Job summary
The OUHFT provides the highest standard of Paediatric and Neonatal Care and this care does not end when a baby or child has died. The Trust will continue to effectively support and work with families in partnership after their child has died with a strong focus on ensuring that learning from child deaths is acknowledged and shared. This depends on maintaining a continued relationship with families, collaborating with Trust and external agencies, advocating for patient and family rights and promoting best practices in Paediatric Bereavement Care.
Main duties of the job
To act as a single point of contact between newly bereaved parents and carers and the agencies that are involved in the essential processes following the death of their baby or child, including Safeguarding agencies.
To ensure that bereaved families have accurate and timely information about the mandatory processes that follow the death of a child, supporting them through the initial and then ongoing stages after the loss of their child.
To have a major role in enabling the voice of the family to be heard throughout including input into the Child Death Review forum and feedback to families after review completed.
To care for bereaved families, including siblings and where relevant, extended families, ensuring that their practical, health, emotional and psychological needs are met through individualised support and appropriate onward referral.
To provide compassionate, individualised care and foster an environment of respect, dignity and empathy for all bereaved families and colleagues with sensitivity to Safeguarding procedures when necessary.
To work collaboratively with professionals working in family liaison capacities in Paediatric critical care, emergency and ward-based settings. The post holder is expected to continue to develop knowledge and skills in the understanding and support of the needs of families bereaved by child or baby death.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
In 2023NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles
Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To act as a single point of contact between newly bereaved parents and carers and the agencies that are involved in the essential processes following the death of their baby or child, including Safeguarding agencies.
To ensure that bereaved families have accurate and timely information about the mandatory processes that follow the death of a child, supporting them through the initial and then ongoing stages after the loss of their child.
To have a major role in enabling the voice of the family to be heard throughout including input into the Child Death Review forum and feedback to families after review completed.
To care for bereaved families, including siblings and where relevant, extended families, ensuring that their practical, health, emotional and psychological needs are met through individualised support and appropriate onward referral.
To provide compassionate, individualised care and foster an environment of respect, dignity and empathy for all bereaved families and colleagues with sensitivity to Safeguarding procedures when necessary.
To work collaboratively with professionals working in family liaison capacities in Paediatric critical care, emergency and ward-based settings. The post holder is expected to continue to develop knowledge and skills in the understanding and support of the needs of families bereaved by child or baby death
Job description
Job responsibilities
To act as a single point of contact between newly bereaved parents and carers and the agencies that are involved in the essential processes following the death of their baby or child, including Safeguarding agencies.
To ensure that bereaved families have accurate and timely information about the mandatory processes that follow the death of a child, supporting them through the initial and then ongoing stages after the loss of their child.
To have a major role in enabling the voice of the family to be heard throughout including input into the Child Death Review forum and feedback to families after review completed.
To care for bereaved families, including siblings and where relevant, extended families, ensuring that their practical, health, emotional and psychological needs are met through individualised support and appropriate onward referral.
To provide compassionate, individualised care and foster an environment of respect, dignity and empathy for all bereaved families and colleagues with sensitivity to Safeguarding procedures when necessary.
To work collaboratively with professionals working in family liaison capacities in Paediatric critical care, emergency and ward-based settings. The post holder is expected to continue to develop knowledge and skills in the understanding and support of the needs of families bereaved by child or baby death
Person Specification
Professional experience
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Practitioner with experience of working with children
- Minimum 2 years experience working with children and families
Desirable
- Experience working with bereaved families
- Experience of self directed working and collaboration with other agencies
Person Specification
Professional experience
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Practitioner with experience of working with children
- Minimum 2 years experience working with children and families
Desirable
- Experience working with bereaved families
- Experience of self directed working and collaboration with other agencies
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Oxford Children's Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way
Headington, Oxford
OX3 9DU
Employer's website
https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
