About this role
Job summary
The role entails supporting and empowering women in their choice of infant feeding and providing parents/care givers with additional education to support them in taking care of their babies in the neonatal/ transitional care unit and beyond.
The post-holder will also be expected to support the Specialist Infant Feeding Co-ordinator with the implementation and development of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative, and maintain baby friendly standards throughout QEH as well as working with the multidisciplinary team on NICU to support accreditation of the Bliss Baby Charter to achieve and maintain gold standard status on NICU.
Main duties of the job
To support Neonatal Services to implement Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative Neonatal Standards cross the QEH site.Be a clinical resource, providing visionary support and continuity, with a clear focus on resource on matters relating to infant feeding in Neonatal Services.To act as a role model within NICU and demonstrate best clinical and professional practice and to provide appropriate support to women in respect of their feeding choices.To provide clinical specialist infant feeding support to neonatal staff.To support with, and facilitate training programmes related to the Unicef BFI Neonatal standards to all neonatal staff and non-neonatal staff where requested.To work in close partnership with the Maternity Infant feeding lead and wider infant feeding team.To promote positive culture change within Neonatal Services, by raising awareness of the importance of breastfeeding and infant feeding relationships for health and wellbeing and support the delivery of local campaigns and aspects of multi-agency projects.To provide specialist training and mentorship on infant feeding to the multi-agency workforce at all levels including medical and nursing staff.To support clinical governance through conducting knowledge and skills audits and staff audits utilising UNICEF Baby Friendly audit tools.To promote evidence-based policies and procedures and use clinical presence to effect change.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital due to open in 2031/32 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information about this role please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications/training and professional development Essential
Foundation degree, Diploma of Higher Education (DipHe) Higher National Diploma (HND) or NVQ Level 3 Experience working with neonates
Skills, abilities and knowledge Essential
Good interpersonal and communication skills, including clear, concise written skills Ability to manage own workload Teaching parents/carers Knowledge of safeguarding issues Willing to undertake onsite training
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Employer details Employer name The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT
Address Queen Elizabeth Hospital
King's Lynn
PE30 4ET
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)