Bereavement Lead Midwife

Job overview

The Bereavement Midwife will be a practising midwife who will lead and work as a member of the multidisciplinary team within the maternity service. They will facilitate and provide individualised care to bereaved women and their families, provide clinical leadership and will play an integral part in service development. They will be pivotal in developing and delivering an education programme around baby loss and bereavement to all health care professionals. The bereavement midwife will assist in the development of guidelines and pathways in relation to stillbirths, late miscarriage, medical termination and neonatal deaths. Provision of reports as per local and national guidance specifies.

Main duties of the job

The Bereavement Midwife will have continuing responsibility for the staff training in bereavement and support including induction training/package for new staff, organising and delivering multidisciplinary training...