Job overview

Do you want to make a difference to people’s lives?

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, reliable, compassionate individual with good organisation skills to join our small team, working with the maternity bereavement service.

Experience working with bereaved families is desirable, however full support and training will be given.  We will teach you everything you need to know for this physically & emotionally demanding role. To us, it’s more important that you are a team player, caring and a kind person with a genuine desire to help and support women, and their families. If this sounds like you, then you already have the attributes that make a great Bereavement Support Worker.

St Peters is a great place to work, offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after, and values our people, creating a sense of belonging. We encourage applications from people who embrace our values and who will enable us to expand our diverse workforce. The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and offers a wide range of benefits that recognise staff contribution, provide opportunities for career development, and offer initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance.

Please contact Zara Chamberlain if you wish to have an informal chat on 01932722879 or email [email protected] to find out more.

Apply now to start your lifelong career at St Peters.

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Main duties of the job

We would like you to help support bereaved families on our labour ward, participate in memory making, ensure the bereavement room is well stocked, organise follow up appointments for parents with their consultant, liaise with the mortuary/ pathology services and help collate data for audits. This role is interesting and varied and no two days will ever look the same.

As a Bereavement Support Worker, you don’t need any previous bereavement  experience, but you will need good literacy (English) and numeracy (maths) skills. We will provide you with all the training that is required to do the job.

It’s your personal skills and values that will be most vital to the role;

we need you to be proactive, compassionate, and willing to get stuck in. It’s a hands-on environment where teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills are essential.

Maternity Services Support Worker roles represent a world of opportunities within the NHS.  They are a great entry point into the NHS and can lead on to a lifelong career. 

Working for our organisation

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

 We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.