Infant Feeding Maternity Support Worker

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., 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, theremay 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.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.