Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a compassionate and committed Midwife to join our dedicated Bereavement Service at the Royal Oldham Hospital

In this highly rewarding role, you will provide specialist care and support to birthing people and their families following pregnancy loss, playing a vital part in delivering a sensitive, personalised, and high-quality maternity service during some of the most challenging times.

This is a predominantly clinical role, working across all maternity settings to enhance and influence midwifery care, ensuring families receive expert, compassionate support throughout their journey.

You will work a range of shifts (07:30–17:30), including weekends on a rota basis, ensuring that families have access to this essential specialist service every day.

Main duties of the job

The Bereavement Midwife will play a pivotal role in delivering compassionate, specialist care to women, birthing individuals, and their families from the first point of contact through to discharge from maternity services.

You will provide high-quality, evidence-based, and family-centred bereavement care across the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods, ensuring each family receives personalised support during a deeply challenging time.

Acting as a key point of contact, you will coordinate care and provide seamless access to ongoing bereavement support services. You will carefully assess and review each individual’s care plan, using your clinical expertise and professional judgement to adapt and enhance care where needed.

Working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to case discussions and ensure appropriate referrals are made when additional or longer-term support is required.

You will empower families to express their needs and concerns, supporting them to promote their own health and wellbeing, while always respecting privacy, dignity, and individual wishes.

Accurate and timely documentation will be essential, maintaining clear patient records in line with Trust and national professional standards.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.  

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack