Bereavement Specialist Midwife

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity to join the Maternity Bereavement Team at ASPH at a time of significant developments to the service. As the Specialist Bereavement Midwife you will lead the implementation of a Pregnancy After Loss clinic, provide specialist antenatal care to families who have experienced a previous pregnancy loss, and support families experiencing bereavement in the current pregnancy. You will work alongside our existing Bereavement, Birth Reflections and Birth Support midwives as part of a small team to provide high quality holistic care and support.

• Act as an autonomous practitioner assessing, diagnosing and providing professional clinical midwifery care to normal healthy women/birthing people during antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal stages without referral to a medical practitioner.
• Ensure referral to the appropriate health professional when deviations from normal occur and work in partnership with that professional to ensure safe standards of care.
• Co‑ordinate and lead the bereavement service within the Maternity and Neonatal Department.
• Lead the quality development of the bereavement service and support women/birthing people and their partners where appropriate.
• Lead the development of guidelines and pathways in relation to the bereavement service working in collaboration with the Midwife Specialist Counsellor.
• Lead the implementation of a Rainbow Clinic to provide an enhanced care model for women/birthing people and those experiencing pregnancy after loss.
• Take part in audit, feedback and incident reviews to monitor and evaluate bereavement care services, ensuring continuous improvement and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Assist in the birth reflections service and support for pregnant women/birthing people with difficult issues.
• Offer support to colleagues and to women/birthing people and their families as needed.
• Understand and comply with the lone worker policy.
• Develop a bereavement service plan to respond to the Independent Maternity Review recommendations, working with other midwives and bereavement professionals.
• Ensure the Mat Neo bereavement support service is sensitive to the needs of women/birthing people and relatives of all cultures and religious beliefs across the maternity and neonatal service.
• Liaise with the pastoral Care Team, Patient Affairs Office, Pathology Department, Funeral Directors, Mortuary, and St Georges Hospital as appropriate.
• Ensure the highest standard of care to bereaved women/birthing people and manage them in accordance with prescribed protocols.

• Registered with the NMC and able to satisfy clinical activity requirements for registration.
• Demonstrated ability to make an effective contribution to reaching the Trust’s vision, strategic objectives and key work programmes.
• Experience in delivering high quality care to bereaved women/birthing people.
• Knowledge of and respect for diverse cultural and religious beliefs.

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people in North‑West Surrey, Hounslow and beyond. Our workforce of over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff provide a wide range of services across our two hospital sites in Ashford and St Peter’s.

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On‑site nurseries
• On‑site staff cafes
• On‑site parking
• Support in career development
• Salary sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, cycle to work schemes and home electronics

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