Bereavement Midwife Employment Contract UK

Name: Bereavement Midwife Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: funeral_bereavement_midwife_pregnancy_loss_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

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This page is maintained for UK employers creating bereavement midwife (pregnancy loss) contracts for funeral. HRHeaven uses a legally validated and solicitor-approved self-service contract framework, with wording for role duties, confidentiality, notice, holiday, probation and practical workplace expectations. It does not replace individual legal advice for complex or disputed circumstances.

Last updated: 19 June 2026
Content owner: HRHeaven employment documentation team
Review standard: UK employer template review, versioned clause logic and preview before payment

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Job description

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Probation period

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.

Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

Before you create it

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Practical checks to help an employer choose the right starting point and prepare the information the document needs.

When to use this contract

Deliver compassionate coordinated clinical care, deliver informed family choices, and complete maternity bereavement records.

Workplace context: Clinical, ward, community or approved patient-care areas.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering clinical service caseload and on-call work. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering registration competence and supervision. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering consent specimens records and family property. Follow-up review education and wellbeing. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering NMC standards where applicable.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The midwife cannot practise beyond registration or competence, obtain consent through pressure, give definitive pathology findings, alter statutory records improperly or substitute for specialist mental-health care. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

the maternity settings and referral criteria
the registration and specialist competencies
the on-call clinic and follow-up pattern
the consent pathology funeral and records pathways
the clinical escalation supervision and support arrangements

Day-to-day operating brief

What Bereavement Midwife (Pregnancy loss) work looks like in practice

A Bereavement Midwife supports women, birthing people and families experiencing pregnancy loss, stillbirth or neonatal death while contributing registered midwifery expertise. The contract should identify clinical setting, caseload, on-call or follow-up work, professional registration, consent, memory-making choices, post-mortem and tissue-pathway coordination, funeral information, lactation advice within competence, interpreter access, multidisciplinary review, incident processes, staff education and secure maternity records. It should distinguish clinical decisions from family liaison and state when obstetric, neonatal, pathology, chaplaincy or mental-health expertise is required. Specialist bereavement input can begin during diagnosis, continue through birth and extend into results or review appointments. The midwife may coordinate memory boxes, photography, registration information and choices about seeing or holding a baby, always without implying there is a correct decision. Terms should address access to maternity and pathology systems, specimens, personal items, interpreter services and multidisciplinary case review. They should also define protected professional development and clinical supervision because complex loss, complaints and repeated exposure to traumatic events require both accountable practice and meaningful staff support.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Provide registered midwifery care within competence.
Coordinate bereavement information and follow-up.
Support consent and family choices.
Liaise with clinical pathology and support teams.
Contribute to review education and service improvement.

A realistic working scenario

Parents are unsure about post-mortem options, so the midwife explains the approved pathway without directing their choice and arranges specialist discussion.

Outputs to agree

compassionate coordinated clinical care
informed family choices
complete maternity bereavement records

Records and evidence

Clinical assessment and care.
Consent choice and information.
Specimen post-mortem and property chain.
Follow-up referral review and learning.
Patient records.
Care notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Clinical Lead, Nurse Manager, Matron, Practice Manager or Registered Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

The midwife cannot practise beyond registration or competence, obtain consent through pressure, give definitive pathology findings, alter statutory records improperly or substitute for specialist mental-health care.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

Patient record systems.
Observation equipment.
Clinical communication tools.
Incident reporting systems.
Medicine systems where authorised.

Workplace context

Clinical, ward, community or approved patient-care areas.

Contract priorities

clinical service caseload and on-call work
registration competence and supervision
consent specimens records and family property
follow-up review education and wellbeing

Information the employer should prepare

the maternity settings and referral criteria
the registration and specialist competencies
the on-call clinic and follow-up pattern
the consent pathology funeral and records pathways
the clinical escalation supervision and support arrangements

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Maintained role evidence

The facts this Bereavement Midwife (Pregnancy loss) contract is built around

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Work setting

Clinical, ward, community or approved patient-care areas.

Primary duties

Provide registered midwifery care within competence.
Coordinate bereavement information and follow-up.
Support consent and family choices.
Liaise with clinical pathology and support teams.

Tools and training to confirm

Patient record systems.
Observation equipment.
Clinical communication tools.
Incident reporting systems.

Governance focus

NMC context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering clinical service caseload and on-call work. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering registration competence and supervision. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering consent specimens records and family property.

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Role wording

Bereavement Midwife (Pregnancy loss) duties

Deliver compassionate coordinated clinical care, deliver informed family choices, and complete maternity bereavement records.

Provide registered midwifery care within competence. Coordinate bereavement information and follow-up. Support consent and family choices. Liaise with clinical pathology and support teams. Contribute to review education and service improvement.

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Specific clauses

What is added to the finished contract

The midwife cannot practise beyond registration or competence, obtain consent through pressure, give definitive pathology findings, alter statutory records improperly or substitute for specialist mental-health care.

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering clinical service caseload and on-call work.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering registration competence and supervision.

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