Infant Feeding Practitioner

Overview

Help Give Babies the Best Start in Life. As an Infant Feeding Practitioner, you will support families during the crucial early days, weeks, and months of a baby's life. You will work across Bath and North East Somerset to deliver a specialist infant feeding service, maintaining UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative standards and collaborating with local Infant Feeding Leads, Health Visiting teams, Midwives, the Local Authority and other partners to provide high‑quality, evidence‑based support to families.

• Support the planning, implementation and ongoing development of UNICEF BFI standards across the B&NES Child and Family Service.
• Maintain evidence‑based infant feeding support and address social and emotional needs of parents during the perinatal period.
• Provide specialist support for complex infant feeding issues, ensuring optimal growth and milk transfer.
• Manage workload and referrals autonomously under the supervision of the Infant Feeding Lead.
• Assist the Lead in training Health Visitors, Staff Nurses and Early Years Community Practitioners.
• Facilitate student and colleague observations and development in infant feeding support.
• Participate in audits and monitor outcomes of the specialist infant feeding service.
• Aid in developing and reviewing infant feeding policies and guidelines.
• Engage in CPD and self‑directed learning to stay current in infant feeding support.

• Base location: St Martin’s Hospital
• Hours: 22.5 hours per week
• Travel across the Bath and North East Somerset area with opportunities for agile working.

• Salary of £31,710 FTE with group pension access.
• Free tea, coffee and milk at the base location.
• Membership of My Reward Hub for discounts on everyday purchases, cashback and voucher offers.
• Access to wages as earned to cover emergencies and avoid overdraft fees.
• Support for mental and physical wellbeing, including healthy recipes, activity challenges, post‑trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, and career coaching.
• eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for CPD through the Learning Enterprise.
• An open, just culture encouraging idea implementation and backed by ring‑fenced innovation funding.

• Qualified to at least Level 5 of the Qualifications Framework (Dip HE, HND, Foundation Degree or NVQ level
  5) with a specialist qualification in breastfeeding support.
• Evidence of a commitment to continued CPD in breastfeeding and infant health and wellbeing.
• Good understanding of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative programme and the Healthy Child Programme.
• Experience collaborating with other health care and service providers to support continuity of care for families.
• Driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a diverse range of people. We are a Disability Confident, Committed company and provide facilities, work‑environment adjustments and technical solutions to be inclusive of everyone.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, or any other protected characteristic.