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Job summary

Main area
Midwifery
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref
151-JLM662
Employer
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wexham Park Hospital
Town
Wexham
Salary
£33,566 - £40,310 per annum incl HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/07/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Infant Feeding Midwife

Band 6

Job overview

We are excited to offer an opportunity to join our dedicated Infant Feeding Team as a Band 6 Infant Feeding Midwife at Wexham Park Hospital, 30 hours per week. This role plays a key part in supporting women and families to make informed infant feeding choices and promoting best practice across maternity services.

Working across hospital and community settings, you will provide specialist support, education and leadership in infant feeding, contributing to improved outcomes for mothers and babies and supporting the Trust’s Baby Friendly standards.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide expert advice and support to women on infant feeding across antenatal and postnatal care
  • Support and deliver infant feeding and breastfeeding clinics, including tongue‑tie services
  • Promote Baby Friendly standards and support staff to deliver consistent, evidence‑based care
  • Deliver education and training to midwives, students and multidisciplinary teams
  • Monitor infant feeding outcomes and contribute to service development and improvement
  • Work clinically as part of the wider midwifery team across hospital and community settings

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Midwife
  • Mentorship / SLIP / PSPA
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Completed UNICEF course in breastfeeding

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of successful collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams
  • Demonstrate application of the child protection processes

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates clinical skills commensurate with a midwife who has migrated from band 5 to 6
  • Demonstrates excellent written and presentation skills.
  • Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload effectively.
  • Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of the BFI standards

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerWe Work Flexibly

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ann Matthews
Job title
Infant Feeding Specialist Midwife
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 615 9131
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