Pregnancy Loss Midwife

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Wexham Court; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Wexham Court is seeking a dedicated Pregnancy Loss Lead Midwife to join their compassionate maternity team. In this vital role, you will provide support to bereaved families, liaise with multidisciplinary teams, and offer guidance to staff regarding bereavement care. The position emphasizes dignity, compassion, and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in maternity services. The employer supports flexible working arrangements and is committed to staff development.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to bereaved families experiencing fetal loss.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams for seamless service delivery.
• Provide guidance to staff on bereavement care.
• Act as an educational resource for midwifery and nursing staff.

Job description

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 women, 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.

Responsibilities

• 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. Provide support and training for staff in bereavement related issues.

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 provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.