Are you passionate about providing the best neonatal care? Do you want to make a difference to babies and their families?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced neonatal nurse or midwife to grow your career and join our friendly team within the Neonatal Unit as the Neonatal Infant Feeding Lead Nurse .
This is a key leadership role, providing specialist clinical expertise in infant feeding to support babies and families across the Neonatal Unit. The postholder will play a central role in promoting evidence-based practice, enhancing family integrated care, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, individualised feeding support for premature and sick neonates.
The Neonatal Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford is one of the largest in the country, and provides specialist level 3 medical and surgical ICU, HDU and LDU care for babies across the Thames Valley Neonatal Network.
If you are an experienced neonatal practitioner with a passion for infant feeding and family-centred care, we would love to hear from you. We would advise any applicant to arrange an informal visit to the Neonatal Unit - please see details below.
Full time and part time hours available (Minimum 30 hours/week)
The postholder will:
Provide clinical expertise and practical assistance on the unit to overcome complex feeding issues and provide specialist input developing plans of care.
Lead on the implementation of and maintain the UNICEF Baby friendly accreditation on the neonatal unit.
Promote a clinical environment and culture that facilitates ongoing learning about infant feeding and supports relationship building between parent and baby.
Provide and facilitate staff education on breastfeeding and infant feeding.
Uphold the Neonatal Unit’s Ethos.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
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If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
The postholder will provide specialist feeding support to babies on the Neonatal Unit. They will be a highly competent, knowledgeable and visible practitioner setting the highest standards of care and ensuring the provision of excellent, evidence-based care for all patients and their families.
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