Bereavement Midwife

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The closing date is 28 September 2026

We areseekinga highly motivated, compassionate, and enthusiastic midwife to join our specialist Bereavement Team based at Birmingham Women's Hospital.

This rewarding roleprovidesan opportunity to support women, their partners, and families experiencing pregnancy and baby loss, from early pregnancy loss through to stillbirth, neonatal death, and intosubsequentpregnancies following loss. The post holder will coordinate and deliver specialist bereavement care that is compassionate, family-centred, holistic, andequitable, ensuring that the individual needs, wishes, and preferences of each family remain at the heart of their care.

Working as part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, the successful applicant will play a key role in supporting midwifery, nursing, medical, and allied health professional colleagues to deliver consistently high standards of bereavement care across the Trust. The role also includes leading and contributing to the education, training, and development of staff to promote best practice and compassionate care.

The post holder will manage a caseload of bereaved families, and will coordinate their bereavement care, they will need to be highly motivated and able to organise their workload whilst meeting the day to requests made of the bereavement team.

This position offers excellent opportunities for professional development, with access to specialist education and training to further enhance clinicalexpertiseand leadership in bereavement care.

The post is based at Birmingham Women's Hospital and is worked over three days per week, including weekdays and weekends/bank holidays on a rotational rota.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work.

Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

• Registered Midwife BSc or equivalent degree
• Counseling qualification or have undertaken related bereavement support study days

• Evidence of completion of band 5 preceptorship programme
• Extensive experience of caring for bereaved families
• Knowledge of the legal framework around perinatal loss
• Knowledge of current policy drivers relating to pregnancy and baby loss
• Knowledge of challenges facing bereaved families including aspects of spiritual and religious care
• Effective internet and IT (Information Technology) skills
• Understanding of clinical governance and its relationship to the role
• Understanding of the Human Tissue Act and Guidelines in relation to pregnancy and baby loss
• Confident in caring for women with complex needs
• Demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge and experience of care pathways, and patient experience surrounding early pregnancy loss and termination of pregnancy

• Ability to prioritise and manage workload
• Ability to undertake…