Bereavement Care & Continuous Improvement Midwife

NHS; Bristol; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Midwife to join the Continuous Improvement and Learning Midwifery team at NHS. This role focuses on providing excellent bereavement care and supporting the training of maternity staff, ensuring high-quality standards of care. The successful candidate will be a currently practicing midwife experienced in clinical care for bereaved families, championing best practices.

Qualifications

• Recent experience in bereavement role.
• Broad midwifery experience required.
• Training in 'Breaking Bad News' necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized care to bereaved families.
• Lead staff training in bereavement support.
• Clinical leadership within maternity services.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Managing difficult circumstances

Education

Registered and practicing midwife

Job description

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Midwife skilled in supporting bereaved families to join our Continuous Improvement and Learning Midwifery team. Alongside the existing post holders, you will be responsible for ensuring excellence in bereavement care and the support and training of maternity staff. You will also be required to develop and maintain high quality standards of care and empower colleagues to deliver this.

The successful candidate will be a currently practising midwife experienced in providing clinical care to bereaved families. You will be a visible role model, championing best practice and providing expert knowledge to the multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

You will be a practising midwife who will lead and work as a member of the Multidisciplinary team within the maternity service. You will facilitate and provide individualised care to bereaved women and their families.Overall responsibility for the provision of care, support and practical advice to women and their families following the loss of their baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal or sudden infantdeath syndrome, this is a Trust wide position.Working with the Bereavement Midwife you will provide clinical leadership within the maternity services and will play an integral part in service delivery and development. You will support the development anddelivery of an education programme around baby loss and bereavement to all health care professionals. You will support the Bereavement midwife in the development of guidelines and pathways, and will review them in relation to stillbirths, late miscarriage, medical termination and neonataldeaths.You will collect the data for MBRRACE-UK: Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK and feedback reports and relevant findings to key groups

About us

Our maternity services provide a full range of maternity care. Our dedicated midwives, doctors, maternity care support workers (MCSW's) and support staff are committed to providing personalised care to the highest standards.

The service at North Bristol Trust is based at Southmead Hospital and provides a full range of obstetric services for those who live in the catchment of North Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The maternity department is one of the largest in the country, was awarded 'Good' by the CQC has more than 5200 births each year offering women the choice of 4 places of birth. These include a Consultant led Obstetric Unit with 2 HDU rooms and 9 birthing rooms and a pool room. There is an extensive maternal medicine services, including Perinatal Mental Health and Complex Care team and a Fetal Medicine Service.

The Maternity services are well renowned nationally and internationally, having developed PROMPT and with a wide research portfolio.

We offer a robust preceptorship and induction programme and will support you with achieving your career goals. This post is currently Monday to Friday and will include being part of the clinical on-call rota for the maternity unit.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will have a good level of relevant expert knowledge and skills, which will be used to manage, develop and lead care for families experiencing bereavement. Supporting the bereavement midwife with staff training inbereavement and support including induction training/package for new staff, organising and delivering multidisciplinary training, compiling and maintaining resources. Working with a lead obstetrician and the Bereavement Midwife to provide monthly postnatal clinics in suitable area. The clinic will review care, outcomes, results of investigations and future pregnancy planning. Provide expert advice and support to staff who are themselves supporting parents through the practicalities of childbirth when faced with the addition of unexpected pregnancy loss Provide expert advice to staff in the practical assistance to parents with regards to registration of birth and death and making funeral arrangements for their baby. The post holder will act as a role model to others. To maintain a visible presence and provide expert advice and support for staff who arethemselves supporting parents through the practicalities of birth when faced with theaddition of unexpected pregnancy loss. To ensure HTA (Human Tissue Act) compliance in line with national and local Policy. To disseminate learning to reduce stillbirths and neonatal deaths in line with national guidance To have an up to date knowledge of local services available to pregnant women in relation to bereavement and pregnancy loss. To work in a clinical capacity as a midwife

Person Specification

• Register and practising midwife
• Recent experience/interest in a Bereavement Role
• Broad Midwifery experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work co-operatively with the multi disciplinary team
• Experience of managing difficult and emotional circumstances
• Training in 'Breaking Bad News'
• Evidence of leading and developing a service.
• Working knowledge of the PNMRT process

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.

Continuous Improvement, and Patient Safety Lead

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum (pro rata)