# Deputy Bereavement Midwife

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Location:** Northwick Park hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Midwife
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 Inclusive of HCAS pro rata - per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-24T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-10T11:31:02.342Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Harrow/London_North_West_University_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Womens_Services/Womens_Services-v8178094
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8178094?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

To support the Band 7 Bereavement Midwife in leading the care of women who had experienced a poor pregnancy outcome including Stillbirth, late Termination for abnormality and mid-trimester pregnancy losses.

Liaising with the Multidisciplinary Team and Joint working with the Consultant Obstetricians at allocated Clinics.

To manage and provide continuity of care and support for women and their families.

To support staff involved in the care of these women.

Opportunity for career development and progression.

### Main duties of the job

- Monitors and ensures maintenance of standards of care
- Monitors and ensure high quality of care for women and their family
- Work autonomously as a clinical midwife, and as part of the wider team
- Address practice deficits and provide constructive feedback to junior staff
- Signpost and make appropriate referrals for specialist information / support for vulnerable families, ensuring the Trust safeguarding policy is adhered to
- In emergencies, in the absence of management on call cover, you will be expected to Deputise for the manage

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

### 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

### Knowledge & Experience

**Essential**

- Considerable Midwifery experience
- Knowledge of Safeguarding

**Desirable**

- Experience in specialist area of expertise
- Experience of multi-agency working

### Education/Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of continual professional development

**Desirable**

- Specialist knowledge or Qualification

### Skills, Abilities & Attributes

**Essential**

- High standards of clinical performance
- Team player

## Documents

- [heart values (pdf, 158.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2615)
- [guidance for applying (pdf, 914.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1549)
- [what makes us special? (pdf, 891.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1553)
- [deputy bereavement midwife jd (pdf, 400.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10481083)
- [what makes us special - mobile friendly version (pdf, 379.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1551)

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