Job overview

Working in partnership with the wider community, in order to identify public health priorities and reduce health inequalities.

The post holder will improve on existing breastfeeding rates by assessing, planning implementing and evaluating care programmes that aim to improve on current practice and including support for complex breastfeeding issues. The post holder will provide a Frenulotomy Service undertaking this procedure in house to increase breast feeding rates   

The infant feeding lead will maintain the Baby friendly initiative and continue to ensure the gold accreditation is maintained, lead on training programmes for parents, staff and service users’. Provide expert knowledge to both trained and untrained staff, acting as a role model and setting high standards.

Main duties of the job

1.      The post holder will support staff, parents and families to improve the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding rates at NLaG and establish good practice in infant nutrition.
2.       To support the BFI lead in the implementation of the WHO/UNICEF best practice standards for breastfeeding throughout the Trust, by assisting in the development, teaching and educational programmes for all health professionals involved in supporting women to breast feed and assisting those parents who choose to artificial feed and who are experiencing complex issues.
3.      To raise the profile of breast feeding and its benefits with a view to changing culture and improving infant nutrition.
4.        To assist the BFI Lead in the delivery of high-quality standards of care related to the establishment of breast feeding and infant feeding in both the hospital and community settings in line with the Baby Friendly UK Initiative.
5.        Assist the Lead in the delivery of a high-quality training programme for staff in acute and community settings who may contribute to supporting families with breast feeding, in order to raise the level of skill and expertise.
6.        Provide additional support to those families or professionals where there are particular difficulties in establishing and maintaining breast feeding.
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Working for our organisation

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.