Band 4 Infant Feeding Practitioner - #136755

Job Overview

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Band 4 Infant Feeding Practitioner to join our Infant Feeding Team, working across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. Providing expert support to families, focusing on breastfeeding and wider infant feeding practices.

The successful applicant will work as an integral member of the Infant Feeding Team, developing required clinical skills to support the implementation of the Infant Feeding Policy and maintain the Baby Friendly Standards. This will involve staff training, audit and supporting the Specialist Infant Feeding Service. You’ll work collaboratively with colleagues and community services to promote positive feeding outcomes and deliver high-quality care. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of families while contributing to a dynamic and supportive team.

The post holder will act as a role model in promoting, protecting and supporting breast feeding. The focus will be on the clinical teams working within the Healthy Together 0-5 Service so that they are empowered to deliver effective infant feeding support to expectant and new parents, babies and their families.

For this post you will need a full UK driving license and access to a car during working hours.

Contact Details: Claire Hubbard [email protected] 07776 244391

Job Description Summary (Main Duties And Responsibilities)

• Participate in the delivery of the Infant Feeding management training and annual updates across LLR to the clinical teams and partner agencies.
• Participate in the delivery of Infant feeding awareness sessions to Stakeholders.
• Act as a professional resource for parents, families and the multi-disciplinary team within the community in relation to infant feeding, demonstrating high standards of care.
• Assess feeding and effective attachment, support parenting to achieve effective feeding through positioning and attachment.
• Review feeding plans with families to support them to achieve their feeding goals.
• To improve the service through continuous evaluation and review with them involvement of service users and volunteers.
• Support the Infant Feeding team in maintaining the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Accreditation, working alongside the team to deliver a high-quality service.
• Assist in the delivery of the Specialist Infant Feeding Service in the community by facilitating delegated clinics, home visits, telephone and virtual support, enhancing client experience by using research and evidence-based care.
  
  

For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.