Infant feeding Midwife

Are you a passionate midwife with a special interest in infant feeding and breastfeeding support? Do you want to make a lasting difference to families by helping them achieve their feeding goals and ensuring babies receive the best possible start in life?, We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Infant Feeding Midwife to join our dedicated Infant Feeding Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 6 Midwife to play a key role in supporting the implementation and maintenance of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) Standards across our maternity and neonatal services., As an Infant Feeding Midwife, you will work as part of the Infant Feeding Team to provide specialist infant feeding support to women, babies and families across maternity, neonatal and community services. Working collaboratively with the Infant Feeding Team and under the direction of the Infant Feeding Lead Midwife, you will support the delivery of evidence-based infant feeding care, helping families to achieve their individual feeding goals and promoting positive health outcomes. You will contribute to the provision of specialist breastfeeding and infant feeding support through clinics, ward-based education and one-to-one consultations, supporting families with a range of feeding challenges. Working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure consistent, high-quality care and support the implementation and maintenance of UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative standards across the Trust. The role includes contributing to staff education, audit, quality improvement activities and the development of infant feeding resources and services. Through effective teamwork, advocacy and clinical expertise, you will help ensure that women, babies and families receive compassionate, family-centred infant feeding support throughout their care journey. Targeted support and service need will require some flexibility - the post holder may need to work alongside colleagues, cross site working may be required. You may need to participate in clinical activity as required.

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We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.