Infant Feeding Health Visitor/Registered Midwife

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Infant Feeding Health Visitor/Registered Midwife to support families with feeding challenges. This role involves working in a multi-agency team, providing holistic care, and developing clinical pathways. Candidates should possess strong organisational skills and relevant qualifications, with opportunities for further skill development.

Qualifications

• Registered Health Visitor/Registered Midwife qualification required.
• Experience in prioritising work and working autonomously.
• Understanding of Healthy Child Programme and Public Health Agenda.

Responsibilities

• Daily triage, allocation, and caseload management.
• Providing care via video conferencing, home visits, and clinics.
• Delivering training to stakeholders and conducting clinical audits.

Skills

Communication

Organisational Skills

Problem Solving

Leadership

Time Management

Education

Registered Health Visitor/Registered Midwife

V100 or V150 Non-medical prescriber qualification

Evidence of study in infant feeding

Advanced Clinical Skills in Tongue Tie Management

Job description

Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Infant Feeding Health Visitor/Registered Midwife

The closing date is 29 May 2025

We are looking to recruit to the role of Infant Feeding Health Visitor/Registered Midwife, to work as part of the Infant Feeding Team in Manchester.

This is an exciting opportunity to consolidate your skills and knowledge around infant feeding. The role involves supporting the city wide Health Visiting service, GP's, Paediatricians and tertiary services as well as families of infants with complex or ongoing feeding challenges.

Working as part of a multi-agency team which includes support workers, midwives and dietitians to provide a holistic model of care for infants in Manchester. An excellent understanding of breastfeeding as well as formula and bottle feeding issues will underpin your practice moving forward.

There will be the opportunity to further develop your skills in this field and advanced study in relation to prescribing will be considered for the right candidate.

The team work to Baby Friendly Best practice standards and work to ensure there is no formula industry interference in the service offer. You will be part of a one of a kind service that constantly evolves to meet the needs of clients in the best ways possible.

Main duties of the job

Main duties include daily triage, allocation and caseload management. Providing care via a range of media including video conferencing, home visits and specialised clinics.

You will be expected to work independently whilst ensuring a team approach for appropriate management.

Coordinating packages of care across agencies and disciplines including review of existing feeding and care plans. Overview of prescribing requirements and ensuring the client in on the correct care pathway.

Delivering training to a range of stakeholders. Conducting clinical audit to ensure quality care standards remain in place. You will receive and be part of regular clinical supervision sessions.

You will be involved in developing clinical pathways and policy review. You will conduct skill reviews with colleagues across the service to ensure quality standards are maintained.

You will be required to provide support to student Health Visitors and other members of the team to ensure others are up-skilled in the field.

The role require the candidate to have exceptional organisational skills to navigate systems that support practice delivery.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Registered Health Visitor/Registered Midwife
• Evidence of study within the speciality of infant feeding
• Advanced Clinical Skills in Tongue Tie (Ankyloglossia) Management
• V100 or V150 Non-medical prescriber qualification

Experience

• Experience and evidence of prioritising work, delegation and working autonomously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent IT skills and ability to use electronic records and IT systems to support practice and teams
• Problem solving ability and Training and assessment skills
• Experience and evidence of professional leadership skills
• Caseload delegation and management skills
• In-depth analysis, interpretation of health information and effectiveness of specialist public health initiatives
• Identifies and assesses alternative solutions
• Time management and organisational skills & Change management skills
• Supervision Skills
• Audit and Evaluation Skills

Knowledge and Understanding

• Understanding and commitment to Healthy Child Programme and Public Health Agenda
• Knowledge of national and local drivers for service development
• Knowledge and understanding of current evidence based practice (essential with regard to infant feeding)
• Knowledge and experience of community development
• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice
• Understanding of the need for appropriate information sharing and integrated working to promote positive health outcomes

Other Requirements

• Self-awareness and ability to reflect and constructively challenge both own and others' practices and behaviours
• Strengths based approach to practice
• Committed to positively promoting the health and wellbeing of children and families
• Self-motivated and an ability to motivate others. Positive, professional role model
• Flexible and adaptable to changing needs of health visiting service and Ability to travel across the city

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata)