Infant feeding Support Worker

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.

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.