We are seeking a compassionate and experienced band 6 midwife to join our maternity bereavement services team. The successful candidate will work alongside the current team to provide expert care and support to women and their families experiencing pregnancy loss.
This is a full time role, the role is based upon a 60/40 dual role. 60% Bereavement Associate Midwife and 40% clinical shifts. The working hours will be weekdays and weekends only.
The full role requires aspects of clinical care, emotional support, administrative duties, and antenatal and community patient support.
The successful candidate should demonstrate a warm, empathic supportive and approachable personality and a unique skillset for dealing with challenging situations.
Join us to make a meaningful difference in the lives of bereaved families.
Responsibilities:
• Provide antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care.
• Perform care planning and refer to multidisciplinary team members as needed.
• Deliver sensitive and personalised bereavement care, ensuring emotional and psychological support.
• Maintain knowledge and manage obstetric emergencies.
• Ensure adherence to Trust policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with health professionals, MDT teams, and support groups.
• Ensure high-quality bereavement care across all areas, including GAU and Neonatal Unit.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of evidence-based practice and guidelines.
• Supervise and assess students.
Requirements:
• Experience in maternity care and bereavement support.
• Ability to handle clinical and administrative responsibilities.
• Compassionate and empathetic approach.
• Engage in all aspects of the role with appropriate training provided.
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
The successful candidate will provide expert care and support to women and families who have experienced pregnancy loss at any stage, including miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, or termination of pregnancy. The successful candidate will have a dual role and work a combination of clinical shifts providing care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods for all women and babies in clinical areas, administrative duties and community patient support. They are responsible for ensuring that all care is delivered according to Trust policies and procedures maintaining associated records. You will receive appropriate training and be expected to fully engage in all aspects of the role.
The successful candidate will work alongside the existing Bereavement Specialist Midwife and Bereavement Maternity Support Worker to provide clinical, emotional, and practical support to bereaved families with a key focus around early miscarriage. This role will therefore have some focus on ensuring we can provide high quality bereavement care and support across all areas in the division including for example GAU and Neonatal Unit.
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Bereavement Associate Midwife position available at WUTH.
If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a standard/enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month. As this vacancy is within the division of Women’s and Children’s, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £13 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.
This advert closes on Thursday 3 Apr 2025
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