Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Bereavement Midwife
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Specialist Bereavement Midwife - 22.5 hours
The post holder will be a practising midwife who will work alongside the lead bereavement midwife and work as a member of the team within the maternity service to provide individualised care to bereaved birthing people and their families.
- The post holder will support the lead bereavement midwife in providing care and advice to birthing people and their families who have experienced bereavement due to miscarriage, stillbirth, termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality, or neonatal death.
- The post holder will contribute to providing midwifery care in the Rainbow clinic working alongside the Rainbow clinic lead midwife and consultants.
- The post holder will support the training of health care professionals in bereavement care in the absence of the lead bereavement midwife.
- The post holder will provide clinical knowledge within the maternity services for the bereaved and their families and will play an integral part in care delivery.
- To contribute to the development and review of guidelines in relation to medical termination of pregnancy, late miscarriage, stillbirth, and neonatal death to achieve best practice alongside the lead bereavement midwife.
- To support the lead bereavement midwife in ensuring that the bereavement service is developed in partnership with service users and stakeholders and that it meets national guidance through the audit cycle.
- To actively contribute to the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care to birthing people and their babies throughout pregnancy, labour, and the postnatal period.
- Work collaboratively supporting the bereavement activities of the maternity team, in particular oversight of bereavement related patient contacts, gaining the required consents for funeral direction, and having oversight of funeral arrangements for each family.
- Generate, submit, and present reports of cases and be actively involved in audits of their service in the absence of the lead bereavement midwife.
- Assist patients during their stay on the ward, with memory making, spending time with their baby, emotional support.
- Deliver Antenatal care to birthing people in a subsequent pregnancy to include, antenatal care and working alongside the lead midwife and consultant within Rainbow clinic.
- Contribute to local and national audits in an attempt to improve the service to bereaved relatives and their families.
- Support projects for improving quality in relation to bereavement.
- Support bereaved families to help them understand clinical information they may have been given.
- Deliver an excellent bereavement service by contributing to the working of the team, as required by the needs of the service.
- Act as a resource for colleagues so that expert knowledge in bereavement care is always available.
- Be competent in clinical skills to enable delivery of high-quality midwifery care.
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We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our Mission and Values
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
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We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive, and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics, and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning, and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union – for local financial advice
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits contact:
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Name: Nicola Kempson
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Job Title: Lead Bereavement midwife
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Email Address: nicola.kempson@stockport.nhs.uk
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Aimee Hodgkiss
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Email Address: aimee.hodgkiss@stockport.nhs.uk
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Job Title: Recruitment and Retention midwife
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Phone Number: 01614194984
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