This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK with an international reputation and a tradition for innovation.
If you are committed to contributing to a team delivering excellence in maternity and neonatal care and have the desire to pursue a rewarding career, then UCLH maternity services is definitely the place for you. You will be joining an enthusiastic, friendly, motivated multidisciplinary team working within a centre of excellence for maternity service delivery.
We have a busy level three neonatal unit with close links with the other UCLH specialist hospitals and Great Ormond Street Hospital. Our maternity unit cares for approximately 6,000 births per year and we have a co-located midwifery led birth centre delivering 1000 births per year. We look after a diverse population of which we offer an individualized service, and we are committed to the promotion of normality and the forefront of innovation. Our first-class service is reflected in the positive feedback we receive, and the many women outside our catchment area choosing to come and give birth here with us at UCLH
We have a strong commitment to staff development and service improvement; have commissioned links with City, Southbank and Kings College Universities. Situated in central London there is an easy commute to all major train stations, and excellent tube links. You'll be perfectly positioned outside work too as we're located right in the heart of London's West End.
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced Band 6 Tongue Tie Specialist to join our Infant Feeding Team on a permanent basis. The successful post holder will work within the maternity service providing specialist assessment, management and support for babies with suspected tongue tie and associated feeding difficulties.
The Maternity Care Unit consists of 40 beds and works in close partnership with the Transitional Care Unit situated on the ward. UCLH is UNICEF Baby Friendly accredited and is committed to delivering high standards of infant feeding support and family-centred care.
The post holder will be responsible for undertaking comprehensive tongue tie assessments, supporting infant feeding, performing tongue tie division procedures within agreed competencies and guidelines, and providing ongoing care and advice to families. They will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to promote safe practice and positive feeding outcomes for mothers and babies.
The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent communication and clinical skills, be able to work effectively both independently and as part of the wider multidisciplinary team, and be motivated to support service development and quality improvement within infant feeding services. Previous experience and training in infant feeding support and tongue tie management is essential.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced practitioner wishing to further develop specialist skills within postnatal and infant feeding care in a busy tertiary maternity setting.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
- UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.
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