Infant Feeding Health Visitor/Registered Midwife

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We are looking to recruit to the role of Infant Feeding Health Visitor/Registered Midwife to work as part of the Infant Feeding Team in Manchester.

This is an exciting opportunity to consolidate your skills and knowledge around infant feeding. The role involves supporting the city wide Health Visiting service, GP’s, Paediatricians and tertiary services as well as families of infants with complex or ongoing feeding challenges.

Working as part of a multi-agency team which includes support workers, midwives and dietitians to provide a holistic model of care for infants in Manchester. An excellent understanding of breastfeeding as well as formula and bottle feeding issues will underpin your practice moving forward.

There will be the opportunity to further develop your skills in this field and advanced study in relation to prescribing will be considered for the right candidate.

The team work to Baby Friendly Best practice standards and work to ensure there is no formula industry interference in the service offer. You will be part of a one of a kind service that constantly evolves to meet the needs of clients in the best ways possible.    

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Main duties include daily triage, allocation and caseload management. Providing care via a range of media including video conferencing, home visits and specialised clinics.

You will be expected to work independently whilst ensuring a team approach for appropriate management.

Coordinating packages of care across agencies and disciplines including review of existing feeding and care plans. Overview of prescribing requirements and ensuring the client in on the correct care pathway.   

Delivering training to a range of stakeholders. Conducting clinical audit to ensure quality care standards remain in place. You will receive and be part of regular clinical supervision sessions.

You will be involved in developing clinical pathways and policy review. You will conduct skill reviews with colleagues across the service to ensure quality standards are maintained.

You will be required to provide support to student Health Visitors and other members of the team to ensure others are up-skilled in the field.    

The role require the candidate to have exceptional organisational skills to navigate systems that support practice delivery.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.