Nursery Nurse Infant Feeding Support

NHS; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Nursery Nurse for infant feeding support in the neonatal unit. The role involves providing evidence-based family-centered care and participating in audits and milk kitchen duties. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and recent experience with children, preferably in a healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Recent experience of working with children, preferably babies.
• Evidence of commitment to professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide infant feeding support adhering to holistic family centred care.
• Assist the infant feeding team with audits and milk kitchen duties.

Skills

Basic IT skills

Flexibility

Team participation

Data Input Skills

Education

NNEB qualification

NVQ level 3 in children's care

CACHE level 3 diploma in child care & education

BTEC national diploma in children's care

Job description

Go back East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Nursery Nurse Infant Feeding Support

The closing date is 23 May 2025

We are recruiting for a Nursery Nurse specifically for infant feeding support in the neonatal unit who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients and their parents.

We are looking for a dynamic individual to participate as a member of the Neonatal Infant Feeding team providing evidence-based family centred care.

We are a busy innovative Level 2 Neonatal unit. We achieved Stage 2 accreditation of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative in 2024. We are currently working towards Gold BLISS Accreditation as well as to be fully BFI accredited by the end of 2025.

We have a dynamic and established Infant feeding team which comprised of a Band 7 Infant feeding lead, a band 6 Infant feeding coordinator and BFI project lead and a band 4 Nursery nurse as infant feeding support. We are excited to welcome a new addition to our IFT.

As an infant feeding support, you will be allocated dates to attend study days/courses/updates relevant to your role.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

You will provide infant feeding support adhering to holistic family centred and integrated care for Special Care infants and infants on Transitional Care under supervision of Nurse Team Managers or Team Leaders.

Assist the infant feeding team with infant feeding audits and may be delegated to work in the milk kitchen in the preparation and storage of infant feeds as part of milk kitchen duties.

Participate in all duties required in the milk kitchen and actively support breast feeding initiatives.

Assessment of a mother's lactation and supply using the UNICEF audit tool.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

o The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

o New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

o Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

• NNEB qualification or equivalent e.g. NVQ level 3 in childrens care; CACHE level 3 diploma in child care & education; BTEC national diploma in childrens care, learning & development
• Qualification or evidence of additional appropriate courses.

Previous Experience

• Recent experience of working with children, preferably babies
• Working with children or babies in a health care environment
• Previous experience of working in a hospital

Skills

• Basic IT skills and willingness to develop these
• Willingness to learn new skills
• Flexibility and team participation
• Evidence of commitment to professional development
• Data Input Skills

Knowledge

• Child Development
• Ability to follow direction of allocated tasks
• Awareness of safeguarding children
• Previous knowledge of working in a neonatal unit
• Understanding of importance of effective and timely communication with other members of the team

Other requirements

• Willingness to assist with other duties when appropriate
• Participation in shift work including nights, weekends and bank holidays
• Role model our Trust values every day
• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion

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.

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

£26,530 to £29,114 a yearper annum pro rata