Infant Feeding Co-OrdinatorinCramlington inCramlingtonPUBLISHED FRI 7 FEB 2025

Band 7: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum FIXEDTERM
FAMILYMATERNITYMIDWIFERYNHSNMCWEEKEND

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trustr6YNJMxk

Impactful Work, The role directly contributes to improving breastfeeding rates and supporting women's choices in infant feeding, making a positive difference in the health and well-being of mothers and babies.

Professional Development, Opportunities to lead training and development for healthcare colleagues, enhancing your skills as a clinical educator and leader in infant feeding management.

Collaborative Environment, The position involves working alongside local public health teams and engaging with diverse communities, fostering a collaborative and community-focused work atmosphere.

Flexibility, The role primarily requires weekday hours with some evening and weekend commitments, offering a degree of flexibility to accommodate personal and family needs.

Leadership Opportunities, The position involves line management of Maternity Support Workers and overseeing training programs, allowing for the development of leadership skills.

Innovative Practices, The implementation of UNICEF BFI standards encourages the use of evidence-based practices, keeping the role dynamic and rooted in the latest research.

Community Engagement, The chance to work with hard-to-reach groups offers a rewarding experience in community service and outreach.

The Infant Feeding Coordinator at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Cramlington is responsible for leading the implementation and monitoring of UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) standards within the Maternity Directorate, aiming to enhance breastfeeding rates and create a supportive culture for infant feeding choices. This role involves developing pathways to maintain Baby Friendly status, providing expert clinical education and training on evidence-based infant feeding management, and collaborating with local public health programs to assist families, including hard-to-reach groups.

Key responsibilities also include line managing Maternity Support Workers, coordinating infant feeding-related clinics, and facilitating parent craft education sessions. The position primarily requires weekday availability, with some evening and weekend commitments to meet service demands. This role is not open to international applicants lacking a full NMC Pin or those new to midwifery practice in the UK.

Professional Development, Opportunities to lead training and development for healthcare colleagues, enhancing your skills as a clinical educator and leader in infant feeding management.

Collaborative Environment, The position involves working alongside local public health teams and engaging with diverse communities, fostering a collaborative and community-focused work atmosphere.

Flexibility, The role primarily requires weekday hours with some evening and weekend commitments, offering a degree of flexibility to accommodate personal and family needs.

Leadership Opportunities, The position involves line management of Maternity Support Workers and overseeing training programs, allowing for the development of leadership skills.

Innovative Practices, The implementation of UNICEF BFI standards encourages the use of evidence-based practices, keeping the role dynamic and rooted in the latest research.

Community Engagement, The chance to work with hard-to-reach groups offers a rewarding experience in community service and outreach.

The Infant Feeding Coordinator's key role is to lead the implementation, delivery and monitoring of the UNICEF BFI standards for the Maternity Directorate. Leading to an overall improvement in breast feeding rates and an organisational culture that successfully supports women in their choice of infant feeding.

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

The Infant Feeding Coordinator is responsible for the development and implementation of pathways to achieve and maintain the UNICEF Baby Friendly status award which includes supporting their colleagues through coordinating and providing training and guidance around infant feeding.

The successful post holder will provide expert knowledge as a clinical educator in the promotion and support of evidence based infant feeding management, they will have a high level of relevant expert knowledge and skills which will be used to manage, develop and lead the clinical teams on all sites in relation to all aspects of infant feeding as well as facilitate delivery of training as expected by the Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS) Training plan.

They will work collaboratively with local public health teams and programs to support women and their families and engage hard to reach groups.

Line manage Maternity Support Workers in infant feeding roles, and support MSW apprenticeship programme with timely training of new candidates with infant feeding.

Support Coordination of clinics with Child Health Business Unit including Tongue Tie division clinics and Infant Feeding Specialist clinic.

Support coordination and facilitation of parent craft education sessions.

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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.

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