Infant Feeding Midwife & Postnatal Ward Midwife

LONDON W12

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Position: Infant Feeding Midwife & Postnatal Ward Midwife
Location: London W12
Salary: £42,471 to £50,364
Job Type: Full-Time

Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic midwife who is passionate about postnatal care and infant feeding? Do you want to provide evidence-based care, work collaboratively as a team and be involved with quality improvement projects? This may be the role for you.

This role includes:

  • Implement and evaluate the Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) standards to maintain Imperial’s accreditation.
  • Supporting patients and staff with clinical challenges relating to infant feeding, this may include reviewing and developing feeding plans for inpatients.
  • Working as part of the postnatal team 60% of the time to deliver individualised and evidence-based care.

Get ready to join our exceptional, diverse team of maternity staff at Imperial. Based at St Mary’s Hospital, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital and beyond, we’re not just any team; we’re a holistic host of world-class maternity services! We care for everyone, from high-risk pregnancies to lower-risks ones, ensuring variety for staff and service users alike.

Fueled by innovation, we embrace the latest resources and developments, ensuring there’s always forwarding-thinking improvements in your area of interest.

So why wait? Join us! This isn’t just a job, it’s a thrilling journey with the view to reshape maternity care together!

Main duties of the job

  • Support the Infant Feeding Leads with implementing the Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) standards in each clinical area.
  • To facilitate the development, introduction and monitoring of policies and guidelines related to infant feeding.
  • Assist the Infant Feeding Leads in the implementation and monitoring of the infant feeding staff education programme.
  • Organise and facilitate the antenatal infant feeding education of mothers/birthing people and support them in their chosen method of feeding.
  • Support for multi-disciplinary staff facing clinical challenges related to infant feeding, this may include reviewing feeding plans for inpatient patients.
  • Facilitate the organisation and delivery of practical skills reviews and key breastfeeding skills for relevant staff and maintain a database that records such training.
  • To ensure there are appropriate resources for patients with up-to-date evidence-based information.
  • To participate in the process of audit, research and implementation of change and to support and undertake the audit and reporting of best practice.
  • Lead with the Specialist Midwife in facilitating team meetings and study sessions to build a cohesive team to execute evidence-based practice in promotion of infant feeding.
  • To be responsible, with management support, for their own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.

About us
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.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.

Job description

Job 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

  • Registered Midwife
  • First degree in midwifery or relevant alternative
  • Evidence of post registration education activity. Mentorship course and ‘sign off’ mentor

Desirable

  • IBLC Lactation
  • Consultant Course

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant current clinical experience.
  • Experience of teaching in a variety of settings
  • Experience in change management

Desirable

  • Previous recruitment experience

Skills

Essential

  • Expertise in breastfeeding, including experience of supporting mothers in the relevant area to engender respect from all levels of staff.
  • proven written communication skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.