Midwife Infant Feeding Specialist

Job Overview

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites experienced midwives to join its esteemed Infant Feeding Team. As a key member of this multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in promoting evidence-based infant feeding practices throughout the unit. Your expertise will be crucial in providing infant feeding support, education, and audit to help the unit achieve Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation.

Your primary responsibilities will include supporting the team in delivering high-quality infant feeding services, ensuring excellent service user experience, and timely management of feeding difficulties. You will work closely with the Infant Feeding Coordinators, Postnatal Ward Managers, Community Midwives, and Matron for Public Health to achieve shared goals. Additionally, you will have opportunities to develop your skills through training and professional development.

Key Responsibilities

·Promote, support, protect, and normalise breastfeeding in line with the Maternity Infant Feeding Policy.

·Ensure all women receive support and information to make informed choices regarding infant feeding.

·Motivate, inspire, and empower staff to achieve best practice in infant feeding.

·Act as an infant feeding resource within the clinical area, supporting staff to enable mothers to carry out effective feeding.

·Collaborate with the Infant Feeding Specialist and the rest of the Infant Feeding Team to initiate new ideas, practices, and approaches to direct clinical care of mothers and babies.

·Work with the Infant Feeding Specialist and the IFT to provide infant feeding training throughout the maternity service for all staff who come into contact with new mothers.

About Our Organisation

Here at Oxford University Hospitals, we offer women and healthcare professionals a unique set-up of our Maternity Services. We have a substantial support network for staff, focusing on wellbeing and development. This includes a team of professional Midwifery Advocates, Wellbeing Champions, staff networks, and a staff Maternity Psychologist. You will be supported by the Practice Development Team, who provide regular study days and updates, and clinical support. We champion diversity and strive to ensure every member of our team feels included, valued, and confident to speak up and be heard.

We genuinely believe that by supporting our staff to feel happy and providing support within their work environment, we ensure the best quality of care for the women and birthing people who access our services.

Please Note

This job is not eligible for overseas sponsorship or for international educated midwives without a current full NMC Pin or new to midwifery practice in the UK.

This role is mainly weekdays with some weekend working required. You will be required to work flexibly to support the service demands.

Main Duties

·To promote, support, protect and normalise breastfeeding in their everyday practice in line with the Maternity Infant Feeding Policy.

·To ensure all women receive support and information to allow them to make an informed choice regarding infant feeding.

·To be able to motivate, inspire and empower staff to achieve best practice.

·To act as an infant feeding resource within the clinical area, supporting staff to enable mothers to carry out feeding in an evidence-based and effective manner.

·To work closely with the Infant Feeding Specialist and the rest of the Infant Feeding Team in order to initiate new ideas, practices and approaches to direct clinical care of mothers and babies.

·To work with the Infant Feeding Specialist and IFT to provide infant feeding training throughout the maternity service for all staff who come into contact with new mothers so that they are confident to provide a high standard of basic infant feeding care.

Working for Our Organisation

We have a unique set-up of our Maternity Services where around babies are born annually. We have stand-alone Midwifery Led Birth units within the county based at Banbury, Chipping Norton, Wantage and Wallingford as well as offering home births to all areas. There is also an integrated birth unit where around % of birthing people choose to go in labour. As a large Tertiary hospital, the John Radcliffe offers a large Delivery Suite with an en-suite birthing pool room, Maternity theatres and a specific Maternity Recovery Ward.

For those working with us, we have a substantial support network for staff, focusing on wellbeing and development. This includes a team of professional Midwifery Advocates, Wellbeing Champions, staff networks and a staff Maternity Psychologist. You will be supported by the Practice Development Team who provide regular study days and updates and support staff clinically. We champion diversity and strive to ensure every member of our team feels included, valued, and has the confidence to speak up and be heard.

We genuinely believe that by supporting our staff to feel happy and offering support within their work environment, we ensure the best quality of care for the women and birthing people who access our services.

Please Note

This job is not eligible for overseas sponsorship or for international educated midwives without a current full NMC Pin or new to midwifery practice in the UK.

This role is mainly weekdays with some weekend working required. You will be required to work flexibly to support the service demands.

Main Duties of the Job

·To promote, support, protect and normalise breastfeeding in their everyday practice in line with the Maternity Infant Feeding Policy.

·To ensure all women receive support and information to allow them to make an informed choice regarding infant feeding.

·To be able to motivate, inspire and empower staff to achieve best practice.

·To act as an infant feeding resource within the clinical area, supporting staff to enable mothers to carry out feeding in an evidence-based and effective manner.

·To work closely with the Infant Feeding Specialist and the rest of the Infant Feeding Team in order to initiate new ideas, practices and approaches to direct clinical care of mothers and babies.

