NHS
Nursery Nurse Infant Feeding Support
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Job Description
- Req#: C9361-25-0338?language=en&page=52&sort=publicationDateDesc
- NNEB qualification or equivalent e.g. NVQ level 3 in childrens care; CACHE level 3 diploma in child care & education; BTEC national diploma in childrens care, learning & development
- Safeguarding children training / experience
- Qualification or evidence of additional appropriate courses.
- Recent experience of working with children, preferably babies
- Working with children or babies in a health care environment
- Previous experience of working in a hospital
- Good communication skills
- Basic IT skills and willingness to develop these
- Willingness to learn new skills
- Flexibility and team participation
- Evidence of commitment to professional development
- Data Input Skills
- Child Development
- Ability to follow direction of allocated tasks
- Awareness of safeguarding children
- Previous knowledge of working in a neonatal unit
- Understanding of importance of effective and timely communication with other members of the team
- Willingness to assist with other duties when appropriate
- Participation in shift work including nights, weekends and bank holidays
- Role model our Trust values every day
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- NNEB qualification or equivalent e.g. NVQ level 3 in childrens care; CACHE level 3 diploma in child care & education; BTEC national diploma in childrens care, learning & development
- Safeguarding children training / experience
- Qualification or evidence of additional appropriate courses.
- Recent experience of working with children, preferably babies
- Working with children or babies in a health care environment
- Previous experience of working in a hospital
- Good communication skills
- Basic IT skills and willingness to develop these
- Willingness to learn new skills
- Flexibility and team participation
- Evidence of commitment to professional development
- Data Input Skills
- Child Development
- Ability to follow direction of allocated tasks
- Awareness of safeguarding children
- Previous knowledge of working in a neonatal unit
- Understanding of importance of effective and timely communication with other members of the team
- Willingness to assist with other duties when appropriate
- Participation in shift work including nights, weekends and bank holidays
- Role model our Trust values every day
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
Job summary
We are recruiting for a Nursery Nurse specifically for infant feeding support in the neonatal unit who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients and their parents.
We are looking for a dynamic individual to participate as a member of the Neonatal Infant Feeding team providing evidence-based family centred care.
We are a busy innovative Level 2 Neonatal unit. We achieved Stage 2 accreditation of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative in 2024. We are currently working towards Gold BLISS Accreditation as well as to be fully BFI accredited by the end of 2025.
We have a dynamic and established Infant feeding team which comprised of a Band 7 Infant feeding lead, a band 6 Infant feeding coordinator and BFI project lead and a band 4 Nursery nurse as infant feeding support. We are excited to welcome a new addition to our IFT.
As an infant feeding support, you will be allocated dates to attend study days/courses/updates relevant to your role.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
You will provide infant feeding support adhering to holistic family centred and integrated care for Special Care infants and infants on Transitional Care under supervision of Nurse Team Managers or Team Leaders.
Assist the infant feeding team with infant feeding audits and may be delegated to work in the milk kitchen in the preparation and storage of infant feeds as part of milk kitchen duties.
Participate in all duties required in the milk kitchen and actively support breast feeding initiatives.
Assessment of a mother's lactation and supply using the UNICEF audit tool.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
o The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
o New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
o Hertford County, Hertford
o Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Details
Date posted
09 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
361-7174382
Job locations
Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
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Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
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Qualifications/Training
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Desirable
Previous Experience
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Skills
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Desirable
Knowledge
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Other requirements
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Qualifications/Training
Essential
Desirable
Previous Experience
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Skills
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Other requirements
Essential
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
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
Employer's website
https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
Employer's website
https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.