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Infant Feeding Maternity Support Worker
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
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Job summary
Infant Feeding Maternity Support Worker
Join Our Maternity Team
We are seeking a compassionate and enthusiastic Infant Feeding Maternity Support Worker to join our dedicated maternity services team. This is an exciting opportunity to support new and expectant families in establishing and maintaining safe, responsive infant feeding practices while promoting positive health outcomes for mothers and babies.
Working alongside midwives, infant feeding specialists, health visitors, and other healthcare professionals, you will provide practical, evidence-based support and information to women and families throughout their infant feeding journey.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide one-to-one support to women and families with infant feeding, including breastfeeding and formula feeding.
- Assist mothers to initiate and maintain breastfeeding, offering practical guidance and encouragement.
- Promote responsive feeding and support parents in making informed feeding choices.
- Support women with expressing breast milk and safe storage practices.
- Deliver infant feeding information in antenatal, postnatal, community, and hospital settings.
- Maintain accurate records and documentation in line with organisational policies.
- Identify and escalate concerns regarding infant feeding, maternal wellbeing, or infant health to appropriate healthcare professionals.
- Work collaboratively with midwives, neonatal staff, health visitors, and infant feeding specialists.
- Contribute to the achievement and maintenance of Baby Friendly Initiative standards where applicable.
- Support the delivery of health promotion initiatives related to maternal and infant health.
PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS NOT A GENERIC MATERNITY SUPPORT WORKER ROLE
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.
Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.
We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Details
Date posted
21 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
3 years
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
328-FHS-7981913-B
Job locations
The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Numeracy and Literacy Level 2 or Maths & English GCSE A-C/4-9 or Maths & English O Level/GCE A-C or Maths & English CSE Grade 1 or NARIC/ENIC which compares the qualification to UK GCSE (https://www.enic-naric.net/)
- Level 3 vocational qualification or Short courses and completion of compe-tency workbook equivalent to Level 3 in a range of patient and clinical care du-ties and/or Equivalent knowledge and experience in a range of clinical care duties equivalent to Level 3: -Theoretical knowledge -Experience of a range of care and related procedures -clinical observations -knowledge of relevant legislation
- Care certificate
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in health or social care.
- Experience of undertaking and recording clinical observations and escalation of changes or findings.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an NHS care role.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal, communication & active listening skills. Ability to adopt appropriate styles & methods of communication.
- Timekeeping, planning and prioritisation skills.
- Basic IT skills to use electronic patient records & other Trust systems.
- Analytical and judgement skills to make decisions based on patient / service user interactions and observations and metrics.
- Working knowledge of legislation underpinning care provision.
- Ability to demonstrate the importance of holistic person-centred care & related procedures.
- Understanding of the importance of robust, accurate, clear, timely documentation.
- Insight into behaviours and skills of a carer and the need for effective teamwork.
- Awareness of GDPR and the need for confidentiality
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Numeracy and Literacy Level 2 or Maths & English GCSE A-C/4-9 or Maths & English O Level/GCE A-C or Maths & English CSE Grade 1 or NARIC/ENIC which compares the qualification to UK GCSE (https://www.enic-naric.net/)
- Level 3 vocational qualification or Short courses and completion of compe-tency workbook equivalent to Level 3 in a range of patient and clinical care du-ties and/or Equivalent knowledge and experience in a range of clinical care duties equivalent to Level 3: -Theoretical knowledge -Experience of a range of care and related procedures -clinical observations -knowledge of relevant legislation
- Care certificate
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in health or social care.
- Experience of undertaking and recording clinical observations and escalation of changes or findings.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an NHS care role.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal, communication & active listening skills. Ability to adopt appropriate styles & methods of communication.
- Timekeeping, planning and prioritisation skills.
- Basic IT skills to use electronic patient records & other Trust systems.
- Analytical and judgement skills to make decisions based on patient / service user interactions and observations and metrics.
- Working knowledge of legislation underpinning care provision.
- Ability to demonstrate the importance of holistic person-centred care & related procedures.
- Understanding of the importance of robust, accurate, clear, timely documentation.
- Insight into behaviours and skills of a carer and the need for effective teamwork.
- Awareness of GDPR and the need for confidentiality
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 details
Employer name
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)