Bereavement Support Midwife (Band 6) - Midwifery - Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Medway NHS Foundation Trust – Gillingham, Kent
Care Group: Women's Care
Band: 6
Interview Date: 20th November 2024
We are recruiting for a Bereavement Support Midwife who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
They will assist in the co-ordination of care given to ensure consistency of high care leading to a high quality seamless service.
The post holder will be expected to work clinically providing care to these ladies where appropriate from diagnosis of poor outcome through the intrapartum and postnatal pathway including co-ordinating and attending follow-up clinics.
The successful applicant will provide home visits postnatally and provide clinical care and support in the next pregnancy.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies and procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and a half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
The role covers patient care, staff education and support, and building a good rapport with various external agencies.
* To act as a role model by demonstrating high standards of behaviour and professionalism, through commitment to the integration of policies and procedures within this role and workplace.
* To deliver educational training programmes meeting the needs of multidisciplinary staff and students in relation to bereavement issues.
The bereavement support midwife, as a clinical specialist, will assist the Bereavement Midwife to provide support to women and their families who have experienced fetal loss or the death of a baby within the maternity setting. This will commence in the antenatal period and continue once the woman has gone home.
They will provide guidance and support to midwifery and medical staff when caring for women experiencing loss in pregnancy, stillbirth, or early neonatal death.
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