Job summary
Are you a passionate midwife with a special interest in infant feeding and breastfeeding support? Do you want to make a lasting difference to families by helping them achieve their feeding goals and ensuring babies receive the best possible start in life?

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Infant Feeding Midwife to join our dedicated Infant Feeding Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 6 Midwife to play a key role in supporting the implementation and maintenance of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) Standards across our maternity and neonatal services.

To find out more about our Maternity department please visit the following link:
https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/dpfhpfi/1

Main duties of the job
As an Infant Feeding Midwife, you will work as part of the Infant Feeding Team to provide specialist infant feeding support to women, babies and families across maternity, neonatal and community services. Working collaboratively with the Infant Feeding Team and under the direction of the Infant Feeding Lead Midwife, you will support the delivery of evidence-based infant feeding care, helping families to achieve their individual feeding goals and promoting positive health outcomes.

You will contribute to the provision of specialist breastfeeding and infant feeding support through clinics, ward-based education and one-to-one consultations, supporting families with a range of feeding challenges. Working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure consistent, high-quality care and support the implementation and maintenance of UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative standards across the Trust. The role includes contributing to staff education, audit, quality improvement activities and the development of infant feeding resources and services. Through effective teamwork, advocacy and clinical expertise, you will help ensure that women, babies and families receive compassionate, family-centred infant feeding support throughout their care journey.

Targeted support and service need will require some flexibility - the post holder may need to work alongside colleagues, cross site working may be required. You may need to participate in clinical activity as required.

About us
To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link:
https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Midwife with NMC
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Completion of a 'Breastfeeding and Relationship Building' course
• Educated to degree level

Desirable

• IBCLC Lactation Consultant
• Tongue Tie Practitioner
• Teaching qualification and or teaching experience

Experience & Knowledge
Essential

• Registered midwife with significant experience supporting infant feeding at Band 6 and with a particular interest in this area
• Proficient at assessing for tongue tie and performing frenotomies, or willing to undertake training in this area.
• Comprehensive understanding of the BFI standards and their implementation in practice
• Effectively communicates in written and verbal form

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).

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.