Infant Feeding Midwife | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

North Middlesex Maternity

"A career in Midwifery, not just a job.”

We are looking for a midwife who is passionate about supporting women, birthing people and their families with their infant feeding choices. As feeding midwife you should be prepared to champion infant feeding practices and educate and support women and staff to achieve the best outcome for their infant feeding journey.

As infant feeding midwife, you will be responsible for organising and facilitating training for staff using evidence-based guidance to ensure that staff are trained to the highest standard possible.

Your role will include offering education to families to support them with their infant feeding choices and to create communities of peer support and network opportunities.

You will have joint responsibility in maintaining Baby Friendly level 3 status within the department and all process associated with that.

You will be expected to work with individuals and teams within and outside of the department to promote the service and work collaboratively to improve support for women for the whole of their infant feeding journey.

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.

Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing.

We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.

For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

This advert closes on Thursday 7 May 2026