Job overview

Join Our Dedicated Team at The Royal Oldham Hospital NICU 

Are you passionate about supporting bereaved families? The Royal Oldham Hospital NICU, part of the esteemed North West Neonatal Network, is seeking a talented and experienced Neonatal Bereavement Nurse/Midwife to join our vibrant team.

Our state-of-the-art unit offers comprehensive care for sick new-borns, featuring:

• 9 Intensive Care Cots
• 9 High Dependency Cots
• 19 Special Care Cots
• 4 Transitional Care Cots

 If you bring significant post-specialist neonatal experience and are eager to support bereavement services  this is your opportunity to make a real impact.  

Main duties of the job

Join Our Compassionate Team as a Neonatal Bereavement Support Specialist

Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference during one of life's most challenging moments? We are seeking a dedicated Post Holder to lead and support our neonatal and multidisciplinary teams in providing compassionate, evidence-based care for families experiencing loss.

In this vital role, you'll:

• Guide and support families through confidential, memory-making experiences during grief and bereavement
• Act as a compassionate role model, educator, and mentor for staff and students, fostering a culture of best practice
• Promote a supportive environment where families feel cared for and remembered with dignity
• Utilise your expertise to influence and improve care standards, ensuring that every family receives the highest quality support

If you're committed to compassionate care, professional excellence, and making a real difference in the lives of families and staff, we'd love to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.  

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack (opens in existing window)