Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-1512
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Charlotte's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Infant Feeding Midwife
Band 6
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career. We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Are you enthusiastic and passionate about infant feeding? We are seeking a dedicated midwife to join our infant feeding team at Queen Charlotte and Chelsea Hospital for one-year fixed term. This opportunity will enable you to enhance your professional skills within a specialist role, focusing on audit, patient information development, and quality improvement projects.
Main duties of the job
· Collaborate with Infant Feeding Leads to implement and evaluate Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) standards, ensuring Imperial’s accreditation is maintained.
· Provide support to patients and staff with clinical challenges related to infant feeding, including reviewing and developing feeding plans for inpatients.
· Monitor and audit the effectiveness of BFI standards through staff and patient audits.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- First degree in midwifery or relevant alternative.
- Evidence of post registration education activity
- Mentorship course and ‘sign off’ mentor
Desirable criteria
- IBLC Lactation Consultant Course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant current clinical experience.
- Experience of teaching in a variety of settings.
- Experience in change management
Desirable criteria
- Previous recruitment experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Expertise in breastfeeding, including experience of supporting mothers in the relevant area to engender respect from all levels of staff.
- Excellent Communication skills
- Training, presentation, facilitation and mentoring skills.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sophie Wright
- Job title
- Infant Feeding Coordinator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07780287194
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