Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Midwifery Matron for Bereavement to lead our Bereavement and Rainbow Services at University Hospital Birmingham. We are looking for a compassionate, dynamic, experienced midwife who will be committed to ensuring high quality, safe physical and emotional care for families through pregnancy and baby loss.
We are proud of our bereavement services and have been recognised nationally and locally for the service we provide. We are looking for a midwife with exceptional communication skills, empathy and emotional intelligence with the ability to work in collaboration with other healthcare professionals and service users to create an environment of continuous learning and quality improvement.
The Matron for Bereavement will be an integral member of the senior leadership team and will be responsible for the provision of high-quality care and the day-to-day operational management of the service, implementing the Trusts strategy alongside national, regional and local drivers for improvement.
With transformational leadership skills and extensive midwifery experience the matron will provide professional, clinical and managerial leadership across bereavement services and work in collaboration with the MDT and wider matron team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Bereavement Suite, Bereavement Care provision and Rainbow services.
Ensure evidence-based practice and continuing professional development of staff.
The post holder will provide a visible and clinical presence within the clinical areas and be responsible for leading the delivery of high-quality care, ensuring that the needs of women and their families are placed at the centre of care.
Lead on gathering feedback from families, be responsive to them and ensure continuous quality improvement to maintain high quality, individualised and culturally sensitive care.
Provide assurance of legal and statutory compliance related to bereavement care.
Working with the Lead Midwife for Quality Governance, Head of Midwifery and other Matrons the post holder will provide strategic, clinical and managerial leadership, which reflects and supports current and future needs of the maternity services and the Clinical Governance Agenda.
The post holder will be involved in developing and maintaining collaborative working and good communication within the Speciality/ CDG, to provide evidence based positive patient experience.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered as a midwife with the NMC
- *Educated to Degree level or demonstrate significant equitable experience
- *Training in Bereavement; Baby Loss
- *Evidence of recent CPD
Desirable
- *QSIR or equivalent.
- *Recognised management qualification or working towards
Experience
Essential
- *Ability to work alone or part of a team
- *Excellent organisational and professional skills
- *Effective communication and presentation skills to all levels of staff
- *Leadership, negotiation and consultation skills
- *Ability to work in a fast moving high paced environment
- *Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures pertaining to pregnancy loss.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Demonstrate experience of highlevel communication
- *Proactive, takes own initiative.
- *Excellent time management
- *Highly developed skills of persuasion, motivational, negotiating and communication.
- *Ability to autonomously, prioritise workloads and stay calm under pressure of changing work demands.
- *Resilience.
- *Innovative and responsive to change.
- *Tactful, diplomatic and at ease with all kinds of people.
- *Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
- *Ability to work flexibly and where necessary outside of core working hours.
- *Car driver
- *Ability to work at any site premises and travel within the UK on Trust business.
- *Ability to participate in a managers/ service on call rota as part of the Trusts out of hours management provision as required.
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered as a midwife with the NMC
- *Educated to Degree level or demonstrate significant equitable experience
- *Training in Bereavement; Baby Loss
- *Evidence of recent CPD
Desirable
- *QSIR or equivalent.
- *Recognised management qualification or working towards
Experience
Essential
- *Ability to work alone or part of a team
- *Excellent organisational and professional skills
- *Effective communication and presentation skills to all levels of staff
- *Leadership, negotiation and consultation skills
- *Ability to work in a fast moving high paced environment
- *Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures pertaining to pregnancy loss.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Demonstrate experience of highlevel communication
- *Proactive, takes own initiative.
- *Excellent time management
- *Highly developed skills of persuasion, motivational, negotiating and communication.
- *Ability to autonomously, prioritise workloads and stay calm under pressure of changing work demands.
- *Resilience.
- *Innovative and responsive to change.
- *Tactful, diplomatic and at ease with all kinds of people.
- *Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
- *Ability to work flexibly and where necessary outside of core working hours.
- *Car driver
- *Ability to work at any site premises and travel within the UK on Trust business.
- *Ability to participate in a managers/ service on call rota as part of the Trusts out of hours management provision as required.
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
