Job summary An Infant Feeding Advisor who: Behaves in a professional manner and ensures effective communication with colleagues, women, and their families.
Works to promote individualised care, specific to the needs of the woman and her family, acting as her advocate within the multidisciplinary team in the absence of the midwife.
Whilst working under the supervision of the designated midwife and part of a multidisciplinary team, undertakes the direct care and appropriate interventions to maximise a positive client experiences and promote the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the mother and baby.
Participates in the collection and recording of written and electronic data, in line with Trust guidelines and policies.
Works in partnership with clients and professionals both internally and external to the Trust to provide an effective network of care for the clients in their care.
Identifies and escalates deviations from normal when undertaking care.
Participates in delivering National Health objectives and initiatives.
Acts as an advocate for the department, in promoting respectful and flexible team working across areas.
Proactively, consistently, and meaningfully demonstrates the Trust values in their day to day interactions with colleagues and service users.
Works to maintain and progress the Unicef Baby Friendly Standards.
Main duties of the job To assist the Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) Specialist Midwives' to meet their responsibility to lead the Princess Alexandra Hospital BFI Programme.
Under the guidance of the BFI Specialist Midwives', offer specialist advice on all aspects of Newborn infant feeding to women and health professionals.
Assist the BFI Specialist Midwife in supporting and teaching other staff to fully participate in the programme.
To work with the BFI Specialist Midwife to ensure a high quality and consistent Newborn infant feeding advice and support service is in place, taking into account the standards set by the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative and the Hospital's responsibility to meet their audit and other requirements.
To support the specialist midwife with the Tongue tie clinics.
To be able to support all birthing people when readmitted on the general side and requiring breast feeding support.
About us Our Organisation The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping.
Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences: Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached Job description and person specification.
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Person Specification Application form Essential 5 GCSE's or equivalent (English and Math included at A-C) Desirable Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines and prioritise Essential Essential NVQ level 2 or equivalent experience Desirable Knowledge of UNICEF and BFI accreditation interview Essential Completed care certificate Desirable Ability to recognise limitations