Neonatal Specialist Infant Feeding Nurse / Midwife, Band 7

This exciting role is responsible for promoting effective infant feeding support to all new parents in the neonatal unit and transitional care, ensuring that breast-feeding is actively promoted.

You will be responsible for promoting effective infant feeding support of all new parents in transitional care and the neonatal unit, ensuring that breast feeding is actively promoted. Ensuring that all new parents receive support and advice on: the importance of breastfeeding, the benefits and impact breastfeeding will have on short- and long-term health and wellbeing for the mother and baby, maximising milk supply by hand expressing and using the breast pump, safe breast milk storage and support with responsive bottle feeding if that is the parental choice or clinically indicated.

Additionally, youwill support the Infant Feeding Team in achieving full UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation for LNU and re-accreditation for Maternity with a view to a whole service accreditation of the gold award.

With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. As well as generous annual leave allowance, access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

We are committed to diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity for everyone, valuing and celebrating differences and encouraging a workplace and culture where all can thrive. We endeavour to ensure each and every person working in our organisation feel respected and valued. Respecting and valuing differences will help to ensure that our policies and services reflect the needs and experiences of the people and community we serve.