About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Deputy Bereavement Midwife to join our team on a fixed term/secondment basis to cover Maternity Leave. We are looking for an experienced, compassionate midwife who is dedicated to supporting families experiencing bereavement loss, as well as offering specialist bereavement support and training to the multidisciplinary team.
The Deputy Bereavement Midwife will work alongside the Bereavement Lead Midwife within the maternity service and will play an integral part in service delivery and development. The team provides individualised, holistic care to families throughout their journey.
The postholder will assist in the collection of data for MBRRACE-UK: Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK, and help to feedback recommendations from reports and relevant findings to key groups and implement service delivery changes as required,
The Deputy Bereavement Midwife will be involved in the process of coordinating reviews and implementing learning from the national standardised Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT).The postholder will aid and help implement the core principles of the National Bereavement Care pathway.
Main duties of the job
To be the Midwifery lead in the care of women who have experienced poor pregnancy outcomes during stillbirth, termination for abnormality and neonatal death.
Ensure MBBRACE/CNST standards are met and the service provides care as described by the national bereavement pathway.
Use the PMRT process to provide clinical oversight and review of mortality cases to ensure system wide learning and appropriate care and information for families.
Work with the Screening team to support providing the maternal newborn screening agenda.
Liaise with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and promote joint working.
Manage and provide continuity of care and support for women and their families.
Facilitate training, advice and support staff involved in the care of these women.
Escalate concerns and issues as they arise, particularly in where patient safety is a risk.
Provide hands on clinical care where practicable.
About us
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
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Job description Job responsibilities
Key Result Areas:
Bereavement
The post holder will be required to:
Provide bereavement support and co-ordinate follow up for parents who have experienced pregnancy loss.
Manage, plan and co-ordinate care for all bereaved clients liaising with MDT, and other statutory/voluntary agencies.
Ensure the PMRT process is used to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care based on evidence-based practice.
Liaising with the MDT and external agencies to ensure robust reviews of care in a timely manner, ensuring the MBRRACE/CNST standards are met.
Working with families to ensure that their voices are heard at each point in their care and the following review process.
Facilitate the development of all staff including junior medical staff and support workers providing training within specialist field.
Formulate and implement policies and procedures for the care of bereaved women within the maternity unit.
Laisse with MDT when questions/feedback/comments/complaints arise in connection with foetal loss.
Deal personally with women and their families in order to aid resolution of questions/feedback/comments/complaints that are within the midwife scope of practice to answer.
Lead in setting, monitoring and reviewing standards and procedures for bereavement support that are within the National Bereavement guideline framework.
Screening
The post holder will be required to:
To support the provision of care of all recommended antenatal screening and Newborn screening tests as specified within the National Screening Committee Standards for Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) Antenatal Care Guidelines.
Counselling women and their partners concerning testing and high risk results
Giving personalised follow up care to women on an individual needs basis
Providing information for patients and ensure that literature is based on nationally accepted standards and that it is available in languages relevant to the locality
CLINICAL PRACTICE
Where appropriate, provide care to bereaved women and their families.
Working with the named Consultant at the follow up clinics for bereaved parents.
Assessment of women for their on-going emotional support and make the appropriate referrals.
Ensure the necessary paperwork is completed following delivery i.e. funeral arrangements, CEMACH, CMR, critical incident forms.
Maintains accurate records regarding perinatal loss within the department.
Co-ordinate the retrieval of pathological investigations, including post-mortem reports, and ensures the results are available for the follow up appointments.
Provide specialist advice and training supporting/supervising students and junior medical staff about caring for bereaved women.
Maintains updating professional knowledge.
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
To take the lead in planning care for women experiencing the loss for their babies.
To plan and co-ordinate multidisciplinary care in conjunction with other lead professionals.
To be responsible for proposing and implementing policy related to this specialist area of practice.
To be a positive role model for junior staff and peers.
To lead the change management process where indicated.
To provide training and support all staff in professional growth.
To manage and resolve conflict.
Attending unit meetings service level meetings making contributions towards professional, organisational and service progress
To participate in the process for providing assurance in the form of audit, quarterly and annual reports to the maternity service governance and risk committees, with regarding to bereavement and screening provision and compliance with standards and where appropriate assist with the compilation of such reports.
ORGANISATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
To develop advanced counselling skills.
Respond to incidents and complaints as they arise in line with Trust policy.
To work closely with local and national support groups ensuring that care is seamless and of high quality.
To participate in the planning of and contribute to perinatal mortality and morbidity meetings.
To undertake audit as required.
To undertake project management when required particularly around service developments.
To be involved with the annual Service of Bereavement.
Identify own development needs and actively work towards own professional development (IPR to support this).
Maintain professional portfolio.
Work as an independent practitioner within the multi-disciplinary team to promote the highest possible standards of care
To maintain clinical credibility and competence in midwifery care
To provide emergency cover and at short notice for unexpected absence/sickness across the maternity service.
Participate in a Midwifery on call rota.
COMMUNICATION
Maintain effective communication remaining polite and courteous in all situations.
Maintain confidentiality at all times.
Manage complaints in line with Trust policy.
Report clinical and non-clinical risk management issues in line with Trust policy and ensure appropriate feedback to staff.
Ensure effective communication with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Register Midwife with significant clinical experience
Desirable
Recognised Teaching and Assessor Qualification Counselling skills or equivalent
Experience Essential
Able to demonstrate continued CPD
Desirable
Recent experience with Bereavement care in maternity
Skills Essential
Effective communicator Leadership and motivation skills Computer literate Ability to motivate self and others
Desirable
Knowledge of MBRRACE and PMRT Knowledge of bereavement and screening national pathways
Personal Qualities Essential
Personal and professional maturity Good time management and able to prioritise work load. Recognition of own limitations Demonstrates enthusiasm Adaptable and flexible to the needs of the service.
Other Job Requirements Essential
Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team Flexibility to work days, nights, weekends, bank holiday and on calls. Full driving license
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.
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Employer details Employer name South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
Address Warwick Hospital
Lakin Road
Warwick
CV34 5BW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.swft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)