Specialist Bereavement Midwife

Job overview

This specialist and sensitive role is to provide compassionate bereavement care for women, birthing people and families experiencing pregnancy or baby loss.  You will be coordinating care for families in subsequent pregnancies, working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team. You will coordinate activities of the Rainbow Clinic and maintain caseload providing midwifery antenatal care on clinic day 

Main duties of the job

Bereavement Support:

Provide compassionate, specialist care to families experiencing pregnancy or baby loss, ensuring high standards of clinical practice and emotional support. Deputise for the Bereavement Lead Midwife when required and support staff through training, guidance, and escalation. Coordinate care across the multidisciplinary team, including support with post-mortem processes, governance activities, and quality improvement initiatives. Contribute to national review programmes and deliver training to promote safe, sensitive bereavement care.

Rosie Rainbow Clinic:

Coordinate and manage the Rainbow Clinic caseload, including triaging referrals and delivering antenatal care. Act as a patient advocate, providing clinical and psychological support, and work closely with the wider team to ensure holistic, coordinated care.

Leadership and Management:

Support the development and review of bereavement guidelines and statutory processes, ensuring compliance with relevant standards. Build strong links with external organisations and professional networks, and act as a key resource for staff. Work closely with governance leads to support continuous improvement and high-quality care delivery.
You will also be providing support and advice to the Early Pregnancy unit and NICU Teams as needed

Working for our organisation

Come Nurse with us…

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live. 

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
-    applied for a Graduate visa
-    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 21 June 2026

Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 29 June 2026

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff. 

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered Midwife

Up to date professional portfolio, demonstrating on-going professional development

Desirable criteria

Diploma/Degree in Midwifery.

Experience

Essential criteria

Ability to demonstrate a working knowledge of midwifery in all areas of the service.

Desirable criteria

Ward management experience.

Involvement with clinical audit and research.

Use of computerised information system.

NHS experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Aware of current research and its impact on evidence base care.

Knowledge of NMC Midwives Rules & Standards

Knowledge of current reports/guidelines relating to Maternity Care and their implication.

Desirable criteria

Involvement in participating in the production of evidence based policies.

Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to carry out the full range of midwifery skills in all clinical areas.

Developed interpersonal skills.

Excellent communication skills.

Desirable criteria

Perineal suturing skills, Epidural management, IV Drug additives

Siting IV infusions

Able to support others and mentor in the learning environment

Additional Requirements

Essential criteria

The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team

To rotate to all areas on both day and night shifts.

Support and develop midwifery led care

Ability to travel between the Trust and community services.

Support and develop midwifery led care

Desirable criteria

Able to act up for line manager/team leader.

Confident and motivated

Supportive within a team framework

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Cathy Bevens

Job title

Lead Safety and Governance Midwife

Email address

View email address on careers.cuh.nhs.uk

Telephone number

View phone number on careers.cuh.nhs.uk