Lead Midwife for Infant Feeding

STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Birch Vale; Sur place; GBP 42 000 - 56 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Between 27-33 days of annual leave + B

NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance

Stockport Credit Union

Résumé du poste

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust seeks an experienced leader to oversee the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation within maternity services, driving increased breastfeeding initiation and continuation rates across Stockport. This role includes supporting the frenulotomy service, reviewing lingual frenulum cases, and ensuring all procedures conform to Trust guidelines.

You will lead the development and implementation of infant feeding policies, delivering training to maternity and neonatal

Responsabilités

• Lead the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) accreditation process within maternity services to increase breastfeeding initiation and continuation rates across Stockport.
• Support frenulotomy service by training to review for restricted lingual frenulum and perform divisions with documentation aligned to Trust Guidelines.
• Lead the review, development and implementation of infant feeding policies and train maternity and neonatal staff; collaborate with the Infant Feeding Co-ordinator and Startwell Stockport/neonatal infant feeding links.

Description du poste

To lead the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) accreditation process within maternity services, increasing breastfeeding initiation and continuation rates across Stockport.Support with the frenulotomy service (undertaking training as necessary) to be able to review for restricted lingual frenulum in a clinical setting. Perform frenulotomy divisions appropriately and ensure that all documentation is completed in line with Trust Guidelines.To lead the review, development and implementation of infant feeding policies, ensuring effective communication and compliance across all staff groupsTo develop and deliver infant feeding training to all maternity and neonatal staff groups, working closely with the Infant Feeding Co-ordinator., To lead the UNICEF BFI accreditation process within maternity services, increasing breastfeeding initiation and continuation rates across Stepping Hill and Stockport. To update infant feeding policy and communicate effectively with all staff groupsTo develop and deliver infant feeding training to all maternity and neonatal staff groups, workingclosely with Infant Feeding Co-ordinator (Startwell Stockport) and Neonatal infant feeding Links

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population. We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice