service has in place robust working practices that will deliver on strategic level outcomes.

About us

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications and / or knowledge

• Registered Nurse / Midwife / Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting)
• Completion of UNICEF BFI Breastfeeding and Relationship Building (Health |Visitors) or equivalent
• Knowledge of current government legislation relating to early years nutrition and the obesity agenda
• Knowledge of BFI Standards and BFI "train the trainer" training
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures
• Teaching qualification or experience
• Breastfeeding counsellor qualification or equivalent

Experience

• Skilled practitioner embracing clinical governance and clinical effectiveness
• Experience in audit
• Experience in providing breastfeeding support
• Experience of initiating / implementing initiatives to develop practice

Aptitude and Abilities

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - verbal and written
• Ability to develop specialised programmes of care and provide specialist advice
• Clinical supervision skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to speak Welsh

Values

• Additional demonstrable qualities that may be beneficial to the role e.g. care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment

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.

£48,527 to £55,532 a yearper annum, pro rata