Bereavement Coordinator - Full-Time

About the Role

The Perinatal Bereavement Coordinator is a registered professional nurse responsible for coordinating and overseeing perinatal bereavement services. This role provides compassionate support to patients and families experiencing pregnancy, fetal, neonatal, or infant loss; serves as a clinical resource for staff and providers; ensures compliance with state and hospital reporting requirements; and coordinates education, support services, community outreach, and interdisciplinary collaboration to promote high-quality, family-centered bereavement care throughout Women's and Infants' Services.

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, oversee, and deliver comprehensive perinatal bereavement services across Women's and Infants' Services.
• Provide direct and indirect care to patients and families experiencing pregnancy, fetal, neonatal, or infant loss.
• Serve as a clinical leader and resource for nursing staff, physicians, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Ensure compliance with all state, legal, regulatory, and hospital requirements related to fetal and neonatal loss reporting and documentation.
• Maintain pregnancy loss records and report fetal deaths to the Tennessee Vital Records Department.
• Manage required compliance documentation and serve as a liaison with funeral homes, pathology, genetics, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, and obstetric providers.
• Provide clinical support and education to nursing staff across Labor & Delivery, OB Emergency Department, Mother-Baby, and designated Emergency Department units at both downtown and East campuses.
• Develop and deliver ongoing staff education, provide bedside bereavement support, and coordinate comfort care services and genetic referrals.
• Manage bereavement photography and family memory-sharing services.
• Ensure families receive appropriate discharge education and community support resources.
• Support the Never Forgotten Program, providing grief support and bereavement follow-up care to families experiencing pregnancy loss, neonatal death, or infant death.
• Facilitate support groups such as Moments to Share and coordinate remembrance and community awareness events.
• Manage bereavement resources and donor-supported programs, and expand access to perinatal and neonatal loss services throughout the region.
• Serve as an educator, consultant, and community advocate by promoting bereavement awareness, providing staff and community education, and participating in local and regional committees.
• Support initiatives that improve outcomes and compassionate care for women, infants, and families experiencing loss.

Requirements

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Tennessee.
• BLS certification completed prior to going to unit/department and maintained ongoing thereafter.
• NRP certification within 6 months of hire.
• ACLS required prior to completion of departmental orientation and maintained ongoing thereafter.
• De-escalation training/certification (e.g., MOAB) within 6 months and maintained yearly thereafter.
• Tennessee licensure or multistate licensure from a compact state must be obtained within three months of hire for non-Tennessee residents.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing, associate's degree in nursing (required).
• Minimum of five years nursing experience in a tertiary center in Women's Health or Neonatal/Pediatric field, with at least one year in Labor & Delivery or NICU (required).
• Management experience in the Women's Health field (preferred).
• Certification in a bereavement-related field (preferred).