Specialist Midwife - Infant Feeding

NHS; Derby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organisation is seeking a highly motivated band 6 Specialist Midwife to enhance its infant feeding support service. This role requires a Registered Midwife with knowledge of best practices and the ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure effective support for new mothers. The successful candidate will be instrumental in driving forward the UNICEF BFI standards and ensuring compliance with health regulations.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• Current Registered Midwife certification required.
• Ability to motivate and organise others for best practice.
• Demonstrated knowledge of infant feeding practices, including BFI.

Responsibilities

• Delivering UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) standards.
• Support the implementation of infant feeding policies.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Motivating and organising others

Knowledge of infant feeding practices

Evidence of CPD

Education

Registered Midwife (diploma or degree)

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Midwife - Infant Feeding

The closing date is 01 July 2025

An opportunity has evolved for a highly motivated band 6 midwife to progress the development of UHDB's maternity infant feeding specialist support service.

The role is pivotal in supporting UHDB to continue and embed its UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Accreditation and be responsive to national infant feeding priorities that meet the educational and emotional needs associated with infant feeding for women and their families.

Alongside our Lead Specialist Midwife responsible for Infant Feeding the post holder will work at a multi-agency level to ensure the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly standards are fully integrated into our practice in a way that is both effective in the short term and sustainable. Working closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team and with public health focus the successful applicant will promote a coordinated approach to support effective; evidence based infant feeding and parent-infant relationships.

Candidate needs current driving licence and access to a car.

Main duties of the job

Delivering the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) standard.

We are looking for a committed, self-motivated, hardworking individual who would be able to drive forward our infant feeding policy and support staff to make the changes needed to implement BFI's best practice standards. Safeguarding compliance with the International Code of the Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes will be compulsory.

Closing Date of Applications: 01 July 2025

Interview Date:15 July 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

• Current Registered Midwife (diploma or degree)
• Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice
• Evidence of CPD
• Demonstrate a good knowledge of infant feeding practices including BFI
• Evidence of knowledge and skills to provide effective infant feeding support

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.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust