Infant Feeding Specialist - Bromley 0-19 Service

Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing, district nursing, health visiting, specialist nursing and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.

This advert is for an Infant Feeding Specialist based in Bromley. The postholder will form part of the Health Visiting Team in the borough of Bromley. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a committed, self‑driven, motivated practitioner who has the enthusiasm and passion to drive forward the infant feeding service and support staff to achieve UNICEF BFI accreditation. The post holder will work in partnership with the Infant Feeding Lead on the planning, implementation, maintenance and accreditation of UNICEF BFI standards across the service.

Main duties of the job:

• Plan, implement and maintain the UNICEF BFI standards across the health visiting service.
• Work in partnership with midwives, the Local Authority and other relevant parties to ensure a coordinated approach to breastfeeding support and management is adopted locally.
• Increase breastfeeding rates as part of improving health outcomes for all mothers and children, particularly those from less advantaged groups.
• Ensure staff training and clinical practice, audit and data collection, roll out of best practice standards within all front‑line staff and the promotion and support for breastfeeding across the wider community of Bromley.
• Engage GPs and GP practice staff in the breastfeeding agenda.
• Work flexibly and independently as part of a multi‑disciplinary team.

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
• NMC registered Nurse IBCLC/Breastfeeding Counsellor.

Training:

• Evidence of further training in Infant feeding.
• UNICEF BFI Close and Loving Relationships.
• UNICEF BFI Train the Trainer.
• UNICEF BFI Audit training.

Skills:

• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Experience of delivering training/groups.
• Ability to use information technology systems and programmes effectively.
• Able to organise and prioritise workload.
• Demonstrates ability to work as part of a team.
• Demonstrates leadership skills and experience.
• Ability to analyse and interpret audit, information and research.
• Awareness of research and further study.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the public health role of contemporary health visiting and working in community setting.
• Evidence based practice.
• Knowledge of UNICEF BFI and the principles.
• Knowledge of wider feeding issues.

Experience:

• Experience of Health Visiting Services.
• Experience of multi‑disciplinary and multi‑agency working.
• Experience of planning and organising services to meet local needs.
• Knowledge and experience of working with families with safeguarding concerns, in line with local and national protocols and guidance.
• Recent experience of working in a community based setting.
• Extensive clinical experience of supporting women to breastfeed.
• Extensive clinical experience in Infant feeding.
• Experience of co‑ordinating and analysing clinical data.
• Experience of quality improvement.
• Flexible approach to meeting service & client needs.
• Motivated to provide a high standard of care.

Information Technology:

• IT skills required to support undertaking audit/ collate findings and prepare reports and teaching resources.

Other:

• Full UK driving licence and a car for work purposes.
• Flexible working options including compressed hours and part‑time job shares.

We welcome applicants with a disability and are able to support reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process. At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.