Job summary
To work as a clinical specialist providing written and verbal information to bereaved families. To support women and their families who are experiencing foetal loss and/or childbirth related difficulties.
To provide support to nursing, midwifery and medical staff within the directorate when caring for women experiencing a loss in pregnancy, stillbirth or early neonatal death.
To act as an educational resource for medical, nursing and midwifery staff on physical, psychological and administrative aspects of bereavement care. In addition, this role is to provide support and training for staff in bereavement related issues.
Main duties of the job
Contact and support bereaved parents during their initial grieving process. Accompany patients to appointments in the Trust relating to their loss, such as post mortem result discussion with their consultant.
Signposting bereaved families to further support services.
Developing staff knowledge to enable them to support bereaved families.
About us
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Act as an effective advocate for the bereaved woman and her family, responding to their needs to ensure their care is of the highest possible standard.
Be an accessible resource and give practical help and support where appropriate, either by telephone or in person to staff of all levels, patients and their families.
To give emotional and psychological support to bereaved parents and the staff involved in their care. This may involve care in the antenatal period, during labour and the postnatal period.
Ensure access to services is initiated and maintained for those women needing support for an appropriate time period including home visits for those for whom entering the hospital environment causes considerable distress.
Where required, provide hands-on care in EPAU to women who have a diagnosed perinatal loss.
Counsel families regarding post-mortem and other investigations, and obtain consents for post mortem examinations when required.
Provide support and advice to staff and bereaved families within the division regarding registration of their babys' birth and death, making funeral arrangements, and ensuring that the relevant documentation is completed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Act as an effective advocate for the bereaved woman and her family, responding to their needs to ensure their care is of the highest possible standard.
Be an accessible resource and give practical help and support where appropriate, either by telephone or in person to staff of all levels, patients and their families.
To give emotional and psychological support to bereaved parents and the staff involved in their care. This may involve care in the antenatal period, during labour and the postnatal period.
Ensure access to services is initiated and maintained for those women needing support for an appropriate time period including home visits for those for whom entering the hospital environment causes considerable distress.
Where required, provide hands-on care in EPAU to women who have a diagnosed perinatal loss.
Counsel families regarding post-mortem and other investigations, and obtain consents for post mortem examinations when required.
Provide support and advice to staff and bereaved families within the division regarding registration of their babys' birth and death, making funeral arrangements, and ensuring that the relevant documentation is completed.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- NMC Registered Midwife/Nurse
- Educated to degree level
- Mentorship / Preceptorship training
- Bereavement training
Desirable
- Post-mortem consent training or willingness to undertake
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Experience of MDT working
- Recent experience in EPAU practice and pregnancy loss.
- Demonstrable experience caring for bereaved families
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Knowledge of K2 and EPR systems
- Counselling training
- Experience with audit
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- IT expertise
- Ability to influence and motivate others
- Ability to make decisions and be accountable for them
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work flexible to meet service needs.
Desirable
- Ability to compile, analyse and disseminate complex information
- Presentation skills
- Ability to network across directorates and divisions
- Able to demonstrate a broad knowledge of health policy in relation to nursing/ midwifery practice
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- NMC Registered Midwife/Nurse
- Educated to degree level
- Mentorship / Preceptorship training
- Bereavement training
Desirable
- Post-mortem consent training or willingness to undertake
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Experience of MDT working
- Recent experience in EPAU practice and pregnancy loss.
- Demonstrable experience caring for bereaved families
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Knowledge of K2 and EPR systems
- Counselling training
- Experience with audit
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- IT expertise
- Ability to influence and motivate others
- Ability to make decisions and be accountable for them
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work flexible to meet service needs.
Desirable
- Ability to compile, analyse and disseminate complex information
- Presentation skills
- Ability to network across directorates and divisions
- Able to demonstrate a broad knowledge of health policy in relation to nursing/ midwifery practice
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.
