Infant Feeding Coordinator Midwife

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in London seeks an experienced Infant Feeding Coordinator Midwife to lead and manage the infant feeding strategy, ensuring breastfeeding support is accessible. The role involves collaborating with teams and community services while providing clinical expertise to families. Applicants should be registered midwives with leadership training and experience in UNICEF BFI standards. Salary ranges from £53,751 to £60,651 per annum, with opportunities to drive initiatives forward.

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Completed leadership course and UNICEF BFI courses.
• Master's level or equivalent qualification is required.

Responsibilities

• Promote and protect breastfeeding in line with infant feeding policy.
• Lead and manage the infant feeding strategy for accreditation.
• Provide clinical expertise to staff and families regarding infant feeding.

Skills

Teaching Skills

Interest in taking infant feeding practice forward

Implementation of policies, procedures and standards

People Management

Education

Registered midwife

Evidence of continuing professional development

Leadership course

UNICEF BFI Courses

Masters Level or Equivalent

Car Driver

Job description

Infant Feeding Coordinator Midwife

The closing date is 15 December 2025

The post holder will utilise well developed leadership skills and specialist infant feeding knowledge to:

• Promote and protect breastfeeding in line with the LNWUH infant feeding policy and related guidelines.
• To lead, develop and manage the infant feeding Strategy for maintaining LNWUH Baby Friendly full accreditation.
• Provide clinical expertise to staff, parents and health partners in order to support families with infant feeding by following the UNICEF BFI standards.
• To work collaboratively with Community, Health visiting services and LNWUH Trust to ensure universal and specialist infant feeding support is accessible to families in line with UNICEF Baby Friendly Guidelines.
• To work one clinical shift per week.

Main duties of the job

• To act as an effective role model and demonstrate effective evidence based care in relation to Infant Feeding and Relationship building
• Provide proactive and effective Leadership
• Work in partnership with women and their families
• Work collaboratively as a member of the Multidisciplinary team

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Registered midwife
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Leadership course
• UNICEF BFI Courses
• Masters Level or Equivalent
• Car Driver

Knowledge and experience

• 36 months rotational midwifery experience
• UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative standards, their implementation and maintenance
• I.T. skills that allow for data collection and analysis, reporting and presentations
• Act as mentor/assessor
• Knowledge of safeguarding
• MSSP/997/998
• Experience of audit
• Experience of taking charge

Skills, Abilities and Attributes

• Teaching Skills
• Interest in taking infant feeding practice forward
• Implementation of policies, procedures and standards
• People Management

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.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

£53,751 to £60,651 a year per annum including HCAS