Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Part time hours will be considered)
- Job ref
- 432-HR252-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester and Ipswich Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Infant feeding Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you passionate about breastfeeding and supporting close families and their babies? Are you enthusiastic about working with others to provide feeding support over the first few weeks of life?
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Colchester and Ipswich hospital, ESNEFT to join the Maternity Infant Feeding Team to deliver Infant Feeding support across Maternity services. The role will mainly be supporting families but will also include assisting the Infant Feeding Team.
We have two full time posts, one for Colchester Hospital and one for Ipswich Hospital.
The advert might close earlier if sufficient amount applications received.
Main duties of the job
· The post holder will support the Infant Feeding Lead in planning, implementation and maintenance of UNICEF baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) standards.
· The post holder will have working knowledge of clinical and public health guidelines relevant to local and national breastfeeding agendas.
· To meet the needs of the Trust with regard to Induction, mandatory and statutory training
· To meet the direct and indirect care needs of patients under the delegation and supervision of a Registered Midwife.
· To ensure high standards of patient care at all times, in line with Trust policies and guidelines
· To work as an effective member of the midwifery and wider multi-professional healthcare team.
· To work within the boundaries of the role of the MSW supporting more junior colleagues as required and refer to the Registered Midwife as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 (Health & Social Care) or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to undertake further study
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven previous experience in supporting breastfeeding within a health or community setting.
- Tongue-tie recognition and management.
- Lone working in the community setting.
- Confident and competent in producing, evaluating and completing a feeding plan.
- Experience discussing and demonstrating responsive bottle feeding.
Desirable criteria
- Experience within an acute setting
- Experience running groups.
- Experience in mentoring / supervising staff.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Can demonstrate an awareness of benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and baby in line with UNICEF BFI standards.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of risk management, health and safety issues, including safe manual handling.
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
- Alexia Murray
- Job title
- Community Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
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