Infant Feeding Practitioner

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an Infant Feeding Practitioner based in Buxton and covering the surrounding area.

The post is based in the High Peaks, North Dales and Glossop locality which has been awarded Gold accreditation for its work with families and communities

You will work across the locality as part of the infant feeding practitioner team. This role is part of the 0-5 Children's Service and will involve close work with health visitors and midwives in the local area.

You will be visiting new families in the immediate post birth period to provide support for breast feeding. Contact will be both face to face and using digital technology.

You will need to be confident to lead community groups to support infant feeding and have knowledge and awareness of skills around breast feeding.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of the health visiting team to offer peer support to women who are establishing breast feeding whilst ensuring that you also engage with partners, wider family members and the community.

You will provide a high standard of information about infant feeding and support to mothers, partners and their babies before and after the birth, in a range of settings, for example home, clinics, and Children's Centres.

You will utilise a range of assessment skills and tools to identify breast feeding problems and give evidence based information to promote and support responsive feeding in line with national and local guidelines and public health priorities.

You will work proactively using a partnership approach to promote health and contribute to tackling health inequalities within the level of competencies required for the post.

Whilst based at Buxton, there will be a requirement to travel across the locality for service delivery. Training and service meetings may take place in other parts of Derbyshire.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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