Specialist Midwife - North East England, United Kingdom - County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Description

The Bereavement Midwife will provide clinical leadership within the maternity services and will play an integral part in service delivery and development.

They will be pivotal in developing and delivering an education program around baby loss and bereavement to all health care professionals.

The successful midwife will assist in the development of guidelines and pathways, and will review them in relation to stillbirths, late miscarriage, medical termination and neonatal deaths.

They will collect the data for MBRRACE-UK: Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK and feedback reports and relevant findings to key groups implement service delivery changes as required The Bereavement Midwife will be responsible for coordinating/Implementing the national standardised Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT).The Bereavement midwife will lead and implement the core principles of the National Bereavement Care pathway.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham.

We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented

From April we are unable to offer sponsorship for healthcare roles that do not meet the minimum salary 23,200, to apply you must have Right to Work in the United Kingdom.

If you are in the UK on a VISA please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post

Provide expert support and facilitation of staff in the provision of information, care, support and practical advice to women/birthing people with confirmed fetal abnormality, who choose to terminate their pregnancy and to those who choose to continue their pregnancy including coordinating palliative care if this is appropriate.

Lead and support staff, setting standards of care in the provision of information and practical advice to parents who have suffered the loss of their baby through miscarriage, termination for abnormalities, stillbirth, neonatal or Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome.

Ensure the coordination of quality bereavement care, to the highest standard, is maintained throughout the care pathway.
Current RM, registration with NMC and any other relevant post registration qualifications.

Extensive band 6 midwifery experience

Significant demonstrable experience within specialty with evidence of professional development.
Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources.

NMC Registered Midwife

Effective leadership and team building skills
Organisational skills and forward planning
Able to meet the travel requirements of the post

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospital Of North Durham