Community Based Complex Feeding Specialist Midwife

8 months ago


London, United Kingdom Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and person to join the Infant Feeding Team within Maternity at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, as the community based lead for complex infant feeding. The role will lead the provision of complex feeding support and tongue tie release in the four community hubs within the local borough of Hackney.

The successful post holder will work as part of a team to ensure a holistic, patient focused service that supports and promotes breastfeeding and safe formula feeding practices in line with UNICEF’s Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI), consisting of infant feeding in-service support and community-based infant feeding support. They will also be
expected to support the infant feeding Programme Lead with the implementation of UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative and maintain Baby Friendly Standards within the Trust and our community areas, ensuring our community standards are sustained and embedded across maternity services.
- Please note - this vacancy is NOT suitable for Overseas Registered Nurses/Midwives required to take the OSCE exam.*

**The main duties of this role are as follows**:

- Develop a community based specialist infant feeding service, including liaising with Family Hubs staff to establish clinics and developing a referral process for the service
- Perform assessments of specialist infant feeding issues
- Perform full tongue tie assessments in line with the latest evidence based practice and with referral for frenulotomy if indicated
- Provide support and feeding plans for families with specialist infant feeding issues
- Follow up of infant feeding dyads with specialist issues (including tongue tie) with appropriate referral to other services including the Enhanced Health Visiting Service, GPs or other health professionals
- Provide a joined-up service with the hospital-based infant feeding team, the health visiting infant feeding team and the Community Based Infant Feeding Peer Support Service
- Deliver high quality patient care without direct supervision and seek guidance on actions that are outside agreed defined standards
- Support community midwifery staff and peer supporters to provide high quality infant feeding support
- Help the Trust to achieve BFI accreditation including undertaking BFI audits and training
- Promote breastfeeding as a public health initiative and work within the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

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 documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.



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