Infant Feeding Health Visitor / Midwife

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Hyde; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization in the UK is seeking an Infant Feeding Health Visitor/Midwife for a fixed-term role of 30 hours per week. The ideal candidate will join a new Integrated Infant Feeding Team, focusing on implementing UNICEF Baby Friendly Standards and providing essential support for parents and staff. This role requires specific community health qualifications and offers various employee benefits, including flexible working arrangements and competitive salary bands ranging from £38,682 to £46,580 per year pro rata.

Benefits

Flexible working

27-33 days annual leave

Sick pay

NHS Pension Scheme

Gym discount

Qualifications

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting) OR Midwife required.
• V100 Nurse Prescriber qualification necessary.
• Experience in nurse prescribing and BFI training preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver infant feeding services across community settings to enhance breastfeeding rates.
• Develop and support educational programs for parents and staff.
• Maintain compliance with baby-friendly standards in record keeping.

Skills

Infant feeding support

IT skills

Understanding of cultural factors

Education

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

V100 Nurse Prescriber

IBCLC Qualification

Teaching and Assessing qualification

Job description

Infant Feeding Health Visitor/Midwife - 30 hours - Fixed term 11 months

The post holder will work as part of the Trust's newly formed Integrated Infant Feeding Team, to implement the UNICEF Baby Friendly Standards across both hospital and/or community. They will be responsible for contributing to and implementing the multi-agency Tameside Infant Feeding Strategy. The post holder will be required to provide specialist clinical infant feeding support for parents and staff.

The closing date is 03 February 2026

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will support the delivery of infant feeding services across maternity/NICU/0-19yrs community service, to increase breastfeeding rates, promote responsive bottle feeding and relationship building and influence introducing solid food practices to encourage healthy eating.
• The post holder will work closely with partners in the hospital, community, primary care and Family Hubs within Tameside and a broad range of voluntary services to develop the infant feeding services across the borough.
• Maintaining accurate records of all care delivered and ensure compliance with infant feeding standards.
• To develop their knowledge and act as an independent autonomous practitioner providing specialist advice to parents and staff.
• The post holder will also provide education and support to other multi-disciplinary staff and learners within this agenda.
• Support the delivery action plans to ensure the Trust and partner organisations can meet the required BFI standards to ensure successful BFI accreditation.
• Develop skills and knowledge to deliver specialised programmes of care including specialist advice clinics/home visits for babies and mothers.
• Use multiple communication and marketing methods to disseminate health information about breastfeeding, introducing solid foods and infant feeding e.g. social media, press releases, development of health information, training etc.

About us

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ and Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Job responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education, Professional qualification and skills

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting) OR Midwife
• V100 Nurse Prescriber
• Post registration experience as an HV
• 2 day BFI Training
• BFI trained
• Teaching and Assessing qualification e.g. ENB 998
• IBCLC Qualification
• Experience of nurse prescribing

Experience

• Working with children and families in a community setting
• Experience in providing infant feeding support
• Experience working with safeguarding procedures and guidelines
• Experience of working on own or as part of a team
• Experience of working collaboratively with other professionals within the health economy and from other organisations.
• Knowledge and experience of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative

Skills and Knowledge

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• IT skills and ability to use Microsoft packages
• Ability to demonstrate an awareness of social and cultural factors relating to breastfeeding, infant feeding and weaning practices.
• Knowledge of Baby Friendly Initiative

Personal attributes

• Demonstrates the values and behaviours underpinning the ICFT - respect, learning, care, communication and safety
• Committed to professional development

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.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata per annum