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- Prif leoliad
- Nursing
- Gradd
- Band 4
- Contract
- Cyfnod Penodol: 8 mis (Fixed Term until 31/03/2026)
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- Rhan-amser
- Gweithio hyblyg
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 275-2506IFSW
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- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Tref
- Gillingham, Kent
- Cyflog
- £26,530 - £29,114 Per Annum/Pro Rata
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- 01/07/2025 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr

Infant Feeding Support Worker
Band 4
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Infant Feeding Support Worker
Division: Women, Children & Young People
Care Group: Women's & Children's Service
Band: 4
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 Per Annum/Pro Rata
Interview Date: 12-June-2025
We are recruiting for an Infant Feeding Support Worker who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
To ensure all women receive appropriate support and advice with their chosen method of feeding.
To support families to develop their relationship with their babies in the antenatal and postnatal period, to facilitate brain development and attachment
To work in collaboration with the Infant Feeding Lead and Support Midwife and assist them to give family centred support, and refer if appropriate
To help the Infant Feeding lead maintain the UNICEF standards throughout the trust
Offer specialist support and guidance to facilitate mothers to initiate and sustain breastfeeding - across a multitude of settings e.g. community, hospital, group settings and over the phone
Support mothers with complex breastfeeding needs e.g. multiple births, babies on NICU, pre-term babies.
Identify when feeding is not going well and refer to multidisciplinary services appropriately - e.g. specialist feeding clinic, health visiting, neonatal doctors
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy –Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
To ensure all women receive appropriate support and advice with their chosen method of feeding.
To support families to develop their relationship with their babies in the antenatal and postnatal period, to facilitate brain development and attachment
To work in collaboration with the Infant Feeding Lead and Support Midwife and assist them to give family centred support, and refer if appropriate
To help the Infant Feeding lead maintain the UNICEF standards throughout the trust
Offer specialist support and guidance to facilitate mothers to initiate and sustain breastfeeding - across a multitude of settings e.g. community, hospital, group settings and over the phone
Support mothers with complex breastfeeding needs e.g. multiple births, babies on NICU, pre-term babies.
Identify when feeding is not going well and refer to multidisciplinary services appropriately - e.g. specialist feeding clinic, health visiting, neonatal doctors
To support and/or facilitate breastfeeding support groups and provide antenatal and postnatal education
Working with antenatal women and their families to promote the service and the benefits of breastfeeding
Help collect data, statistics and feedback to use for audit and to improve the service
To provide face to face and telephone feeding support to families, up to 6 weeks post birth, both in the hospital setting and community setting.
Manyleb y person
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Level 2 Health and Social Care or educated to GCSE level
Meini prawf dymunol
- Care Certificate
- Infant Feeding qualification
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Infant feeding support experience
Meini prawf dymunol
- Work within healthcare setting
- Health Education provision
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Communication with both families and the multidisciplinary team
- Prioritisation of workload
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Full UK driving Licence and access to car
Gofynion ymgeisio
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Hayley Clinton
- Teitl y swydd
- Lead Midwife for Infant Feeding
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07376103568
Rhestr swyddi gyda Medway NHS Foundation Trust yn Nyrsio a Bydwreigiaeth neu bob sector