Associate Specialist Bereavement Midwife - 15 hpw

Job overview

Closing Date: 28.10.26

Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 29.10.26

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 09.11.26

This is a full time midwife post, with 15 hours dedicated to the bereavement specialist role, remaining hours will be completed within a clinical department.

We are excited to have hours now available within the Bereavement Service, providing an opportunity for a motivated Registered Midwife to join our team.

This exciting role is an excellent way of gaining experience and collaborating with the existing bereavement team and wider support services. This role will provide an opportunity for you to explore a specialist service and enhance any future aspirations to be a senior leader of the future.

Are you determined and committed to supporting transformation of the bereavement service?

If so why not come and join our bereavement team at Bradford Teaching Hospitals.

This service requires caring, experienced and dynamic midwives who wish to expand their skills and expertise within bereavement care. Working at Bradford will provide an insight into improving bereavement care that meets the needs of a diverse and multicultural population.

We are excited to welcome applications from band 6 midwives who can demonstrate expert skills in communication and are confident in conducting sensitive conversations and delivering difficult news to families.

Main duties of the job

You will be involved in the provision of care for women and families who have experienced any type of pregnancy loss including miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, sudden infant death or a termination of pregnancy. This will include supporting the women emotionally and ensuring their needs are met by having comprehensive and compassionate discussion relating to bereavement issues and hospital practices. This will consist of working with external agencies and support groups.

They will be responsible for providing support to staff in clinical areas and be available to ensure high quality bereavement care is provided. They will act as advocates for the women and as bereavement champions across different setting of the maternity and gynaecology service.

They will be responsible for keeping up to date with contemporary evidence based practice and guidance, Human Tissue Authority assurances (HTA) and ensure this is cascaded to the wider multidisciplinary team including gynaecology, maternity and the neonatal service.

The post holder will also be involved in completing bereavement care audits to continuously monitor the service being provided and to help implement actions derived from this. As part of this they will be responsible for collating data and ensuring this is reported to MBRRACE:UK (Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK)

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description document for further information with regards to the job description and main responsibilities.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.