Bereavement Midwife

To act as a specialist midwifery practitioner and effectively deliver an expert, supportive, empathetic service for women and their families experiencing pregnancy loss within the care of the maternity
service. To be a resource for the women, families, and maternity staff, on the physical, psychological, and administrative aspects of bereavement care. To liaise and ensure that external agencies are
informed of pregnancy loss and that all the relevant administration is undertaken in a timely manner.

Band 7 Bereavement Midwife

Full Time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Bereavement Midwife to join our team within our Maternity service. We are looking for an experienced, compassionate midwife who is dedicated to supporting families experiencing bereavement loss, as well as offering specialist bereavement support and training to the multidisciplinary team.

The Bereavement Midwife will provide clinical leadership within the maternity service and will play an integral part in service delivery and development. The Bereavement Midwife will assist in the development of guidelines and pathways of care in relation to stillbirths, late miscarriage, medical termination, and neonatal deaths. The postholder will hold responsibility for the collection of data for MBRRACE-UK: Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK, and feedback recommendations from reports and relevant findings to key groups and implement service delivery changes as required,

The Bereavement Midwife will be responsible for coordinating reviews and implementing learning from the national standardised Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT).The postholder will lead and implement the core principles of the National Bereavement Care pathway.

We are looking for an experienced practicing registered midwife with excellent midwifery practice skills who will facilitate and provide individualised care to bereaved women and their families.

Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country - close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.

We employ 3,300+ staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.

Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits

The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and offers a wide range of benefits that recognise staff contribution, provide opportunities for career development and offer initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance. -Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 - Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year. -HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019.

Trust Values

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has four key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:

- Caring
- Safe - Responsible - Value Each Other

Please see the attached supporting document and person spec which contains more information about the role