Community Nursery Nurse - Infant Feeding (Family Hubs Service)

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate a high level of communication skill which is sensitive and enables parents to absorb and act on advice.
• Keep clear and contemporaneous records electronically.
• Contact mother/Caregivers 3-5 days postnatally to advise of feeding choices/support and support for well-being.
• Provide Infant support across Healthy Child Clinics/Family Hubs.
• Provide 121 support under delegation of named case holder.
• Undertake delegated Health reviews for Children.
• Report back to the appropriate team member any significant changes in the client circumstances that may impact on safety of others.
• Establish and maintain communications with parents, children, and other professionals in various settings concerning child care and related information.

• Overcome barriers to communications such as language or learning difficulties.
• Provide empathy and reassurance between persons involved within scope of the role.
• Develop relationships with professional groups including but not limited to; Midwives, Health Visitors, GPs, and mental health services.
• Proactively liaise with non-statutory/voluntary/community based agencies.
• Provide information and participation in case conferences and reports relating to specific cases.
• Regular liaison with other community-based nursery nurses, health visitors, and professionals involved in the care of the baby.

Clinical and Training Responsibilities:

• Support training programmes across the Infant Feeding Pathway, in line with UNICEF recommendations.
• Undertake required Developmental Health assessments and health promotion.
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of the principles of child health care.
• Attend all statutory and mandatory training and operationalize training to enhance practice.

Analytical and Judgmental Skills:

• Provide practical advice regarding establishing patterns and routines for the baby.
• Support families with common baby issues and signpost where needed, recognizing when to refer when an issue falls outside of expected development.
• Assess different problems to determine the course of action with a range of options to compare.
• Provide advice and support surrounding age-appropriate play and child development.

Planning and Organisational Skills:

• Plan and manage own workload, and contribute to organisation of the team and the service.
• Work in line with the Lone Working Policy and highlight any health and safety concerns as required.
• Be responsible for own activity data reporting.
• Organize own time and prioritise service user care under the supervision of qualified perinatal practitioners.
• Make decisions about service user care under the supervision of registered practitioners, with the support of the wider multi-disciplinary perinatal team.

Responsibility for Direct/Indirect Patient Care:

• Work within the Local Safeguarding Board guidelines for child protection, including attendance at client-related case conferences when necessary.
• Access child protection supervision.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous electronic records of work undertaken.
• Ensure strict confidentiality in respect of clients and staff.
• Provide practical and emotional support to help women prepare for the transition into parenthood.
• Support partners, siblings, and wider family members prior to the arrival of the baby.
• Enhance attachment and bonding through pregnancy using current research.
• Help families understand the world from the baby's perspective.
• Explore the demand and need to develop and facilitate groups to encourage socialisation and signposting to children's centres/Family Hubs.