Are you an experienced midwife who is passionate about supporting families who have experienced a perinatal loss or need additional support during pregnancy? Are you looking for career progression or a move to a more specialist role?

The Perinatal support service provides perinatal bereavement support, a birth reflections service and support to birthing people who require additional support during pregnancy, whose needs are not met by other services such as perinatal mental health services or maternal mental health services.

We are a friendly team where the specialist midwifery roles are invaluable and well established. The role will be supported by regular clinical supervision, access to reflective practice and ongoing CPD opportunities.

The role can be flexible, and a job share arrangement will be considered.

Our specialist midwife will work in collaboration with wider perinatal team to provide high quality evidence-based support to women/ birthing people. The role has an emphasis on networking with other services, delivering training and consultation to our staff and other services, including being an integrated part of their MDT

Main duties of the job

This is a key, organisation-wide role in developing and maintaining high standards of care for birthing people and families who have experienced perinatal loss or require additional support during pregnancy and whose needs are not met by other specialist services.

The post holder will be required to have excellent communication skills in a sometimes-difficult environment, using tact and diplomacy. Communicates complex matters verbally and in writing.

The role will be part of a multidisciplinary team with a high level of relevant expert knowledge and skills, which will be used to manage, develop the service in line with national and local guidance. Ensuring that relevant pathways, policies and processes for this group, are developed, implemented and audited. This will involve working with a range of relevant professionals, services and agencies.

This post will support multidisciplinary colleagues through coordinating and providing training and guidance in perinatal bereavement and trauma informed care for key maternity staff, to enable them to provide holistic care that optimises mental as well as physical health. The post holder will be offer innovative practice and be an effective change agent, promoting evidence based practice.

About us

Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do.

These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

• Service We will put our patients first
• Teamwork We will work together
• Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
• Respect We will act with integrity

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description.

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time totime in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended toprovide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developingthe role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife (Active NMC Registration)
• Educated to Degree level qualification or equivalent training and experience
• Mentorship/Preceptorship trained
• Maintain portfolio of on-going continuous professional development

Desirable

• Management qualification
• Quality improvement training
• Counselling qualification

Experience

Essential

• Substantial midwifery experience
• Evidence of professional development
• Knowledge of research methodologies and audit
• Experience of caring for bereaved families
• Safeguarding children training

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrable knowledge of clinical risk and governance ? Advanced communication skills ? Advanced negotiating skills ? A proven ability to deal effectively with patients, their families and carers and the general public ? Skills in working with a range of professionals across differing organisations and boundaries ? Ability to work in a pressured environment and balance competing priorities of services and staff ? A sound knowledge of legal framework in relation to Miscarriages, Termination of Pregnancy, Stillbirth and Neonatal death and the associate Nursing and Midwifery codes and rules. ? Demonstrated skills in addressing complex problems on a day to day basis ? Good analytical reasoning (verbal and numerical) and sound financial management skills ? Able to prioritise own workload, delegate appropriately and manage time effectively ? Good IT skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) ? Excellent presentation and report writing skills

Employer details

Employer name

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Western Hospital

Marlborough Road

Swindon

SN3 6BB

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