Infant feeding Support Worker
The closing date is 02 June 2025
Job summary
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.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Details
Date posted
20 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
432-HR252-25
Job locations
Colchester and Ipswich Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Colchester and Ipswich Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL
Employer's website
https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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