About this role
Job summary
We are excited to offer an opportunity to join our dedicated Infant Feeding Team as a Band 6 Infant Feeding Midwife at Wexham Park Hospital, 30 hours per week. This role plays a key part in supporting women and families to make informed infant feeding choices and promoting best practice across maternity services.
Working across hospital and community settings, you will provide specialist support, education and leadership in infant feeding, contributing to improved outcomes for mothers and babies and supporting the Trust's Baby Friendly standards.
Main duties of the job
Provide expert advice and support to women on infant feeding across antenatal and postnatal care Support and deliver infant feeding and breastfeeding clinics, including tongue-tie services Promote Baby Friendly standards and support staff to deliver consistent, evidence-based care Deliver education and training to midwives, students and multidisciplinary teams Monitor infant feeding outcomes and contribute to service development and improvement Work clinically as part of the wider midwifery team across hospital and community settings
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Midwife Mentorship / SLIP / PSPA Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
Completed UNICEF course in breastfeeding
Experience Essential
Evidence of successful collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams Demonstrate application of the child protection processes
Skills & Knowledge Essential
Demonstrates clinical skills commensurate with a midwife who has migrated from band 5 to 6 Demonstrates excellent written and presentation skills. Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload effectively. Excellent communication skills
Desirable
Understanding of the BFI standards
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address Wexham Park Hospital
Wexham Street
Wexham
SL2 4HL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)