Bereavement Support Midwife

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 next pregnancy 

This post requires UK NMC qualification.

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Our Maternity Birthing Units – consists of our 6 bed Midwifery Led Unit, 12 Labour and Birth Rooms (including one fixed birth pool room) within the Consultant led Obstetric unit, in addition to Enhanced Maternal Care beds, Obstetric Theatres, Recovery areas, Bereavement Suite and Maternity Triage. 

As a bereavement midwife you will provide to care to mothers and their families while they are an inpatient and following discharge. This will include the delivery care to women and their families during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period, you will act as an advocate for women and their families, ensuring that trust values and beliefs are upheld.

As the bereavement midwife you will have a fundamental role in the delivery of high standards of bereavement and midwifery care, liaising with the MDT and other internal and external teams such as CAREs officers, Mortuary staff and Registrars. You will assist in the running of follow up clinics and provide advice and guidance in relation to practicalities following the loss of a baby. You will also provide support in a subsequent pregnancy. 

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality. 

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities. 

We have three strategic objectives:

1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives