Infant Feeding Health Visitor/Registered Midwife (NHS AfC: Band 6) - Infant Feeding - Mancheste[...]

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Manchester is seeking an Infant Feeding Health Visitor/Registered Midwife. This role involves supporting families with infant feeding challenges, working collaboratively within a multi-agency team, and providing holistic care. The successful candidate will have opportunities for advanced study and skill development in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in prioritizing work and working autonomously.
• Evidence of professional leadership skills.
• Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Leadership

Education

Registered Health Visitor/Registered Midwife

V100 or V150 Non-medical prescriber qualification

Tools

Electronic Records

IT Systems

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Infant Feeding Health Visitor/Registered Midwife

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area Infant Feeding Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week Job ref 349-LCO-7168315

Site Charlestown Health Centre Town Manchester Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum (Pro Rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 25/05/2025 23:59

Job overview

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll 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 you’ll 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] .

We’re 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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.