Job summary
- Main area
- Bereavement
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 13 months (maternity cover)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 381-WC-6869396
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust
- Town
- Smethwick
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Bereavement Support Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 6
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit a Band 6 midwife who is highly motivated, ambitious, kind and enthusiastic with an interest in bereavement, to join our bereavement team for a fixed term period to cover maternity leave-they should be committed to providing sensitive holistic care to parents and their families following the loss of a baby during pregnancy or soon after a baby has been born
As a trust, we care for approximately 6000 births every year and cover a very diverse population. This is an exciting opportunity for a band 6 midwife, who is passionate about making a difference to gain experience in bereavement care and work with an existing bereavement team of highly skilled midwives in maternity.
We want to help you develop and enhance your skills and maximize your potential in all aspects of midwifery. We actively encourage staff development and have a fantastic clinical education team to provide our in house, multidisciplinary professional development training. We have excellent links with local universities for post registration development.
The midwife who will join the bereavement team will have the opportunity to develop their skills in bereavement care and also provide continuity of care into next pregnancy
This post requires UK NMC qualification.
Main duties of the job
Our Maternity Birthing Units – consists of our 6 bed Midwifery Led Unit, 12 Labour and Birth Rooms (including one fixed birth pool room) within the Consultant led Obstetric unit, in addition to Enhanced Maternal Care beds, Obstetric Theatres, Recovery areas, Bereavement Suite and Maternity Triage.
As a bereavement midwife you will provide to care to mothers and their families while they are an inpatient and following discharge. This will include the delivery care to women and their families during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period, you will act as an advocate for women and their families, ensuring that trust values and beliefs are upheld.
As the bereavement midwife you will have a fundamental role in the delivery of high standards of bereavement and midwifery care, liaising with the MDT and other internal and external teams such as CAREs officers, Mortuary staff and Registrars. You will assist in the running of follow up clinics and provide advice and guidance in relation to practicalities following the loss of a baby. You will also provide support in a subsequent pregnancy.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three strategic objectives:
- Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Manage a caseload of bereaved patients
- Provide support and guidance to families experiencing a child baring loss
- Provide support and guidance to other staff caring for bereaved families
- Provide support and guidance to families in subsequent pregnancies
- Complete required national reporting to MBRRACE and CDOP
- Maintain and update relevant databases
- Provided support during pregnancy loss clinic
- Liaise with relevant teams within the trust, including CAREs officers, mortuary staff, hospital chaplains.
- Liaise with relevant teams outside of the trust, including funeral directors and registrars
- Make appropriate referrals to ensure appropriate ongoing support for families
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife on part 2 of the NMC professional register
- Degree/diploma relevant to specialty
Desirable criteria
- NIPE Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration in continuous clinical practice
- Successfully completed a preceptorship programme
- Evidence of working in all areas of midwifery
- Evidence of well documented and up to date CPD portfolio
- Ability to work autonomously within professional and trust guidelines
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Victoria Weaver
- Job title
- Bereavement Lead Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07817097097
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