·To work with the Infant Feeding Specialist and IFT to provide infant feeding training throughout the maternity service for all staff who come into contact with new mothers so that they are confident to provide a high standard of basic infant feeding care.

Working for Our Organisation

Here in Oxfordshire, we offer women and healthcare professionals a unique set-up of our Maternity Services where around babies are born annually.

We have stand-alone Midwifery Led Birth units within the county based at Banbury, Chipping Norton, Wantage and Wallingford as well as offering home births to all areas.

There is also an integrated birth unit where around % of birthing people choose to go in labour.

As a large Tertiary hospital, the John Radcliffe offers a large Delivery Suite with an en-suite birthing pool room, Maternity theatres and a specific Maternity Recovery Ward.

For those working with us, we have a substantial support network for staff, focusing on wellbeing and development.

This includes a team of professional Midwifery Advocates, Wellbeing Champions, staff networks and a staff Maternity Psychologist.

You will be supported by the Practice Development Team who provide regular study days and updates and support staff clinically.

We champion diversity and strive to ensure every member of our team feels included, valued and has the confidence to speak up and be heard.

We genuinely believe that by supporting our staff to feel happy and offering support within their work environment, we ensure the best quality of care for the women and birthing people who access our services.

Please Note

This job is not eligible for overseas sponsorship or for international educated midwives without a current full NMC Pin or new to midwifery practice in the UK.

This role is mainly weekdays with some weekend working required.

You will be required to work flexibly to support the service demands.

Main Duties of the Job ROLE SUMMARY

·To promote, support, protect and normalise breastfeeding in their everyday practice in line with the Maternity Infant Feeding Policy.

·To ensure all women receive support and information to allow them to make an informed choice regarding infant feeding.

·To be able to motivate, inspire and empower staff to achieve best practice.

·To act as an infant feeding resource within the clinical area, supporting staff to enable mothers to carry out feeding in an evidence-based and effective manner.

·To work closely with the Infant Feeding Specialist and the rest of the Infant Feeding Team in order to initiate new ideas, practices and approaches to direct clinical care of mothers and babies.

·To work with the Infant Feeding Specialist and IFT to provide infant feeding training throughout the maternity service for all staff who come into contact with new mothers so that they are confident to provide a high standard of basic infant feeding care.

Working for Our Organisation

Here in Oxfordshire, we offer women and healthcare professionals a unique set-up of our Maternity Services where around babies are born annually.

We have stand-alone Midwifery Led Birth units within the county based at Banbury, Chipping Norton, Wantage and Wallingford as well as offering home births to all areas.

There is also an integrated birth unit where around % of birthing people choose to go in labour.

As a large Tertiary hospital, the John Radcliffe offers a large Delivery Suite with an en-suite birthing pool room, Maternity theatres and a specific Maternity Recovery Ward.

For those working with us, we have a substantial support network for staff, focusing on wellbeing and development.

This includes a team of professional Midwifery Advocates, Wellbeing Champions, staff networks and a staff Maternity Psychologist.

You will be supported by the Practice Development Team who provide regular study days and updates and support staff clinically.

We champion diversity and strive to ensure every member of our team feels included, valued and has the confidence to speak up and be heard.

We genuinely believe that by supporting our staff to feel happy and offering support within their work environment, we ensure the best quality of care for the women and birthing people who access our services.

Please Note

This job is not eligible for overseas sponsorship or for international educated midwives without a current full NMC Pin or new to midwifery practice in the UK.

This role is mainly weekdays with some weekend working required.

You will be required to work flexibly to support the service demands.

Main Duties of the Job

·To promote, support, protect and normalise breastfeeding in their everyday practise in line with the Maternity Infant Feeding Policy.

·To ensure all women receive support and information to allow them to make an informed choice regarding infant feeding.

·To be able to motivate, inspire and empower staff to achieve best practise.

·To act as an infant feeding resource within the clinical area, supporting staff to enable mothers to carry out feeding in an evidence-based and effective manner.

·To work closely with the Infant Feeding Specialist and the rest of the Infant Feeding Team in order to initiate new ideas, practices and approaches to direct clinical care of mothers and babies.

·To work with the Infant Feeding Specialist and IFT to provide infant feeding training throughout the maternity service for all staff who come into contact with new mothers so that they are confident to provide a high standard of basic infant feeding care.

Working for Our Organisation

Here in Oxfordshire, we offer women and healthcare professionals a unique set-up of our Maternity Services where around babies are born annually.

We have stand-alone Midwifery Led Birth units within the county based at Banbury, Chipping Norton, Wantage and Wallingford as well as offering home births to all areas.

There is also an integrated birth unit where around % of birthing people choose to go in labour.

As a large Tertiary hospital, the John Radcliffe offers a large Delivery Suite with an en-suite birthing pool room, Maternity theatres and a specific Maternity Recovery Ward.

For those working with us, we have a substantial support network for staff, focusing on wellbeing and development.

