Job summary
- Main area
- Gynaecology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed-term)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 372-FSS2768
- Employer
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Calderdale Royal Hospital
- Town
- HALIFAX
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
EPAU Bereavement Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?
Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
To work as a clinical specialist providing written and verbal information to bereaved families. To support women and their families who are experiencing foetal loss and/or childbirth related difficulties.
To provide support to nursing, midwifery and medical staff within the directorate when caring for women experiencing a loss in pregnancy, stillbirth or early neonatal death.
To act as an educational resource for medical, nursing and midwifery staff on physical, psychological and administrative aspects of bereavement care. In addition, this role is to provide support and training for staff in bereavement related issues.
Main duties of the job
Contact and support bereaved parents during their initial grieving process. Accompany patients to appointments in the Trust relating to their loss, such as post mortem result discussion with their consultant.
Signposting bereaved families to further support services.
Developing staff knowledge to enable them to support bereaved families.
Working for our organisation
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Act as an effective advocate for the bereaved woman and her family, responding to their needs to ensure their care is of the highest possible standard.
Be an accessible resource and give practical help and support where appropriate, either by telephone or in person to staff of all levels, patients and their families.
To give emotional and psychological support to bereaved parents and the staff involved in their care. This may involve care in the antenatal period, during labour and the postnatal period.
Ensure access to services is initiated and maintained for those women needing support for an appropriate time period including home visits for those for whom entering the hospital environment causes considerable distress.
Where required, provide hands-on care in EPAU to women who have a diagnosed perinatal loss.
Counsel families regarding post-mortem and other investigations, and obtain consents for post mortem examinations when required.
Provide support and advice to staff and bereaved families within the division regarding registration of their babys' birth and death, making funeral arrangements, and ensuring that the relevant documentation is completed.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Midwife/Nurse
- Educated to degree level
- Mentorship / Preceptorship training
- Bereavement training
Desirable criteria
- Post-mortem consent training or willingness to undertake
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential criteria
- Experience of MDT working
- Recent experience in EPAU practice and pregnancy loss.
- Demonstrable experience caring for bereaved families
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of K2 and EPR systems
- Counselling training
- Experience with audit
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- IT expertise
- Ability to influence and motivate others
- Ability to make decisions and be accountable for them
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work flexible to meet service needs.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to compile, analyse and disseminate complex information
- Presentation skills
- Ability to network across directorates and divisions
- Able to demonstrate a broad knowledge of health policy in relation to nursing/ midwifery practice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Helen Fielder
- Job title
- ward manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01422 224475
- Additional information
Rachel Rann,
Gynaecology matron
07769301560
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