Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nursery Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- 24 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 381-WC-6423334
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Smethwick Health Visiting Team
- Town
- Smethwick
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Infant feeding Community Nursery Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 4
Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.
Job overview
Band 4 Infant Feeding Community Nursery Nurse ( 2 year Fixed Term)
Are you an experienced Community Nursery Nurse, looking for new opportunities within a community setting?
Are you passionate about infant feeding and providing excellent services for children and young people?
Do you want to be part of the team supporting women with their feeding choices and helping the service work towards achieving its BFI accreditation?
Do you have a proven record of excellent child development assessment skills?
If so, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust are looking to recruit you in the role as a Infant Feeding Community Nursery Nurse.
This is a new role for SWB Health Visiting service where you will work as part of the Infant Feeding Team, undertaking a range of activities including supporting breastfeeding and infant feeding choices and delivering key public health messages.
Main duties of the job
As an Infant Feeding Community Nursery Nurse
You will:
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Make telephone contact with and support all parents to make informed choices regarding feeding and implement plans to enable parents to initiate and establish feeding their baby regardless of their chosen feeding method.
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Work as part of a team delivering care to babies, children their families, ensuring that their health and developmental needs are prioritised.
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Provide advice and support to mothers, children/young people and their families with low level issues around infant feeding.
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Help build a positive breastfeeding culture in communities, provide low level Breastfeeding support in response to requests from families
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Support parent/infant relationships and promote sensitive and attuned parenting to develop secure attachments.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and personal specification for further details about the responsibilities assigned to this post.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Currently/ previously worked in a community care setting
- Experience of home visiting/ working in baby clinics
- Experience of working in diverse communities and with diverse and vulnerable families
- Experience of supporting families with feeding issue
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NNEB/ Diploma in Childcare and Education (DCE) awarded by CACHE or the HNC in Childcare and Education (Scotland) or
- Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years, awarded by EDEXEL or
- NVQ Level 3 in Early Years and Education, awarded by City and Guilds, CACHE, EDEXEL and the OU
- Attained education to GCSE level in English and Mathematics
Desirable criteria
- Completed 2-day Unicef Breast Feeding Training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of local and national infant feeding policies
- Knowledge of tongue tie and the possible implications to effective feeding
- Excellent child health and developmental assessment skills and early identification of problems · Understanding of clinical governan
- Working knowledge of child protection procedures and awareness of domestic violence
Desirable criteria
- Worked with families and offered advice to parents in relation to infant feeding and tongue tie.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Langford
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07972 344525
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