This includes a team of professional Midwifery Advocates, Wellbeing Champions, staff networks and a staff Maternity Psychologist.

You will be supported by the Practice Development Team who provide regular study days and updates and support staff clinically.

We champion diversity and strive to ensure every member of our team feels included, valued and has the confidence to speak up and be heard.

We genuinely believe that by supporting our staff to feel happy and offering support within their work environment, we ensure the best quality of care for the women and birthing people who access our services.

Please Note

This job is not eligible for overseas sponsorship or for international educated midwives without a current full NMC Pin or new to midwifery practice in the UK.

This role is mainly weekdays with some weekend working required.

You will be required to work flexibly to support the service demands.

Main Duties of the Job ROLE SUMMARY

·To promote, support, protect and normalise breastfeeding in their everyday practise in line with the Maternity Infant Feeding Policy.

·To ensure all women receive support and information to allow them to make an informed choice regarding infant feeding.

·To be able to motivate, inspire and empower staff to achieve best practise.

·To act as an infant feeding resource within the clinical area, supporting staff to enable mothers to carry out feeding in an evidence-based and effective manner.

·To work closely with the Infant Feeding Specialist and the rest of the Infant Feeding Team in order to initiate new ideas, practices and approaches to direct clinical care of mothers and babies.

·To work with the Infant Feeding Specialist and IFT to provide infant feeding training throughout the maternity service for all staff who come into contact with new mothers so that they are confident to provide a high standard of basic infant feeding care.

Working for Our Organisation

Here in Oxfordshire, we offer women and healthcare professionals a unique set-up of our Maternity Services where around babies are born annually.

We have stand-alone Midwifery Led Birth units within the county based at Banbury, Chipping Norton, Wantage and Wallingford as well as offering home births to all areas.

There is also an integrated birth unit where around % of birthing people choose to go in labour.

As a large Tertiary hospital, the John Radcliffe offers a large Delivery Suite with an en-suite birthing pool room, Maternity theatres and a specific Maternity Recovery Ward.

For those working with us, we have a substantial support network for staff, focusing on wellbeing and development.

This includes a team of professional Midwifery Advocates, Wellbeing Champions, staff networks and a staff Maternity Psychologist.

You will be supported by the Practice Development Team who provide regular study days and updates and support staff clinically.

We champion diversity and strive to ensure every member of our team feels included, valued and has the confidence to speak up and be heard.

We genuinely believe that by supporting our staff to feel happy and offering support within their work environment, we ensure the best quality of care for the women and birthing people who access our services.

Please Note

This job is not eligible for overseas sponsorship or for international educated midwives without a current full NMC Pin or new to midwifery practice in the UK.

This role is mainly weekdays with some weekend working required.

You will be required to work flexibly to support the service demands.

Main Duties of the Job

·To promote, support, protect and normalise breastfeeding in their everyday practise in line with the Maternity Infant Feeding Policy.

·To ensure all women receive support and information to allow them to make an informed choice regarding infant feeding.

·To be able to motivate, inspire and empower staff to achieve best practise.

·To act as an infant feeding resource within the clinical area, supporting staff to enable mothers to carry out feeding in an evidence-based and effective manner.

·To work closely with the Infant Feeding Specialist and the rest of the Infant Feeding Team in order to initiate new ideas, practices and approaches to direct clinical care of mothers and babies.

·To work with the Infant Feeding Specialist and IFT to provide infant feeding training throughout the maternity service for all staff who come into contact with new mothers so that they are confident to provide a high standard of basic infant feeding care.

Working for Our Organisation

Here in Oxfordshire, we offer women and healthcare professionals a unique set-up of our Maternity Services where around babies are born annually.

We have stand-alone Midwifery Led Birth units within the county based at Banbury, Chipping Norton, Wantage and Wallingford as well as offering home births to all areas.

There is also an integrated birth unit where around % of birthing people choose to go in labour.

As a large Tertiary hospital, the John Radcliffe offers a large Delivery Suite with an en-suite birthing pool room, Maternity theatres and a specific Maternity Recovery Ward.

For those working with us, we have a substantial support network for staff, focusing on wellbeing and development.

This includes a team of professional Midwifery Advocates, Wellbeing Champions, staff networks and a staff Maternity Psychologist.

You will be supported by the Practice Development Team who provide regular study days and updates and support staff clinically.

We champion diversity and strive to ensure every member of our team feels included, valued and has the confidence to speak up and be heard.

We genuinely believe that by supporting our staff to feel happy and offering support within their work environment, we ensure the best quality of care for the women and birthing people who access our services.

Please Note

This job is not eligible for overseas sponsorship or for international educated midwives without a current full NMC Pin or new to midwifery practice in the UK.

This role is mainly weekdays with some weekend working required.

You will be required to work flexibly to support the service demands.