Infant Feeding Midwife

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust


Date: 11 hours ago
City: Guildford, England
Contract type: Part time
Infant Feeding Team Midwife Guildford

Band 6

Part time hours available 18:45

The Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an enthusiastic, band 6 Midwife to join our Outstanding CQC Maternity Service. The Infant Feeding Team provides an enhanced level of support and advice to women and babies during their feeding journey.

This position is open to midwives who are interested in working in a small team that is passionate about building trusting relationships with the women they care for and providing care focusing on all aspects of infant feeding. The team provide care in clinics and on the postnatal ward in the hospital to ensure each woman has a personalised approach to care.

You must hold NMC midwifery registration. You will be expected to be able to show evidence of current practice/updating. IBCLC qualification is beneficial but not compulsory, opportunity to undertake this training can be offered.

To work as part of the multi-professional team to maintain the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) Gold award, working to ensure the standards set by UNICEF BFI are followed and audited across the maternity episode. To maintain the high standard of feeding information and support to families during the antenatal and postnatal period.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kate Rosati Job title: Maternity Telephone number: 01483 571122

Please contact Kate Rosati if you would like to understand more about the position on 01483 571122 extension 3564. We would welcome the opportunity to arrange an informal visit for you to the maternity department.
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