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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

·      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

·      Lead the bereavement team in supporting families visiting their baby on the delivery unit or in the mortuary. They will help to coordinate this with the delivery unit and mortuary teams.

·      Be involved in supporting families and staff to create memories, washing babies, arranging blessings and preparing babies for funeral having knowledge and understanding of religious, cultural and spiritual needs.

·      Lead in the releasing of deceased babies from the ward for funeral or home, in line with current Policies and standard operating procedures.

·      Co-ordinate and assist in the transfer of deceased babies to the mortuary, supporting parents, maintaining dignity, respect and wishes of the parents.

·      Assist patients during their stay on the ward, with memory making, spending time with their baby, emotional support. Ensuring the privacy and dignity of all patients are maintained being mindful of patient confidentiality.

·      Deliver Antenatal care to women in a subsequent pregnancy to include, antenatal appointments, Antenatal bookings and working alongside the lead consultant within Rainbow clinic

·      Actively complete all documentation, including face to face discussions, telephone or email conservations with parents, pathways and outside referrals and agencies.

·      Be responsible for liaising with bereaved patients/relatives when arranging appointments for them to see the Bereavement Midwife, registration and postnatal appointments.

·      Deal with all enquiries from staff, patients and relatives in a timely and professional manner either in writing, orally or electronically.

·      Lead the Bereavement team in local and national audits in an attempt to improve the service to bereaved relatives and their families.

·      Ensure daily checks in the bereavement room including, stocking of equipment and resources, ordering of equipment and resources, stock rotation and replacement.

·      Lead in projects for improving quality in relation to bereavement

·      Provide both practical and emotional support to women and their families, giving them opportunity to acknowledge and express their concerns in a safe environment maintaining confidentiality.

·      Support bereaved families to help them understand clinical information they may have been given.

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

·      Deliver an excellent bereavement service by contributing to the working of the team, as required by the needs of the service.

·      Ensure all women and their families receive empathetic and confidential support as required, both on a face to face basis, through email, telephone and letter contacts, respecting cultural, religious. Be prepared to undertake additional duties as directed by the Matron, to support the team and the wider role of the Bereavement services within Maternity.

·      Act as an advocate for the women and their families in dealing with trust staff, community health services and support agencies.

·      Respond to requests for assistance with emotional and psychological support of family members and recognise need to refer for further mental health support.

·      Be sensitive and have an awareness of differences in religious, cultural and spiritual needs of the families.

·      On a shift by shift basis, be responsible in prioritising, assessing, planning implementing and evaluating in all relevant aspects of midwifery care to an agreed and expected high standard

·      Ensure there is effective and sensitive communication between the women, babies and their families and with all the MDT

·      Act as a resource for colleagues so that expert knowledge in bereavement care is always available

·      Ensure that patient documentation is appropriate, accountable and defensible in accordance with Trust and NMC policies, disseminating all relevant changes in the patient’s condition to the MDT

·      Be competent in clinical skills to enable delivery of high quality midwifery care/bereavement care

·      Undertake, perform and assess enhanced skills within the clinical area, to improve the patient experience

·      Be competent in the correct use of all equipment used in the clinical setting in accordance with instructions, department procedures and NHSLA guidelines, reporting any faults as necessary

·      Ensure that Child Protection, Vulnerable Adult and Mental Health legislation is adhered to

·      Promote and collaborate in developing good working relationships with internal and external departments to ensure the patient journey is effective and efficient

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.