Infant Feeding Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Infant Feeding Practitioner in Derbyshire.

You will work across the locality as part of the infant feeing practitioner team.

This role is part of the 0-5 children services and will involve close work with health visitors and midwives in the local area.

They will be visiting new families in the immediate post birth period to provide support for infant feeding.

Contact will be face to face and using digital technology. You applicant will need to be confident to lead community groups to support infant feeding and have knowledge and awareness of skills around breast feeding.

You will work as part of the health visiting team to offer peer support to women who are establishing breast feeding, whilst ensuring they also engage with partners, wider family members and the community.

You will provide a high standard of information about infant feeding and support to mothers, partners, and their babies, before and after the birth in a range of settings: home, clinics, and Children's Centres.

You will utilise a range of assessment skills and tools to enable them to identify breastfeeding problems and give evidence-based information to promote and support responsive feeding in line with national and local guidelines and public health priorities.

To work proactively using a partnership approach to promote health, and contribute to tackling health inequalities within the level of competencies required for the post.

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.

The High Peaks, North Dales and Glossop 0-19 Team have been awarded Gold accreditation for their work with Families and Communities.

DCHS is a forward-thinking, supportive Trust, who are a UNICEF Baby-Friendly accredited organisation and achieved Outstanding CQC status in 2019.

Working in a diverse, rural community you will be delivering public health work within local communities.

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