Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an additional maternity support worker to join our feeding team. The post holder will have a passion for supporting women and families to meet their feeding goals
You will be an active member of the Infant Feeding Team, undertaking breastfeeding support, delegated feeding support duties, including clinical feeding assessments and implementing support, reporting findings and concerns to the registered professionals within the MDT. You will deliver support that is kind, compassionate and individualised to the mother-baby and family needs.
The role will operate across 7 days a week and will require commitment to share weekend working with the other team members. Shift patterns will be variable and may be negotiable providing service needs can be met - please contact us to discuss this further.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will work as part of the infant feeding team to strengthen the current service, supporting families to reach their feeding goals.
The role predominantly involves providing infant feeding support within in-patient areas (and occasionally elsewhere in the hospital as needed), and delivering antenatal education within in-patient areas.
The post-holder will support the service's ongoing commitment to achieving the Unicef UK Baby Friendly Standards.
The role will involve admin and audit responsibilities.
As the service develops, there may be some scope for community working.
The post-holder will update and maintain accurate records of any care provision, updating and escalating any concerns from their observations and activities to the appropriate registered professional(s).
The post-holder will have a personal responsibility and duty of care to patients/service users; they are expected to comply fully with all Trust policies and protocols, including those related to patient safety and the prevention of healthcare associated infections. They must also promote dignity, privacy, and respect, to deliver compassionate, safe, high-quality patient care.
As a Trust employee, they will honour their work commitments, be reliable and trustworthy. They will uphold the Trust values; the Trust code of conduct will always display civility towards others.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in health or social care.
- Experience of undertaking and recording clinical observations and escalation of changes or findings.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an NHS care role.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal, communication & active listening skills. Ability to adopt appropriate styles & methods of communication.
- Timekeeping, planning and prioritisation skills.
- Basic IT skills to use electronic patient records & other Trust systems.
- Analytical and judgement skills to make decisions based on patient / service user interactions and observations and metrics.
- Working knowledge of legislation underpinning care provision.
- Ability to demonstrate the importance of holistic person-centred care & related procedures.
- Understanding of the importance of robust, accurate, clear, timely documentation.
- Insight into behaviours and skills of a carer and the need for effective teamwork.
- Awareness of GDPR and the need for confidentiality
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Numeracy and Literacy Level 2 or Maths & English GCSE A-C/4-9 or Maths & English O Level/GCE A-C or Maths & English CSE Grade 1 or NARIC/ENIC which compares the qualification to UK GCSE (https://www.enic-naric.net/)
- Level 3 vocational qualification or Short courses and completion of compe-tency workbook equivalent to Level 3 in a range of patient and clinical care du-ties and/or Equivalent knowledge and experience in a range of clinical care duties equivalent to Level 3: - Theoretical knowledge - Experience of a range of care and related procedures - clinical observations - knowledge of relevant legislation
- Care certificate
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This advert is for Infant Feeding Maternity Support Worker with South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Middlesbrough, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum. The contract type is 3 years (fixed term). The application deadline is 22 Jul 2026.
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