Infant Feeding Lead
| Posting date: | 22 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 October 2025 |
| Location: | Stoke on Trent, ST3 6AB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9301-25-1169 |
Summary
To work autonomously and collaborate with professionals involved in the care and management of women and their families in order to promote and facilitate increased breastfeeding initiation and duration, throughout the Health Visiting element of the service. They will act as an expert resource regarding issues affecting women's ability to be able to effectively breastfeed. To plan, deliver and evaluate training and update study days in relation to infant feeding To create processes, pathways, policies and standard operating procedures to promote effective evidence based approaches regarding infant feeding. To evaluate and audit the effectiveness and compliance of the resources/documents Provide clinical specialist support for infant feeding advice where required alongside existing workforce. To use expert knowledge and judgement to take into account the range of care/support packages and treatment options available. To consider each service users personal circumstances and preferences in order to implement and adjust programmes of care and intervention. Have supervisory, training and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements in relation to infant feeding /breast feeding, Lead the staff and build successful links between health visiting and other professions to support and promote effective multi-disciplinary team working