Band 7 Bereavement midwife

The Bereavement Specialist Midwife will work in the team of Bereavement Midwives; they will work together to lead on the provision of support for families who have experienced bereavement within maternity services. They will work within the multidisciplinary team to provide clinical support and advice to any staff member who will be providing care to bereaved families in any maternity department including stillbirths, miscarriage, medical termination and neonatal deaths., This is a clinically based role, the postholder will be expected to be a point of information and expertise, providing guidance on any issues relating to pregnancy loss or bereavement and will need to have oversight of all related processes and procedures. Day to day, the Bereavement Midwives will support women and families postnatally, offer expert information regarding postmortem investigations and complete postmortem consent, Coronial reviews, registration and funerals.

Additionally, they will work within the pregnancy after loss antenatal continuity of care model, offering antenatal case loading for subsequent pregnancies to provide excellent, individualised care.

They will also be responsible for reviewing and updating guidelines, management of data collection, auditing and accurate completion of paperwork and correct processing of specimens.

They will comply with the requirements of the Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the (MBRRACE-UK) and will be responsible for coordinating/implementing the core principles of the National Bereavement Care Pathway (NBCP). The Bereavement Midwives are responsible for education, bereavement updates and incorporating learning in annual midwifery updates.

The postholder will be involved in providing a 7-day bereavement service as per Ockenden recommendations and will be expected to work flexibly including weekends.

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