Specialist Nurse Infant Feeding

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in the UK seeks a passionate individual to join their Specialist Nursing Team, focusing on infant feeding practices within Neonates and Paediatrics. The ideal candidate will guide staff in supporting families’ choices and maintain adherence to UNICEF Baby Friendly standards. This role offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in healthcare and requires a commitment to excellence in provider-patient relationships.

Qualifications

• Passionate and knowledgeable individual required for leading infant feeding practices.
• Ability to support families in their infant feeding choices.
• Experience in developing and implementing health care pathways.

Responsibilities

• Promote evidence-based infant feeding management.
• Train staff to support families’ infant feeding choices.
• Audit and implement infant feeding pathways.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Specialist Nursing Team within Neonates and Paediatrics at Sherwood Forest Hospitals. We are seeking a passionate and knowledgeable individual to lead and support infant feeding practices across our Neonatal and Children’s services.

Key Responsibilities

• Promote and support evidence-based infant feeding management.
• Ensure all staff are equipped to support families’ infant feeding choices both in hospital and at home.
• Maintain and implement pathways aligned with UNICEF Baby Friendly standards, including Neonatal Standards and Hospital-Based Children’s Standards.
• Develop, implement, and audit relevant pathways, policies, and processes related to infant feeding and newborn care.
• Provide training, guidance, and foster effective communication across the division to support a positive learning environment.

Apply now to join our team and make a difference in the lives of mums and children!

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Role

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For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Sarah Jenkins
Job title: Matron for Neonates, Children and Young People
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]