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Community Specialist Infant Feeding Lead
The closing date is 26 June 2025
Shape the future of infant feeding in Bury
We're seeking a passionate and skilled specialist infant feeding practitioner for an exciting opportunity to forge powerful partnerships. Work directly with our dedicated health visiting teams and innovative family hubs to champion and deliver a vital infant feeding program that will truly make a difference in the lives of families across Bury.
Main duties of the job
Using the advanced skills required, the HV Specialist for Infant Feeding will work in conjunction with the Health Visiting Manager to support further development and to maintain effective working relationships with Maternity and Local Authority Children's Services staff in order to promote responsive infant feeding in accordance with the UNICEF'S Baby Friendly Standards (BFI).
The post holder will:
* In collaboration with their HV Manager, assist in the development and implementation of infant feeding policies and guidelines that support and improve breast feeding rates
* Work across a range of settings and organisational boundaries to support staff and volunteers in the community
* Work closely with the service manager, infant feeding champions and the learning and development department to develop and facilitate infant feeding training
* Provide a specialist infant feeding resource to support Health Visiting practice
* Work with Commissioners and Midwifery colleagues to achieve the outcomes of the Infant Feeding contract
* Be the Health representation at the Infant Feeding Strategy Group Meetings
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Specialist Community Health Public Nurse (SCPHN) or Midwife on Part 1 of the NMC register
* UNICEF BFI training certificate
* Teaching and assessing qualification/experience
Knowledge, skills, training and experience
* Evidence of leadership skills
* Evidence of post-registration development relevant to the post
* Experience of being involved in infant feeding initiatives and practice developments
* Full understanding of UNICEF baby friendly initiative
* Substantial practical experience of supporting mothers with infant feeding issues and providing specialist advice and packages of care
* Ability to demonstrate a knowledge of community development approached to support breastfeeding including volunteer programmes
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.
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