HENRY Early Infant Feeding Practitioner, Waltham Forest

Whipps Cross Hospital

Part time fixed-term contract to 31 March 2025

(minimum 15 to 22.5 hours a week)

Are you passionate about babies and helping support families with their early baby feeding journeys in a hospital setting?

We are seeking an Early Infant Feeding Practitioner to provide excellent infant feeding support to families in Waltham Forest.   

You will be a trained and accredited Infant Feeding specialist, with an empathic and caring approach. You will be there to support families during the antenatal period through to support on the postnatal wards. You will be that friendly face for both breastfeeding and bottle-feeding families in your face-to-face ward sessions and through delivery of virtual and face-to-face workshops. You will be able to build and maintain good relationships with our health and infant feeding partners to share our offer to help more local families find out about the service.  

We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who are from or represent our local community.

HENRY is a learning organisation with a strong culture rooted in development, self-reflection and partnership working.  Our teams have a shared sense of unity, support and community building at the heart of what we do.

Looking for a full time post? We have another opportunity in the local community setting and would welcome joint applications.

Click here for an application pack which includes a job description and person specification for both a qualified practitioner and trainee, along with details of how to apply.

Please note, that although you can apply via NHSjobs the information that is shared with us puts you at a disadvantage in comparison to completing our application form.

Closing date for completed applications: 9am Monday 15th July 2024

Interviews: week beginning 22nd July 2024