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Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 43,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Staff Health and Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 3 Infant Feeding Support Worker at Ipswich Hospital to provide infant feeding advice and ongoing support to families after birth. The role involves working with the Maternity Infant Feeding Team and supporting mothers during the early postnatal period.

The post offers full-time hours with potential for job share. The team focuses on safe, evidence-based feeding support and partnership with the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative,

Qualifications

• Knowledge of clinical and public health guidelines related to breastfeeding.
• Induction, mandatory and statutory training as required by NHS roles.
• Ability to work under delegation and supervision of a Registered Midwife.

Responsibilities

• Support the Infant Feeding Lead in planning, implementing, and maintaining UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative standards.
• Provide infant feeding advice and support to families with newborns.
• Work within the midwifery and wider healthcare team to deliver care.

Skills

Infant feeding

Teamwork

Public health guidelines

Patient care

Tools

Epic EPR

Job description

Infant feeding Support Worker | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

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 Ipswich hospital, ESNEFT to join the Maternity Infant Feeding Team as a Band 3 Support Worker provide infant feeding advice and support to families with newborn babies, to help them get their feeding journey off to the best start and continuing to provide ongoing support in the early postnatal period.

This is a full-time position, but job share will be considered for the right candidate.

The advert might close earlier if sufficient amount applications received.

• 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.

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 thatTime Mattersto 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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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Thursday 24 Sep 2026

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust