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:
1. People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
2. Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
3. 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 the next pregnancy.
This post requires UK NMC qualification.
Main duties of the job
* Manage a caseload of bereaved patients
* Provide support and guidance to families experiencing a childbearing 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
* Provide 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 ongoing support for families
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Midwife on part 2 of the NMC professional register
* Degree/diploma relevant to specialty
* NIPE Qualification
Experience
* 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
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region, we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the onboarding process.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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