Infant Feeding Advisor

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Bedlington; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an Infant Feeding Advisor to support women in their feeding choices across Maternity services. State-of-the-art facilities, in-house training, and a focus on promoting breastfeeding are highlighted in the role.

The post includes delivery of antenatal workshops and collaboration with midwives, nurses and healthcare assistants. Applicants should have lactation experience and be prepared for an AfC review of job specs.

Qualifications

• GCSEs or equivalent including Maths and English.
• NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care.
• Specific lactation education.

Responsibilities

• To work within the Infant Feeding Team to increase breastfeeding initiation rates by promoting breastfeeding at local community events and clinics.
• Provide one-to-one client care, implementing and evaluating the care planned in relation to infant feeding with the midwife.

Skills

Enthusiastic and motivated

Good team worker

Ability to stay calm under pressure

Basic computer skills

Experience in healthcare setting

Experience supporting Mothers with inf

Experience providing Antenatal Ed

Education

GCSEs including Maths and English

NVQ level 3 (Health and Social Care)

Specific Lactation education

Job description

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Infant Feeding Advisor

The closing date is 20 November 2026

Are you interested in supporting women in their feeding choices? Do you have a special interest in infant feeding?

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our outstanding and supportive infant feeding team, to work across all areas of Maternity, helping to further the outstanding 5 star patient care provided by all. In house training and support provided.

We are expanding unit an increase of expectant mothers choosing to have their care from our Maternity Services. The Maternity Unit is furnished with state of the art, modern facilities for mothers and their babies.

Please note the job description and person specification are under AfC review and are subject to change

Main duties of the job

Duties & Responsibilities

• To work within the Infant Feeding Team to increase the breastfeeding initiation rates at Mersey West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, by promoting breast feeding at local community infant feeding events, running Breast Feeding Antenatal Workshops and discussing the benefits of breast feeding at clinics with Medical/Midwifery Students, Obstetricians, Paediatricians, Midwives/Nurses, Maternity Support Workers and Health Care Assistants.
• Provide one-to-one client care, implementing and evaluating the care planned in relation to infant feeding in conjunction with the midwife.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Proposed Interview date: 22nd December 2026

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE or equivalent including Maths and English
• NVQ level 3 (Health and Social Care)
• Specific Lactation education

Knowledge

• Basic computer skills, Including Microsoft Office
• Experience of working independently and as part of a team.
• Previous/ current experience of working in a busy Health care setting.Experience supporting Mothers with informed feeding choices
• Experience of providing Antenatal Education

Skills

• Enthusiastic and motivated
• Good team worker supporting colleagues
• Show initiative work well under pressure and remain calm in difficult situations

Other

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 name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

£25,760 to £27,476 a yearper annum, pro rata