Job summary
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is excited to announce an exciting opportunity for a Pregnancy Loss Lead Midwife to join our maternity team.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife to provide an essential bereavement service to women, their families and staff at Wexham Park Hospital.
Main duties of the job
As the Pregnancy Loss Lead you will:
- Act as a clinical specialist providing verbal and written information to bereaved families and to support women and their families, who have experienced fetal loss and/or childbirth related difficulties.
- Liaise with multidisciplinary teams which include Fetal Medicine, Mental Health, Perinatal Pathologists etc. providing a seamless service to these families.
- Provide highly specialist guidance and support to midwifery, nursing and medical staff within the Women's Directorate when caring for women experiencing a loss in pregnancy, stillbirth or early neonatal death.
- 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.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
If you are a midwife looking for career progression and have a special interest in pregnancy loss, we would love to hear from you.
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you are a midwife looking for career progression and have a special interest in pregnancy loss, we would love to hear from you.
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Leadership/management training
Experience
Essential
- Experience in dealing with bereaved parents
- Experience as Band 6 Registered Midwife
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of national and local goals and expectations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Leadership/management training
Experience
Essential
- Experience in dealing with bereaved parents
- Experience as Band 6 Registered Midwife
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of national and local goals and expectations
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).
