Bereavement Support Midwife
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Job summary
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) has one of the largest maternity services in the UK, providing maternity care across Derbyshire and into Staffordshire.
We want to provide woman-centred, family friendly care and offer a range of models of midwifery and obstetric care provision. This includes midwife-led care, continuity of carer models, and specialist care provided by our obstetric teams for women with more complex needs, as well as community midwifery services.
If you have an interest in bereavment support and want to work as part of a dedicated team then this new role as a band 6 Bereavement Support midwife would provide an excellent career opportunity. You will work as part of the team to ensure that the Bereavement services are operationally safe, effectively.
Main duties of the job
To provide care, support and practical advice to women and their families following the loss of their baby through Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Neonatal or Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome.
Working closely alongside the Bereavement team senior midwives and the Matron, the post holder will act as a positive role model and will provide sound professional knowledge and leadership to all members of the multidisciplinary team within Service for Women and Children.
A high standard of care will be maintained using up-to-date evidence based practice data for this specific client group. The post holder will also assist in providing statistical data for Local and National Reports.
Closing Date: 18 January 2024
Interview Date: 29 January 2024
About us
At UHDB around 9,000 babies are born across our two sites each year at Royal Derby Hospital (RDH) and Queens Hospital Burton (QHB). We provide antenatal and postnatal care for 11,500 women each year and, at RDH, we offer an alongside birth centre. We support women through low and high-risk care pathways, and some specialty pathways like diabetes and cardiology.
We have staff who are kind, caring and compassionate, and who want to deliver exceptional care together for every person who needs us - and that remains our aspiration.
This is an exciting new era on our maternity improvement journey, following a £5.4million into our services to strengthen our workforce, our technology and our processes, so that we can further improve what we do and deliver the best quality care to women and their babies. This is a great opportunity to join UHDB and make a real impact for the women and families we care for.
As a University Trustwe value learning, teaching, and training so that we help you to be the best that you can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, and we always want to treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves.
An extensive induction package is offered to successful candidates joining our Maternity services to ensure you are well supported and have time to adjust to working within our teams.
Details
Date posted
10 January 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year pro rata pa (unsocial hours)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
320-W&C-0775
Job locations
Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Employer's website
https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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