Infant Feeding Practitioner | Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

DCHS Foundation Trust; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A health services trust in Chesterfield is seeking an Infant Feeding Practitioner to provide breastfeeding support to new families, lead community initiatives, and ensure high standards of information on infant feeding. This role involves collaboration with health visitors and midwives within a diverse community. Candidates should have a commitment to health improvement initiatives. The position is crucial in addressing health inequalities and improving community health outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Visit new families to provide support for breastfeeding.
• Lead community groups to support infant feeding.
• Work with the health visiting team to offer peer support.
• Provide high-quality information on infant feeding.
• Utilise assessment skills to identify breastfeeding problems.
• Support health and public health objectives.
• Contribute to community health improvement initiatives.

Job description

Overview

Step into a pivotal role within a growing team. An opportunity has arisen for an Infant Feeding Practitioner in Chesterfield and the surrounding area. You will work across the locality as part of the breastfeeding practitioner team. This role is part of the 0-5 children services and will involve close work with health visitors and midwives in the local area.

Responsibilities

• Visit new families in the immediate post birth period to provide support for breastfeeding. Contact will be face to face and using digital technology.
• Lead community groups to support infant feeding and maintain knowledge and awareness of breastfeeding skills.
• Work as part of the health visiting team to offer peer support to women who are establishing breastfeeding while ensuring engagement with partners, wider family members and the community.
• Provide a high standard of information about infant feeding and support to mothers, partners, and their babies before and after the birth in settings such as home, clinics, and Children\'s Centres.
• Utilise a range of assessment skills and tools to identify breastfeeding problems and provide evidence-based information to promote and support responsive feeding in line with national and local guidelines and public health priorities.
• Work proactively using a partnership approach to promote health and contribute to tackling health inequalities within the level of competencies required for the post.
• Support the wider health and public health objectives within the Chesterfield area, contributing to community health improvement initiatives.

About the employer

The post is based in the Chesterfield area which has Gold accreditation for work with Families and Communities. DCHS is a forward-thinking, supportive Trust, UNICEF Baby-Friendly accredited, and achieved Outstanding CQC status in 2022. Working in a diverse community you will be delivering public health work around infant nutrition within the local community. Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire. We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes, people\'s own homes and via virtual consultations.

How to apply

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This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Nov 2025.