Infant Feeding Specialist Health Visitor

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; Bromley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Infant Feeding Specialist Health Visitor to provide expert support and training within their Health Visiting Service. This role, which is on a fixed-term basis until March 2026, involves working collaboratively with other health professionals to enhance infant feeding practices and ensure the highest standards of care for families.

Qualifications

• Experience as a health visitor or similar role.
• Ability to deliver UNICEF Baby Friendly training.
• Clean driving license and transport access are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support and promote infant feeding within the health visiting service.
• Deliver training to staff and liaise with health professionals.
• Lead the audit program for maintaining Baby Friendly accreditation.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Education

Nursing degree

Specialist training in infant feeding

Job description

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Health Visiting band 7 Infant Feeding Specialist Health Visitor – this post will consist of supporting Infant feeding in the Lewisham Health Visiting service and holding a case load as a senior practitioner. This is an 8-month fixed term/secondment cover until end of March 2026

We are looking for an experienced and innovative Infant Feeding Specialist Health Visitor within the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

In our last CQC inspection LGT Children’s Community Directorate were awarded an "outstanding" rating. The Health Visiting Service is accredited by UNICEF UK as Baby Friendly Level 3. The service was commended for providing a high standard of care to pregnant women and new mothers.

We have other specialist posts in the service, Perinatal Specialist Health Visitor, and a Domestic Violence Specialist Health Visitor. As the infant feeding specialist, you will be responsible for promoting effective working relationships by liaising with colleagues, GP’s, other professionals, and statutory and voluntary agencies, organising, and delivering training to all grades of clinical and non-clinical staff.

A clean driving license, access to a car or alternative transport i.e., bicycle is an essential requirement of this post.

The successful candidate will be a resource for practitioners and support them when they are working with complex Infant Feeding cases. You will be an excellent communicator who can promote effective working relationships with all health care professionals and agencies.

You will organise and deliver UNICEF Baby Friendly training and assessment of Health Visiting staff breastfeeding skill in conjunction with the management team and clinical specialist educator.

You will be responsible for leading the audit programme for the Health Visiting service to ensure Baby Friendly accreditation Level 3 is maintained. You will ensure that the Health Visiting service has in place robust working practices that will deliver on the strategic level outcomes.

You will support Children’s centre and family hub colleagues who are working with women and families to support their feeding choices. You will be required to plan and organise your own workload around the infant feeding strategy in Lewisham and Greenwich.

You will be a role model who is supportive to fellow colleagues, team managers, the neighbourhood health visitor Leads and support regular clinical delivery You will be an enthusiastic individual, possessing good organisational and communication skills and have the ability as an infant feeding specialist to implement new initiatives and to motivate members of the health visiting teams across Lewisham.

Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Adefunke Olotu Job title: Neighbourhood Health Visitor Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0203 049 2778

Please contact Neighbourhood HV Leads: Ade Olotu on 02030493441 or Michelle Florio on 02030491809 or Linda Johnstone on 02030492788 or Michelle Muteiwa on 07500911784 for any further information

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