Bereavement Midwife

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Bury St Edmunds is seeking a Band 6 Bereavement Midwife to lead bereavement care support for families experiencing pregnancy loss. This role involves providing clinical leadership, delivering training, and ensuring families receive compassionate support during difficult times. The ideal candidate will hold midwifery qualifications and have significant clinical experience in an NHS setting.

Qualifications

• Ability to deputise for Bereavement Lead in her absence.
• Valid registration as registered midwife or Nurse.
• Extensive clinical experience in an acute NHS trust.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective clinical leadership and support to all midwives and neonatal staff.
• Support the delivery of high-quality bereavement support service.
• Ensure families receive information on bereavement charities.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Good organisational skills

Teaching skills

Analytical skills

Education

Registered midwife or Nurse

Degree or evidence of study at Degree Level

Diploma in Counselling

Job description

We are seeking Band 6 Bereavement Midwife, who are committed to providing high quality bereavement care, to join our dedicated healthcare team at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

The aim of this role is to support the Bereavement Lead Midwife to ensure that there is a coordinated approach to providing seamless bereavement care support to women/birthing people and their families.

The Bereavement Support Midwife will support the Bereavement Lead Midwife in the provision of care, support and practical advice to staff, women and their families experiencing pregnancy loss and the death of a baby.

The Bereavement Support Midwife will assist the Bereavement Lead Midwife in the delivery of an education programme around baby loss and bereavement care and support to all health professionals.

You will work as part of our friendly team, providing care to bereaved families in the West Suffolk area.

You will be provided with an induction programme and full training to fulfil the role requirements.

Main duties of the job

Provide effective clinical leadership and support to all midwives, neonatal staff and students around bereavement support

To support the delivery of a high-quality bereavement support service to women and their families following pregnancy loss or baby death.

To participate in the development and implementation of policies, guidelines, and patient information.

Support staff in meeting the standards of care for the provision of information and practical advice to parents experiencing termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly, stillbirth, and neonatal death.

To stand-in, as appropriate, for the Bereavement Lead

To ensure families are given information on national and local bereavement charities and support organisation

To support the delivery of bereavement training and education programme to inform all staff within the multi-disciplinary team of current best practice in bereavement care.

About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details of the role and person specification.

The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Management

• Ability to deputise for Bereavement Lead in her absence
• Time management
• Proven leadership and organisational skills
• Project Management

Education and qualifications

• Valid registration as registered midwife or Nurse
• Degree or evidence of study at Degree Level.
• Experience in working withing NNU
• Diploma in Counselling

Experience and knowledge

• Extensive clinical experience
• Experience of working in an acute NHS trust
• Worked in a variety of settings
• Evidence of muti-professional working
• Experience of supervising trained and untrained staff
• Knowledge of national and local bereavement charities and support organisations such as SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society), ARC (Antenatal Results and Choices) and CBUK (Child Bereavement UK).
• Bereavement counselling experience & training

Skills and abilities

• Practitioner in accordance with the NMC Code
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as autonomously.
• Analytical skills.
• Teaching skills.
• Working knowledge of safeguarding issues
• Commitment to and up to date knowledge of issues affecting 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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPro rata per annum