Specialist Bereavement Nurses

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Maternity and Gynaecology Team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as a Bereavement Nurse on a substantive contract.

We are seeking an experienced, compassionate, and motivated nurse to lead and develop the bereavement service, providing specialist support to women and families who experience pregnancy loss, stillbirth, neonatal death, or other significant life-changing events within maternity and gynaecology services.

The successful candidate will be an experienced registered nurse with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to provide sensitive, compassionate care during highly emotional and challenging circumstances. You will act as a key point of contact for bereaved families, coordinating follow-up care, investigations, including post-mortem processes, and ensuring families receive timely information and ongoing support throughout their bereavement journey.

You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, chaplaincy services, mortuary staff, and external organisations to ensure the delivery of high-quality, family-centred bereavement care. The role will also involve supporting staff education, contributing to service development, audit, governance activities, and quality improvement initiatives.

You will be joining a dedicated and supportive team committed to providing outstanding bereavement care and improving the experiences of women and families across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

• Provide compassionate, individualised care and support to families who experience pregnancy loss, ensuring their emotional, psychological and practical needs are met. This will require excellent communication skills due to the highly sensitive and emotional nature of the conversation.
• Manage, plan and coordinate care for all bereaved parents liaising with the multidisciplinary team, and other statutory/voluntary agencies, have the knowledge and expertise to be able to support women around sensitive decisions such as termination of pregnancy.
• Lead the development and implementation of bereavement pathways, policies, and guidelines, ensuring alignment with national standards such as the National Bereavement Care Pathway and CQC and NICE guidance.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care based on evidenced based practice.
• Facilitate the development of all staff including medical staff and support workers, providing training within this specialist field.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.