Lactation Consultant | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22.92 Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, NW10 3RY |
| Company: | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6241792/824-BANK-09827222 |
Summary
The Lactation Consultant will work in partnership with the Infant Feeding Lead and a multi professional Health Visiting team in the provision of a specialist breastfeeding clinic for breastfeeding dyads living in Brent. The role is integral to the 0-19 healthcare team in maintaining UNICEF Baby Friendly Standards and complying with the WHO code.
The post holder will be responsible for:
• To act as a resource of clinical lactation expertise and skill, providing support to women and babies with complex breastfeeding needs in clinics and at home
• To Collaborate with other healthcare professionals e.g., midwives and colleagues to support breastfeeding dyads.
• Counsel mothers and families on initiation, exclusivity, and duration of breastfeeding, and to support mothers in high-risk situations.
• Provide in depth breastfeeding assessment, advice, and care plans.
• Provide support that is sensitive to the needs of the mother and family in working towards their individual breastfeeding goals.
• Being a resource for health visiting skill mix and other professionals to learn about specialist breastfeeding.
• Empower mothers and families to manage challenges as they arise.
• Advocate for breastfeeding women, infants, children, families, and communities.
• Provide guidance to colleagues relating to breastfeeding challenges.
We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.
Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:
• stay well
• manage their own health with the right support
• avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.
We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.
Our vision: deliver great care closer to home.
Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence.
1. Practice within CLCH policies and guidelines; and the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners Code of Professional Conduct (IBLCE) for IBCLCs
2. Provide services that protect, promote and support breastfeeding.
3. Act with due diligence
4. Preserve the confidentiality of clients.
5. Report accurately and completely to other members of the healthcare team
6. Exercise independent judgment and avoid conflicts of interest.
7. Maintain personal integrity.
8. Uphold the professional standards expected of an IBCLC.
9. Comply with the IBLCE Disciplinary Procedures
This advert closes on Saturday 4 May 2024