Infant Feeding Specialists Midwife
| Posting date: | 24 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | £54,320.00 to £60,981.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £54320.00 - £60981.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 February 2025 |
| Location: | London, N19 5NF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9220-25-0065 |
Summary
Professional Responsibilities - Participate in risk management/complaint procedures. Investigate clinical incidents, complaints, and user feedback and ensure implementation and recommendations. - Contribute to the areas clinical and non-clinical risk management through documenting untoward incidents. - Lead and participate in infant feeding audits. - Audit own practice, and breastfeeding levels at strategic times in the postnatal period. - Be proactive in resolving complaints at local level through discussion with women and their families, documenting information and action outcomes. - Practice within the policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines agreed by the Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the maternity service. - To observe the Rules and Code of Conduct as set out by the NMC, ensure these are adhered to by members of the team. - Ensure adequate records are kept in line with NMC Guidelines for record keeping. - Identify own ongoing professional development and meet NMC revalidation requirements, taking personal responsibility for completing all mandatory and statutory training in line with Trust requirements. - Provide mentorship and guidance to undergraduate and preceptors. - Foster a culture of openness, kindness and approachability within their role. - Ensure all communication, which may be complex, contentious or sensitive, is undertaken in a responsive and inclusive manner, focusing on improvement and ways to move forward. - Attend mandatory training and statutory training (delivered online and in the classroom) as well as relevant Infant Feeding meetings or events that enhance Infant Feeding knowledge: o London Region National Infant Feeding Network (NIFN) meetings o North Central London (NCL) Infant Feeding Meetings o Haringey and Islington Infant Feeding Meetings o BFI Annual Conference o Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership (MVP) - Identify personal development needs and actively work towards professional development. - Maintain professional portfolio. - Ensure the safety of patients at all times. - Ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity. - To foster and develop a working environment within which midwives can work as independent practitioners, accountable for their practice and in accordance with the NMC Rules and Code of Practice. - To have due regard for the needs of mothers and their families and recognise the demands placed upon professional colleagues in the pursuance of their duties and to assist them as required. - To be aware of responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of women, visitors, staff and others, and to comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety Regulations. To be aware of the Data Protection Act and Access to Medical Records Act. To promote equal opportunity for all staff and patients in accordance with Whittington Health NHS Trust policies.