Bereavement Midwife

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Isleworth; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Bereavement Midwife to join their specialist team at a leading maternity unit. In this vital role, you will provide clinical leadership, develop educational programs around baby loss, and deliver compassionate care to bereaved families. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of others while working within a supportive and diverse environment. Join a team that values professional development and offers a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing and career growth. If you are passionate about midwifery and making a difference, this is the role for you.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Professional development programs

Salary sacrifice schemes

Supportive work environment

Free back-up care scheme

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with evidence of practice in all areas of midwifery.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and managerial qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership within maternity services and develop education programs.
• Coordinate care and support for bereaved families and facilitate staff training.

Skills

Effective communication

Teamwork facilitation

Time management

Prioritization

Education

Registered midwife

Degree level or equivalent experience

Counselling Qualification

Job description

We are an award winning organisation providing care at two main hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—and a number of community-based services across London, such as sexual health and HIV clinics.

With 6,700 members of staff, we are proud to care for a diverse population of one million people. We are committed to ensuring that our workforce is just as diverse with a strong mix of skills and abilities.

Our staff are at the very heart of our organisation and we recognise the valuable contribution that each and every person working at the Trust makes. One of our Trust priorities is to be an employer of choice—a place where people want to start their career and to grow with us through continued education, professional development and support.

Site: Queen Mary Maternity Unit, West Middlesex University Hospital
Town: Isleworth
Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 per annum pro rata incl. HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a passionate midwife to join our specialist midwifery team. The Bereavement Midwife will provide clinical leadership within the maternity services and will play an integral part in service delivery and development. They will be pivotal in developing and delivering an education program around baby loss and bereavement to all health care professionals.

Main duties of the job

The Bereavement Midwife will provide clinical leadership within the maternity services and will play an integral part in service delivery and development. They will be pivotal in developing and delivering an education programme around baby loss and bereavement to all health care professionals.

The Bereavement Midwife will assist in the development of guidelines and pathways, and will review them in relation to stillbirths, late miscarriage, medical termination and neonatal deaths.

They 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 to implement service delivery changes as required. The Bereavement Midwife will be responsible for coordinating and implementing the national standardised Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT). The Bereavement Midwife will lead and implement the core principles of the National Bereavement Care pathway.

The Bereavement Midwife will be a practicing registered midwife who will lead and work as a member of the multidisciplinary team within the maternity service. They will facilitate and provide individualised care to bereaved women/birthing people and their families.

Working for our organisation

We are proud of our workforce:

• Our 7,500 staff are recruited from local communities and around the world.
• Our staff rate us second among acute trusts in London as a place to work.
• Despite challenges in the NHS, our low staff vacancy rate remains significantly better than the national average.
• We are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our staff with a huge support offer, including our nationally-recognised free back-up care scheme and Timewise accreditation as a flexible employer.
• We love to develop our people, offering a range of development programmes and apprenticeships, with our healthcare support worker apprentices winning Apprentice of the Year for two years running.
• We offer a fantastic range of salary sacrifice schemes, from season ticket loans, bicycles and vehicles, to gym memberships, home electronics and holidays.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide expert support and facilitation of staff in the provision of information, care, support and practical advice to women/birthing people with confirmed fetal abnormality, who choose to terminate their pregnancy and to those who choose to continue their pregnancy including coordinating palliative care if this is appropriate.
• Lead and support staff, setting standards of care in the provision of information and practical advice to parents who have suffered the loss of their baby through miscarriage, termination for abnormalities, stillbirth, neonatal or Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome.
• Be the named lead and coordinator for women/birthing people, families and staff with regards to information relating to pregnancy loss. Has the ability to assess each individual case and exercise exceptional judgement when providing personalized care and support for parents.

Professional

• To maintain and improve knowledge and expertise in current developments and future trends in relation to Midwifery management and practice, including the Trust’s Strategy for Nursing and Midwifery and Scope of Professional Practice.
• Working with colleagues to performance manage and monitor bereavement care in maternity services, in accordance with the national and locally agreed quality outcomes, including the monitoring of service quality from the perspective of those who are bereaved.
• Working under pressure with tight schedules and deadlines in order to meet Trust targets, Quality and governance.
• To be responsible for and maintain own professional development.
• Maintain an awareness of relevant research and encourage the implementation of relevant findings into clinical practice.
• Works within the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Midwives Rules & Standards with particular regard to registration of stillbirth and maternal death.
• Ability to use research evidence in own practice.

Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

• Registered midwife with evidence of practice in all areas of midwifery.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Degree level or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of other professional managerial qualifications.
• Counselling Qualification.

Experience

• Communicating effectively with women, staff and other agencies.
• Facilitate effective team working.
• Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit.
• Demonstrate an ability to apply research to practice and to support changes in practice as a result of clinical audit.
• Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Evidence of professional development relevant to the specific role.
• Understanding of budgets and dynamics.

Skills and knowledge

• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Effective time management for self and others.

Important

• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

• Looking for flexible work? Why not join our StaffBank.

The recruitment team are available to provide support from 9am–5pm, Mon–Fri. To contact the team please call the Trust switchboard and ask for ‘Recruitment team, Human Resources Department’.