Associate Specialist Bereavement Midwife - 15 hpw

NHS; Bradford; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

Bradford Teaching Hospitals is seeking an Associate Specialist Bereavement Midwife for a 15-hour-per-week role. This position focuses on providing compassionate care for families experiencing pregnancy loss, supporting staff training, and enhancing bereavement services. The ideal candidate is a dynamic midwife with experience in bereavement care looking to further develop their skills in a vital support role.

Qualifications

• Experience of working as a registered midwife.
• Experience caring for bereaved families.
• Experience of having difficult conversations.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for women and families experiencing pregnancy loss.
• Ensure high-quality bereavement care across maternity services.
• Conduct bereavement audits and participate in training.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Listening skills

IT skills

Organizational skills

Education

Registered Midwife with active NMC registration

Teaching qualification as defined by the NMC

Recognised bereavement care training

Recognised leadership qualification

Job description

Go back Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Associate Specialist Bereavement Midwife - 15 hpw

The closing date is 03 July 2025

Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 04.07.25

We are excited to have further hours in the bereavement service to fulfil the vision of a 7 day bereavement service.

This exciting role is an excellent way of gaining experience and collaborating with the existing bereavement team and wider support services. This role will provide an opportunity for you to explore a specialist service and enhance any future aspirations to be a senior leader of the future.

Are you a compassionate practitioner who is focused on providing personalised and quality bereavement care?

Are you determined and committed to supporting transformation of the bereavement service?

If so why not come and join our bereavement team at Bradford Teaching Hospitals Women's Service.

This service requires caring, experienced and dynamic midwives who wish to expand their skills and expertise within bereavement care. Working at Bradford will provide an insight into improving bereavement care that meets the needs of a diverse and multicultural population.

We are excited to welcome applications from band 6 midwives who can demonstrate expert skills in communication and are confident in conducting sensitive conversations and delivering difficult news to families. We require dynamic, determined midwives who wish to expand and partake in bereavement training once appointed.

Main duties of the job

You will be involved in the provision of care for women and families who have experienced any type of pregnancy loss including miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, sudden infant death or a termination of pregnancy. This will include supporting the women emotionally and ensuring their needs are met by having comprehensive and compassionate discussion relating to bereavement issues and hospital practices. This will consist of working with external agencies and support groups.

They will be responsible for providing support to staff in clinical areas and be available to ensure high quality bereavement care is provided. They will act as advocates for the women and as bereavement champions across different setting of the maternity and gynaecology service.

They will be responsible for keeping up to date with contemporary evidence based practice and guidance, Human Tissue Authority assurances (HTA) and ensure this is cascaded to the wider multidisciplinary team including gynaecology, maternity and the neonatal service.

The post holder will also be involved in completing bereavement care audits to continuously monitor the service being provided and to help implement actions derived from this. As part of this they will be responsible for collating data and ensuring this is reported to MBRRACE:UK (Mothers and Babies.

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About us

You will join our existing Associate Specialist midwives. The minimum hours expected for this post is 15 hours per week with the remainder of your clinical hours (if you chose to work additional) working in your chosen area of practice to continue championing bereavement care. We welcome retire and return midwives, external and internal candidates to maximise the potential and perspective for the service.

You will be involved in all aspects of bereavement care from the diagnosis of a loss , supporting midwives delivering intrapartum care and following the birth into the community setting. You will be responsible for the day to day bereavement service supporting the band 7 lead with the strategic elements of their role which includes involvement in shaping the service of the now and future

As a teaching hospital, the Foundation Trust is at the forefront of research and development in healthcare. This promotes a culture of learning and professional development that ensures that all doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals practice the highest clinical standards.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description document for further information with regards to the job description and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

other requirement

• Flexible to work in different areas within the trust to support staff and patients
• Motivation and commitment to provide a high standard of care

Experience

• Experience of working as a registered midwife
• Experience of caring for bereaved families
• Experience of having difficult conversations and sharing bad news
• Experience of providing education and training
• Experience of assurance processes, audits and people management

Skills

• Basic IT skills
• Effective communication skills especially when having sensitive discussions with families and colleagues
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Excellent interpersonal and listening skills
• Ability to plan, organise and manage work load effectively
• Flexibility and adaptability in approach and attitude
• Ability to display information clearly using digital methods
• Evidence of influencing and change management skills

Knowledge

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
• Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients, and colleagues
• Understanding and awareness of the National Bereavement Care Pathway and the Ockenden Reports and what they recommend for gold standard bereavement care.
• Understanding key issues and drivers within the National maternity agenda in relation to reducing stillbirth rates.
• Understanding the role of national audit tools used in the reporting of pregnancy losses and risk management.
• Understanding of the risk and governance agenda within local maternity including learning from incidents and the management of tissue samples.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with an active NMC registration
• Teaching qualification as defined by the NMC e.g SLIP course
• Recognised bereavement care training and qualifications
• Recognised leadership qualification or relevant experience
• Evidence of continuous professional development and application of knowledge to practice especially in relation to bereavement care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearPer Annum (pro rata)