0-19 Infant Feeding and Child Nutrition Clinical

Dorset HealthCare Children and Young People’s Public Health Service are recruiting for a 0-19 Infant Feeding and Child Nutrition Clinical Lead to join our supportive, forward thinking and proactive Leadership team. The role will be a part of a small team of Specialist Public Health Leads.

The 0-19 Infant Feeding and Child Nutrition Clinical Lead will work Pan Dorset to promote a Whole Family /Whole School Approach to healthy eating and healthy weight. The 0-19 Infant Feeding and Child Nutrition Clinical Lead will provide the Children’s and Young People’s Public Health Service with clinical leadership, promoting and supporting the development of innovative practice to promote behaviour change support to improve family nutrition. Training and further development opportunities within the role will be provided.

Previous exposure to working with Children, Young People and their families is a key requirement for this role. Car driver essential for networking and meetings across Dorset.

This is a part time role (30hrs), with a flexible working pattern across Mon-Fri, including hybrid working. This a permanent position.

Encourage healthy eating in children, young people and families to effect lifelong choices and support the best start in life.

Lead on infant feeding and NCMP to include leadership for the Breastfeeding and NCMP champions.

Ensure collaboration with those leading regional and national developments for infant and child nutrition for CYP 0 to 19 and their families. To actively work with groups such as Active Dorset, Growell, Infant feeding Network and other groups as agreed

Coordinate and support practitioners to implement initiatives for nutrition and healthy weight

Work with colleagues including IT and Clinical Systems, to ensure that pathways and processes are translated to the clinical record e.g SystmOne, RiO

Ensure that all service developments and underpinning processes are delivered consistently pan Dorset and are regularly monitored and reviewed using the NHS Quality Improvement framework including Plan Do Study Act approach for new developments

Support training to CYP Public Health teams, in conjunction with Workforce Development Leads by enabling teams to develop the knowledge and skills to support families effectively with nutrition and healthy weight

Develop and maintain effective partnerships with external agencies (e.g Maternity Services, Local Authorities, Family Hubs, Public Health Dorset, Voluntary and Community Sectors) and those leading regional and national developments for infant and child nutrition for CYP 0 to 19 and their families

At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.