University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Bereavement Midwife
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Bereavement Specialist Midwife
The Bereavement Specialist Midwife will support the Bereavement Lead Midwife and wider multidisciplinary team to deliver compassionate, personalised and equitable care for women, birthing people and families experiencing pregnancy loss across University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will provide specialist advice, support and education to maternity staff, promoting high quality bereavement care in line with national maternity priorities, bereavement care standards and evidence based practice. Working collaboratively with maternity, neonatal and specialist teams, they will contribute to the coordination, development and continuous improvement of bereavement services, ensuring families receive sensitive, responsive and family centred care throughout their bereavement journey.
The role will work across both St Richards Hospital (Chichester) and Worthing Hospital sites and support a culture of learning, reflection and professional development within maternity services.
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Responsibilities:
- To provide bereavement support for women, birthing people and families suffering pregnancy loss, stillbirth and early infant loss.
- Play a lead role in the achievement and maintenance of high standards of service, using the tools of clinical audit, environment audit, and consumer satisfaction surveys to their full effect. Delegate where appropriate.
- Be accountable for own professional practice.
- To provide clinical support for staff who are providing bereavement support for a woman/birthing person and their family.
- Demonstrate a variety of effective communication skills with women/birthing people and their families in what can be emotionally demanding and distressing situations to enable them to be involved in their care.
- Co-ordinate and manage the processes following a pregnancy loss / maternal or neonatal death.
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At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
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For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Rosie Jennings
- Job title: Perinatal Workforce Matron
- Email address: rosie.jennings@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01903 205111
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