Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
An opportunity has arisen for a passionate midwife to join our specialist midwifery team.
The Bereavement Midwife will provide clinical leadership within the maternity services and will play an integral part in service delivery and development. They will be pivotal in developing and delivering an education program around baby loss and bereavement to all health care professionals.
Main duties of the job
The Bereavement Midwife will provide clinical leadership within the maternity services and will play an integral part in service delivery and development. They will assist in the development of guidelines and pathways, and will review them in relation to stillbirths, late miscarriage, medical termination, and neonatal deaths.
They will collect data for MBRRACE-UK: Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK and feedback reports and relevant findings to key groups to implement service delivery changes as required. The Bereavement Midwife will be responsible for coordinating and implementing the national standardised Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT) and will lead and implement the core principles of the National Bereavement Care pathway.
The Bereavement Midwife will be a practicing registered midwife who will lead and work as a member of the multidisciplinary team within the maternity service. They will facilitate and provide individualised care to bereaved women/birthing people and their families.
Job responsibilities
* Provide expert support and facilitation of staff in the provision of information, care, support, and practical advice to women/birthing people with confirmed fetal abnormality, who choose to terminate their pregnancy and to those who choose to continue their pregnancy, including coordinating palliative care if appropriate.
* Lead and support staff, setting standards of care in the provision of information and practical advice to parents who have suffered the loss of their baby through miscarriage, termination for abnormalities, stillbirth, neonatal, or Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome.
* Be the named lead and coordinator for women/birthing people, families, and staff regarding information related to pregnancy loss, assessing each individual case and exercising exceptional judgment when providing personalized care and support for parents.
* Maintain and improve knowledge and expertise in current developments and future trends in relation to midwifery management and practice, including the Trust's Strategy for Nursing and Midwifery and Scope of Professional Practice.
* Work with colleagues to performance manage and monitor bereavement care in maternity services, in accordance with national and locally agreed quality outcomes, including monitoring service quality from the perspective of those who are bereaved.
* Work under pressure with tight schedules and deadlines to meet Trust targets, quality, and governance.
* Be responsible for and maintain own professional development.
* Maintain an awareness of relevant research and encourage the implementation of relevant findings into clinical practice.
* Work within the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Midwives Rules & Standards with particular regard to registration of stillbirth and maternal death.
* Ability to use research evidence in own practice.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
* Registered midwife with evidence of practice in all areas of midwifery.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Degree level or equivalent experience.
* Evidence of other professional managerial qualifications.
* Counselling Qualification.
Experience
* Communicating effectively with women, staff, and other agencies.
* Facilitate effective team working.
* Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit.
* Demonstrate an ability to apply research to practice and support changes in practice as a result of clinical audit.
* Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
* Evidence of professional development relevant to the specific role.
* Understanding of budgets and dynamics.
Skills and knowledge
* Able to prioritise and meet deadlines.
* Effective time management for self and others.
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.
Contract
Permanent
Salary
£51,883 to £58,544 a year per annum pro rata incl. HCAS
Job locations
Queen Mary Maternity Unit, West Middlesex University Hospital
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