Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Sept 2025-Sept 2026)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 421-PSC-3079R
- Employer
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Harrogate Hospital
- Town
- Harrogate
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Bereavement Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a fixed term part-time post to work alongside the current Bereavement Midwife to support and develop the bereavement service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide clinical leadership and have overall responsibility for the provision of care, support and practical advice to women and their families following the loss of their baby through late miscarriage/TOP, stillbirth, or neonatal death.
Working closely alongside the current Bereavement Midwife, labour ward manager and core midwives, the post holder will act as an expert resource in pregnancy bereavement, be a positive role model and will provide sound professional knowledge and leadership to all members of the multidisciplinary team within the maternity service. A high standard of care will be maintained using up-to-date evidence based practice for this specific client group. The post holder will also provide statistical data for local and national reports.
Working for our organisation
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We offer colleagues:
- A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
- Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
- Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.
Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder has overall responsibility for the provision of care, support and advice to women and their families following the loss of their baby through late miscarriage/TOP, stillbirth, or neonatal death. It will include aspects of direct clinical care and bereavement support and follow up, as well as being the named midwifery contact for bereaved parents in the postnatal period, ensuring continuing midwifery support is offered following discharge from hospital, through home visits, telephone communication dependent on the family’s wishes.
Responsibilities will include oversight of the bereavement service to ensure that the standard of care is in line with the National Bereavement Care Pathway, and to seek areas for improvements to maintain a high quality service.
There will also be responsibility for staff training in bereavement care and the taking of post-mortem consent, as well as ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Maternity Incentive Scheme, reporting of eligible cases to MBRRACE-UK, together with supporting PMRT reviews of care both locally and as external representation for other Trusts. The role will include liaison with other specialists and services including Coroner, Medical Examiner, Pathologist, mortuary services and funeral director to coordinate the service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife with NMC Registration
- Teaching accreditation: ENB 997/PGCE or equivalent.
- Evidence of recent further training / study.
- Proven experience in all aspects of midwifery practice
Desirable criteria
- Counselling Qualification
- Evidence of post graduate studies relating to midwifery care
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent experience of bereavement care
- Experience of supporting others in providing bereavement care
- Passionate about support for bereaved families
- Evidence of quality improvement involvement
- Evidence of sensitivity, tact and compassion
Desirable criteria
- Experience of post-mortem consent
- Liaison with other services
- Involvements with PMRT or maternity investigations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Andy Brown
- Job title
- Lead Midwife Safety, Quality & Clinical Governance
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01423557546
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