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Infant Feeding Lead (Co-Ordinator Baby Friendly Accreditation) | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 03 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,883 - £58,544 Per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2025 |
| Location: | London, E11 1NR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7125818/259-7125818WXH |
Summary
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced enthusiastic individual to lead our infant feeding service) at Whipps Cross Hospital in delivering high quality services to our clients/ families.
The post-holder is expected to has BSc or working towards BSc (completion with 6 months) or have Infant feeding qualification – from voluntary organisation (BfN, NCT, ABM, LLL tutor or experienced counsellor)
NLS Course (or equivalent) with over 2 years’ experience.
You will have sound management skills, resilience, and the ability to meet the demands of a busy clinical service.
In this role you will be expected to demonstrate a passion for promoting evidence-based practice, offer women continuity of care and to support women in every part of their infant feeding journey.
To provide management and leadership for infant feeding services within the hospital and Community. As the expert lead for infant feeding, provide support and organise training to ensure that all staff and mothers at the Whipps Cross hospital and Community Midwifery services are supported with feeding their baby. This starts in the antenatal period and continues in the community for as long as families seek support with feeding their babies. As the Baby Friendly lead, the candidate will work with midwives in the attainment of UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) level 3, networking with both Internal and external stakeholders.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Thursday 17 Apr 2025