Infant Feeding Support Worker: Sponsorship Available

Job Summary

This is an exciting Support Worker opportunity to join one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK with an international reputation and a tradition for innovation.

If you are committed to contributing to a team delivering excellence in maternity and neonatal care and have the desire to pursue a rewarding career, then UCLH maternity services is definitely the place for you. You will be joining an enthusiastic, friendly, motivated multidisciplinary team working within a centre of excellence for maternity service delivery.

We have a busy level three neonatal unit with close links with the other UCLH specialist hospitals and Great Ormond Street Hospital. Our maternity unit cares for approximately 6,000 births per year and we have a co-located midwifery led birth centre delivering 1000 births per year. We look after a diverse population of which we offer an individualized service, and we are committed to the promotion of normality and the forefront of innovation. Our first-class service is reflected in the positive feedback we receive, and the many women outside our catchment area choosing to come and give birth here with us at UCLH

We have a strong commitment to staff development and service improvement; have commissioned links with City, Southbank and Kings College Universities.Situated in central London there is an easy commute to all major train stations, and excellent tube links. You’ll be perfectly positioned outside work too as we’re located right in the heart of London’s West End.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit a Band 4 Infant Feeding Support Worker on a permanent contract for 23 hours a week.

The Maternity Care Unit consists of 40 beds. We work in close partnership with our transitional care unit which is also situated on the ward. UCLH is UNICEF Baby Friendly Accredited.

You will need good communication skills, be able to function well as part of a team and be motivated to facilitate changes.

We are seeking a capable and experienced infant feeding support worker to complement our existing team which is based on our busy postnatal ward.

If you are looking to develop your career and postnatal care is your passion then this is fantastic opportunity.

We require the post holder to be enthusiastic, and demonstrate the appropriate competencies for the role, working within the existing multidisciplinary team and have good communication skills on all levels. Previous experience and training in supporting breastfeeding is essential.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.