Clinical Support Worker – Lime Green Infant Feeding Team

Sfh Tr; Stanton Hill; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Support Worker for the Lime Green Infant Feeding Team (Band 3). The post is part-time, 22.5 hours per week, based mainly in the Mansfield area, delivering personalised breast/chestfeeding support and education to families in hospital and at home.

The role requires organisational skills, ability to work independently and within a team, and involvement in audits, education and administration tasks.

Qualifications

• Fluent English speaking and writing required.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Able to communicate with and disseminate information from the multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding of equal opportunities policy.
• Awareness of safeguarding issues and data protection.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based breast/chestfeeding support to women and birthing parents.
• Deliver antenatal and postnatal support in home and hospital settings in Mansfield area.
• Offer infant feeding education face to face and in class settings; support staff training, audits and administration tasks.

Skills

Fluent English

Written and oral communication

Teamwork

Safeguarding awareness

Data protection

Audit awareness

Interpersonal skills

Prioritise workload

Public interaction experience

Education

GCSE Maths & English

NVQ Level 3 in Health care

Care certificate

Foundation Degree Maternity Pathway

Job description

Clinical Support Worker – Lime Green Infant Feeding Team

NHS AfC: Band 3

Main area Infant Feeding Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 214-W&C-8147034

Site King's Mill Hospital Town Sutton in Ashfield Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 11/10/2026 23:59

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

Job overview

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking an enthusiastic candidate who is passionate about offering evidence-based individualised breast/chestfeeding support to women and birthing parents as part of the Lime Green Infant Feeding Team.

The team, which celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2023, has an opening for a new team member working mainly in the Mansfield area providing individualised and culturally safe breast/chestfeeding support, antenatally and postnatally, for local families in their home, and in the hospital.

The successful candidate will need to have organisational skills and be able to work both on their own and within a team to manage daily workload.

This exciting role also includes providing infant feeding education both face to face and in a class situation, supporting with staff training, audits and administration tasks.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Knowledge Requirements

• Ability to speak and write English fluently
• Evidence of good written and oral communication skills
• Able to communicate with and disseminate information from the multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrates understanding of the importance of supportive working in a team
• Ability to understand and adhere to the equal opportunities policy
• Ability to articulate reasons for wishing to work in this clinical specialty area at this grade
• Demonstrates awareness of audit and quality issues
• Previous experience of working with members of the public
• Understanding of Safeguarding issues
• Awareness of Health and Safety issues
• Knowledge and understanding of data protection confidentially

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths & English Grades A C, Levels 4-9, Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent
• NVQ Level 3 in Health care or equivalent experience
• Care certificate
• Foundation Degree Maternity Pathway

Further Training

• Demonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development
• Demonstrates an awareness of role of facilitator and evidence of ability to educate others
• Commit to undertake in-house training

Experience/Skills

• Approachable manner with good interpersonal skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Understanding of the role and own professional boundaries
• Able to identify when to escalating issues/concerns
• Ability to work as part of team and to liaise with colleagues in other disciplines
• One year’s formal maternity care experience in a hospital/birth centre/community team
• Experience of using hospital patient record system
• Experience of working in an acute hospital setting
• Experience of providing high quality care
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Contractual Requirements

• Adaptable and flexible approach to work
• Positive attitude to training and development

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Home Office guidance has changed. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

We as a Trust support the use of AI and other tools to support your application. However, all personal statements and behavioural examples must be truthful and factually accurate. Your application should reflect your own personal/professional experiences and qualifications to ensure authenticity and credibility.

For the avoidance of doubt, plagiarism includes presenting the ideas or experiences of others or content generated by artificial intelligence as your own. We review all applications carefully to ensure that the information provided in your supporting statement aligns with your qualifications, work history and the duties undertaken within those roles. Your experience will also be explored further during the interview process.

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Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applicationsand that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change. If a high number of applications are received, a longlisting exercise will be conducted prior to shortlisting.

Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.

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Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will then be deducted from your first salary once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.

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