Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Infant feeding Community Nursery Nurse

The closing date is 26 May 2025

Job summary

Band 4 Infant Feeding Community Nursery Nurse ( 2 year Fixed Term)

Are you an experienced Community Nursery Nurse, looking fornew opportunities within a community setting?

Are you passionate aboutinfant feeding and providing excellent services for children and young people?

Do you want to be part of the team supporting women with their feeding choices and helping the service work towards achieving its BFI accreditation?

Do you have a proven record of excellent child development assessment skills?

If so, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust are looking to recruit you in the role as a Infant Feeding Community Nursery Nurse.

This is a new role for SWB Health Visiting service where you will work as part of the Infant Feeding Team, undertaking a range of activities including supporting breastfeeding and infant feeding choices and delivering key public health messages.

Main duties of the job

As an Infant Feeding Community Nursery Nurse

You will:

Make telephone contact with and support all parents to make informed choices regarding feeding and implement plans to enable parents to initiate and establish feeding their baby regardless of their chosen feeding method.

Work as part of a team delivering care to babies, children their families, ensuring that their health and developmental needs are prioritised.

Provide advice and support to mothers, children/young people and their families with low level issues around infant feeding.

Help build a positive breastfeeding culture in communities, provide low level Breastfeeding support in response to requests from families

Support parent/infant relationships and promote sensitive and attuned parenting to develop secure attachments.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it.Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Date posted

12 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

24 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

381-WC-6423334

Job locations

Smethwick Health Visiting Team

Suffrage Street

Smethwick

B66 3PX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and personal specification for further details about the responsibilities assigned to this post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and personal specification for further details about the responsibilities assigned to this post.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Currently/ previously worked in a community care setting
Experience of home visiting/ working in baby clinics
Experience of working in diverse communities and with diverse and vulnerable families
Experience of supporting families with feeding issue

Qualifications

Essential

NNEB/ Diploma in Childcare and Education (DCE) awarded by CACHE or the HNC in Childcare and Education (Scotland) or
Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years, awarded by EDEXEL or
NVQ Level 3 in Early Years and Education, awarded by City and Guilds, CACHE, EDEXEL and the OU
Attained education to GCSE level in English and Mathematics

Desirable

Completed 2-day Unicef Breast Feeding Training

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of local and national infant feeding policies
Knowledge of tongue tie and the possible implications to effective feeding
Excellent child health and developmental assessment skills and early identification of problems . Understanding of clinical governan
Working knowledge of child protection procedures and awareness of domestic violence

Desirable

Worked with families and offered advice to parents in relation to infant feeding and tongue tie.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Currently/ previously worked in a community care setting
Experience of home visiting/ working in baby clinics
Experience of working in diverse communities and with diverse and vulnerable families
Experience of supporting families with feeding issue

Qualifications

Essential

NNEB/ Diploma in Childcare and Education (DCE) awarded by CACHE or the HNC in Childcare and Education (Scotland) or
Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years, awarded by EDEXEL or
NVQ Level 3 in Early Years and Education, awarded by City and Guilds, CACHE, EDEXEL and the OU
Attained education to GCSE level in English and Mathematics

Desirable

Completed 2-day Unicef Breast Feeding Training

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of local and national infant feeding policies
Knowledge of tongue tie and the possible implications to effective feeding
Excellent child health and developmental assessment skills and early identification of problems . Understanding of clinical governan
Working knowledge of child protection procedures and awareness of domestic violence

Desirable

Worked with families and offered advice to parents in relation to infant feeding and tongue tie.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

Smethwick Health Visiting Team

Suffrage Street

Smethwick

B66 3PX

Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

Smethwick Health Visiting Team

Suffrage Street

Smethwick

B66 3PX

Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)