Specialist Midwife (XR06)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Leeds is seeking a Band 6 Midwife to join the Infant Feeding Team. Responsibilities include providing clinical support for women with feeding issues, maintaining Baby Friendly Accreditation, and supporting staff education. Ideal candidates must be NMC Registered Midwives with significant midwifery experience. The role requires excellent interpersonal skills and a passion for promoting breastfeeding. A full UK driving license is essential, and the role may involve travel to community settings.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a midwife or equivalent within speciality.
• Evidence of CPD relating to Infant Feeding.
• Teaching/assessing qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical assessment and support for women with feeding issues.
• Ensure knowledge and skills are updated within NMC requirements.
• Support Infant Feeding team to maintain UNICEF Baby Friendly Accreditation.

Skills

Clinical skills for high-quality midwifery care

Skills in clinical audit systems

Assessment and planning of care

Support for breastfeeding

Education

Degree or equivalent

NMC Registered Midwife

LTHT Midwifery Preceptorship program completion

Job description

Anexciting opportunity has arisen for band 6 midwives to join our InfantFeeding Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT). In Leeds we provide maternity care toaround 10,000 women a year currently across 2 hospitals sites and within thecommunity. We pride ourselves in being experts in both low risk maternitycare with a designated home birth team and also the care of service userswith complex and high risk pregnancies.

Weare looking for enthusiastic individuals who are self-motivated andpassionate about Midwifery and have a particular interest in Infant Feeding.You need to be dedicated and possess excellent interpersonal skills and teamwork. Band 6 applicants should have or be working towards a mentorqualification.

Youwill be part of a busy multi-disciplinary team who are dedicated to providingindividualised care to the woman and families that access our service.

Main duties of the job

Toprovide clinical assessment and support women with complex feeding issues,supporting the delivery of the infant feeding training programme andsupporting sustainable implementation of the Baby Friendly standards acrossmaternity services

About us

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Demonstrate the knowledge, skills and experience needed to provide quality care for women, babies and their families.

To ensure that all knowledge and skills are updated and maintained within the requirements outlined in the NMC.

Develop and maintain a working knowledge of local obstetric/neonatal guidelines and SOPs.

Develop and maintain flexible and innovative approaches to care in keeping with current research based practice.

To develop awareness of clinical audit systems, leading to improvements in care for women, babies and their families.

Support Infant feeding team to maintain UNICEF Baby Friendly Accreditation and work towards achieving the sustainability standards necessary to receive the Gold award.

Support the Infant Feeding team leader in developing the infant feeding service, to uphold Baby Friendly Initiative Standards and enhance care delivery, with a view to increasing breastfeeding initiation, sustained breastfeeding and improved breastfeeding experiences.

Support the delivery of the staff Infant Feeding education programme, monitor outcomes and to strive to continually enhance staff education across the service.

Deliver antenatal infant feeding education programme, monitor outcomes and strive to continually enhance antenatal education across the service, focusing on hard to reach or disadvantaged groups.

Support tongue tie assessment, referral into specialist services and to complete any training to enhance the service/care where there is a suspected tongue tie.

Provide support and practical assistance to staff supporting women with feeding issues, in a way that develops staff knowledge and skills, in line with best available evidence and the Baby Friendly standards.

In the absence of the Infant Feeding Lead, act as a representative for the Infant Feeding service at meetings and events.

Please see attached job description and addendum for full details.

Person Specification

Experience

• Interest in health promotion, child health and family support.
• Evidence of assessment of care needs, planning, implementation and evaluation of care plans.
• Be up to date with LTHT Infant Feeding training programme (or equivalent)
• Significant experience as a midwife or equivalent within speciality
• Insight into current issues in midwifery/professional issues

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent
• NMC Registered Midwife
• Successful completion of the LTHT Midwifery Preceptorship program (or equivalent)
• Evidence of CPD relating to Infant Feeding
• Teaching/assessing qualification

Skills & behaviours

• Clinical skills to provide high quality midwifery care in a variety of settings.
• Awareness and skills in clinical audit systems, leading to improvements in care for women, babies and their families.
• To develop skills and competence to participate in the teaching and mentorship of learners within the clinical setting.
• Skills and experience with the promotion, support and assistance of breast feeding.
• To utilise their professional judgement to assess problems/conditions and needs to plan care for women and babies.
• Have achieved/be working towards IBCLC qualification.
• Have achieved/be working towards frenulotomy competence

Additional Requirements

• Ability to travel to community settings and womens homes
• Car Driver - with a full driving licence
• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for post

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.