North Middlesex Maternity: "A career in Midwifery, not just a job.”
We are looking for a dedicated midwife who will provide support and expertise to the families in our service who have experienced pregnancy loss, and to the staff who will be taking care of them
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The role will expect the post holder to work in the team of bereavement midwives, be a supportive clinical presence to ensure the best service possible for the women, birthing people and their families who have experienced any type of bereavement during their maternity journey.
This will include working within the MDT to provide excellent care at the point of bereavement and in the period afterwards, and also provide specialist, personalized care for any subsequent pregnancies.
This is a clinically based role, the post holder will be expected to be a point of information and expertise, providing guidance on any issues relating to pregnancy loss or bereavement and will need to have oversight of all related processes and procedures. Day to day, the Bereavement Midwives will support women and families postnatally, offer expert information regarding postmortem investigations and complete postmortem consent, Coronial reviews, registration and funerals.
The role includes responsibility for processes and procedures relating to bereavement including audit, guidelines , data collection, completion of paperwork and correct processing of specimens.
The postholder will be involved in providing a 7-day bereavement service as per Ockenden recommendations and will be expected to work flexibly including weekend
s.
NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Aileen Liddell Job title: Matron Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0208 887 2485