Visa Sponsorship Jobs 2024

Bereavement Lead Midwife Job Summary

The bereavement lead midwife post holder will be a practising midwife who will lead, and work as a member of the team within the maternity service providing individualised care to bereaved women and their families.

The post holder will lead on providing support and advice to women and their families who have experienced bereavement due to miscarriage, stillbirth, termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality or neonatal death.

The post holder will work alongside the Lead Consultant to effectively manage Rainbow Clinic

The post holder will provide clinical knowledge within the maternity services for the bereaved and their families and will play an integral part in care delivery.

The post holder will provide training of health care professionals in bereavement care.

The post holder will be an expert midwifery practitioner leading the development and delivery of high-quality midwifery services with a focus on the needs of bereaved families.

The post holder will be willing to work with families where when/if a maternal death has occurred. To assist in the development and continually review of guidelines in relation to medical termination of pregnancy, late miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death to achieve best practice.To ensure that the bereavement service is developed in partnership with service users and stakeholders and that it meets national guidance through the audit cycle.

Give specialist advice to doctors, nurses and midwives on specific aspects of bereavement care.

Main duties of the job

The bereavement lead midwife will  be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care to women and their babies throughout pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period. Work collaboratively supporting the bereavement activities of the maternity team, in particular oversight of bereavement related patient contacts (face-to-face, phone, email or letter), gaining the required consents for funeral direction and having oversight of funeral arrangements for each family.

To work in close liaison with the maternity department, the Trust bereavement team, mortuary, Chaplaincy, Charities, agencies laboratory services, registrar of births and deaths, the coroners officers and funeral directors. To lead patient support and liaison with internal/external agencies with regard to funeral arrangements.

The post-holder is expected to act as mentor for preceptee midwives and be involved in the mentoring and assessing of students including basic and/or post-basic students.

Generate, submit and present reports of cases and be actively involved in audits of their service

Deliver Antenatal care to women in a subsequent pregnancy to include, antenatal appointments.

Lead in the service and other group meetings as required including bereavement steering groups, external and internal agencies.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Midwife on NMC Register with minimum 3 years experience
  • Post-registration qualification or evidence of further study to Degree level
  • Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
  • Demonstrates clear insight, with an increased awareness about the impact of perinatal and maternal loss on families.

Desirable

  • Diploma in counselling

Knowledge

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge of factors influencing perinatal/maternal mortality
  • Bereavement/ counselling experience and training.
  • Awareness of MMBRACE, PMRT & Child Death reviews
  • Knowledge of risk management and clinical governance and the relevance to practice

Experience

Essential

  • Midwife with experience at Band 6 Bereavement.

Desirable

  • Involvement in the implementation of service improvements

Skills and experience

Essential

  • Effective written communication skills including analysis and presentation of reports
  • Ability to work using own initiative and as part of a MDT

Desirable

  • Leadership and organisational skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 03 October 2024

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.