Pregnancy Loss Midwife

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Slough is seeking a dedicated Pregnancy Loss Lead Midwife to join their compassionate maternity team. This role involves providing exceptional bereavement services, guiding bereaved families through challenging moments, and supporting staff in delivering high-quality maternity care. Candidates must be registered midwives with experience in relevant areas, including clinical audit and supporting women experiencing pregnancy loss.

Benefits

First-class development opportunities

Wide range of professional training

Flexible working encouraged

Qualifications

• Experience as Band 6 Registered Midwife required.
• Experience in supporting women who have undergone pregnancy loss is desirable.
• Epidural management, IV drugs and cannulation, and waterbirth experience required.

Responsibilities

• Act as a clinical specialist providing support to bereaved families.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams to provide seamless service.
• Act as an educational resource on bereavement care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Effective internet and IT skills

Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload effectively

Education

Registered Midwife

Leadership/management training

Job description

Job Overview

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a rewarding and meaningful opportunity for a dedicated Pregnancy Loss Lead Midwife to join our compassionate maternity team at Wexham Park Hospital. In this vital role, you will use your expertise and empathy to deliver an exceptional bereavement service, supporting, their families, and our staff through some of their most challenging moments. This is a chance to make a profound difference, contribute to high-quality maternity care, and help shape a service grounded in dignity, compassion, and clinical excellence.

A job share will be considered for part‑time applicants.

Main Duties

• Act as a clinical specialist providing verbal and written information to bereaved families and to support women and their families, who have experienced fetal loss and/or childbirth related difficulties.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams which include Fetal Medicine, Mental Health, Perinatal Pathologists etc. providing a seamless service to these families.
• Provide highly specialist guidance and support to midwifery, nursing and medical staff within the Women’s Directorate when caring for women experiencing a loss in pregnancy, stillbirth or early neonatal death.
• Act as an educational resource for medical, nursing and midwifery staff on physical, psychological and administrative aspects of bereavement care and provide support and training for staff in bereavement related issues.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability‑confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We offer first‑class development opportunities and a wide range of professional, management and leadership training. Work life balance and flexible working are encouraged.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife (essential)
• Leadership/management training (desirable)

Experience

• Experience as Band 6 Registered Midwife (essential)
• Evidence of MDT working
• Experience of clinical audit/quality issues within the health care setting.
• Epidural management experience.
• Perineal suturing experience.
• IV drugs and cannulation experience.
• Waterbirth experience.
• Home birth experience (essential)
• Experience in supporting women who have undergone pregnancy loss (desirable)

Skills & Knowledge

• Excellent communication skills (essential)
• Effective internet and IT skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload effectively.
• Able to demonstrate successful change management and innovation (desirable)
• Knowledge of Human Tissue Authority Act (2004) (desirable)

Apply online now.