Job summary
- Main area
- Midiwfery
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26 hours per week
- Job ref
- 251-FCSS4518-MW
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
- Town
- Basingstoke
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 Bereavement Midwife
Band 6

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
Band 6 Bereavement Midwife
Accountable for the overall provision of high midwifery standards of bereavement care and run a high risk Rainbow Clinic.
Part time 26 Hrs
HHFT Multi-site working
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide total midwifery care for both high and low risk mothers within all midwifery environments. Offer specialist support to families experiencing miscarriage, termination of pregnancy, neonatal death and still birth when required and in the absence of the senior bereavement midwife. The post holder will be accountable for the overall provision of high midwifery standards of bereavement care and provide evidenced based woman centred bereavement midwifery care, which can be delivered in a variety of models. The post holder will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, other agencies and user representatives.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Your Next Career Move Made Easier – Accommodation May Be Offered
We understand relocating can be a big step. Hampshire Hospitals may be able to provide accommodation options for successful candidates, depending on availability. If this something you would like to explore please contact Southern Housing on 02080 360017
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job description and person specification document attached.
Person specification
Training & Qualification
Essential criteria
- • Registered as a Midwife with the NMC.
- • Evidence of further personal and professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Practice supervisor status
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Ability to assess patient need and risk.
- • Awareness of professional responsibilities
- • Able to make appropriate clinical decisions in view of recent research, informed choice and individual circumstances
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrates competence in dealing with obstetric emergencies in hospital and community setting
- • Capable of undertaking shift leadership and management responsibility within a defined area of the service
- • Able to demonstrate the mentoring of students and induction of new staff
Desirable criteria
- • Has participated in research and audit
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Mackie
- Job title
- Lead Bereavement Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07341800404
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