University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Infant Feeding Midwife
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Band 6 Midwife - Infant Feeding Team
We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 midwife to support our Infant Feeding team to cover a maternity leave secondment.
Role Overview
The infant feeding specialist midwife will work closely with the Infant Feeding Lead(s) (IFLs) to assist and support the implementation of the maternity services infant feeding strategy for maintaining and sustaining the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative UK Hospital accreditation through initiating new ideas, practices and approaches to direct clinical care of mothers and babies, embedding good practice.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead in the clinical area, acting as an Infant Feeding resource, providing expert infant feeding knowledge and support to the ongoing development of all staff.
- Demonstrate commitment to best evidence-based practice, challenging staff if best practice is not being demonstrated.
- Work with the IFLs to provide specialist infant feeding training throughout the service for all staff that meet new mothers and their families.
- Ensure that all staff encourage and support women to develop an early relationship with their unborn baby.
- Ensure that all families receive support and information to enable them to make an informed choice regarding feeding.
- Work as an autonomous midwifery practitioner and provide an effective link to the wider networks for breastfeeding support.
- Undertake clinical audit using appropriate Baby Friendly Initiative audit tools to evaluate and develop infant feeding practices with maternity services.
- Facilitate group sessions for families both in pregnancy and the postnatal period.
- Support women in feeding their babies using evidence-based information, in line with the Trust Infant Feeding Policy.
- Support women with more complex breastfeeding needs, e.g., multiple births, premature babies.
- Instigate & implement feeding management plans where required and review.
- Ensure accurate record keeping is kept on the Maternity notes system.
- Provide breastfeeding support in all other clinical areas when required, e.g., Children’s Wards, Neonatal Unit or Emergency Department (ED).
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About Us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
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All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Amanda Whimpanny
- Job title: Interim Infant Feeding Team leader
- Email address: Amanda.Whimpanny@uhnm.nhs.uk
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