# Associate Specialist Bereavement Midwife - 15 hpw > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-specialist-bereavement-midwife-15-hpw/ecce3f6e-d949-4659-a10e-148b0d74a3ac - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-specialist-bereavement-midwife-15-hpw/ecce3f6e-d949-4659-a10e-148b0d74a3ac.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Bradford Royal Infirmary - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent: Full time post with 15 hours dedicated to the bereavement service - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (X2 7.5 Hours worked within bereavement and the rest of the hours in their clinical area.) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T00:01:13.897Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Bradford/Bradford_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Maternity/Maternity-v8292041 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8292041?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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) . ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Basic IT skills - Effective communication skills especially when having sensitive discussions with families and colleagues - Ability to work effectively as part of a team - Excellent interpersonal and listening skills - Ability to plan, organise and manage work load effectively - Flexibility and adaptability in approach and attitude **Desirable** - Ability to display information clearly using digital methods - Evidence of influencing and change management skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality - Understanding and awareness of the National Bereavement Care Pathway and the Ockenden Reports and what they recommend for gold standard bereavement care. - Understanding key issues and drivers within the National maternity agenda in relation to reducing stillbirth rates. - Understanding the role of national audit tools used in the reporting of pregnancy losses and risk management. - Understanding of the risk and governance agenda within local maternity including learning from incidents and the management of tissue samples. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working as a registered midwife - Experience of caring for bereaved families - Experience of having difficult conversations and sharing bad news **Desirable** - Experience of providing education and training - Experience of assurance processes, audits and people management ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Midwife with an active NMC registration - Teaching qualification as defined by the NMC e.g SLIP course **Desirable** - Recognised bereavement care training and qualifications - Recognised leadership qualification or relevant experience - Evidence of continuous professional development and application of knowledge to practice especially in relation to bereavement care ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Flexible to work in different areas within the trust to support staff and patients - Motivation and commitment to provide a high standard of care ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 480.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10614958) - [ps (pdf, 232.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10614959) - [useful links (pdf, 110.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2589) - [candidate pack (pdf, 22.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2803) - [people strategy (pdf, 640.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2592) - [terms and conditions - afc (pdf, 96.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2804) - [voluntary living wage guidance (pdf, 65.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2595) - [guidance for applicants including values (pdf, 246.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2591) - [policy statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 94.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2593) - [code of practice for disclosure and barring service (pdf, 54.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2590) - [policy statement on the secure handling off disclosure information (pdf, 67.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2594) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.