Job summary
Permenant - Part time - 22.5 hours.
Are you a compassionate and experienced
nurse/midwife committed to improving services and reducing preventable child
deaths? If so your skills will be highly valued in SNEE ICB and we would love
to hear from you. We are a small team of specialist nurses and review all child
deaths from 0-17 years throughout East and West Suffolk.
The Child Death Review (CDR) Partners, which are
the SNEE ICB and Suffolk County Council, hold responsibility
to ensure that each child death is reviewed, with learning taken and shared to
reduce future child deaths. The CDR team sits within the wider safeguarding
team at SNEE ICB and you will be supported by the Designated Nurse for
Safeguarding children and the Designated Doctor for Child Deaths.
The successful candidate will work in partnership
with agencies to ensure a co-ordinated approach with the Child Death Review
process to support families when their child has died.
This is a band 7 role, if you are currently in a
Band 6 role and ready for progression into a band 7 post, then this post will
be offered as a band 6 development post progressing to a band 7 once all
competencies have been met.
Please note, due to the ongoing cost reduction programme
and restructure underway at SNEE ICB (due to end in Summer 2024), prior
consideration for this role may be given to existing staff who are affected by
this programme and this role may be removed from the recruitment process at any
time.
Main duties of the job
This post has two elements to it:
1) Completing
statutory Child Death Reviews for all children who die, and main residence is
Suffolk and are under 18 years olds this includes neonatal, expected, and
unexpected deaths. Responding to unexpected deaths as per SUDIC policy and
taking on the role as Lead professional.
2)
Acting as the key worker for families as defined in When a Child Dies (2018)
and Child Death Review Statutory Guidance (2018) providing high quality,
evidence-based support to grieving families.
The post holders key responsibility will be:
On behalf of SNEE ICB Childrens Safeguarding Designated Team to implement,
co-ordinate and manage all Child Death Reviews in accordance with local and
national policies and legislation as set out on Suffolk Safeguarding
Partnership website.
To respond to all Joint Agency Response (JAR) as detailed in the Sudden
Unexpected Deaths in Infancy and Childhood Protocol (SUDIC).
Arrange and attend internal and external Child Death Review Meetings (and if
required, chair those meetings); this includes Strategy Discussions, Multi
Agency Meetings, Child Death Review Meetings, Child Death Overview Panel
Meetings, and any other appropriate meeting e.g. Neonatal Morbidity and
Mortality Meetings including PMRT Meetings.
About us
The NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB plan and buy healthcare services for over one million people. Working within a total budget of £1.5bn per year, we serve some of the poorest and wealthiest communities in the UK.
In addition to consolidating our own resources and expertise, we are also building powerful alliances with our partners in the local government, healthcare, community and voluntary sectors. Because we know that together, we can achieve the best possible health outcomes.
We are committed to providing a supportive work environment where employees are able to work to the best their abilities. We value professional development and care about health and wellbeing of our staff with many initiatives in place to make us an employer of choice and an organisation that employees are proud to be part of.
Job description
Job responsibilities
An unique opportunity has arisen in the Suffolk
Child Death Review Team for a new member to join our existing team.
The post holder will be expected to support the
Child Death Review Process as defined in Working Together (2023), Child Death
Review Statutory Guidance (2018) and Kennedy Report (2016) under the management
of the Lead Child Death Review Nurse. They will contribute to the extensive information
gathering following all deaths.
This post has two elements to it:
1)
Completing
statutory Child Death Reviews for all children who die, and main residence is Suffolk
and are under 18 years olds this includes neonatal, expected, and unexpected
deaths. Responding to unexpected deaths as per SUDIC policy and taking on the
role as Lead professional.
2)
Acting
as the key worker for families as defined in When a Child Dies (2018) and Child
Death Review Statutory Guidance (2018) providing high quality, evidence-based
support to grieving families.
Due to the nature of the work, evidence of clear effective
communication skills is essential. The post holder will be required to work
collaboratively with colleagues across a wide range of multidisciplinary teams
including medical and nursing, teams in hospital, childrens community teams,
primary care, police, coronial service, social services, education, housing, and
the voluntary sector.
This
is a band 7 role, if you are currently in a Band 6 role and ready for progression
into a band 7 post, then this post will be offered as a band 6 development post
progressing to a band 7 once all competencies have been met.
The job description and person specification are
an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role.
The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by
their line manager. This job description and personal specification may be
reviewed onan
ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the
Organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
An unique opportunity has arisen in the Suffolk
Child Death Review Team for a new member to join our existing team.
The post holder will be expected to support the
Child Death Review Process as defined in Working Together (2023), Child Death
Review Statutory Guidance (2018) and Kennedy Report (2016) under the management
of the Lead Child Death Review Nurse. They will contribute to the extensive information
gathering following all deaths.
This post has two elements to it:
1)
Completing
statutory Child Death Reviews for all children who die, and main residence is Suffolk
and are under 18 years olds this includes neonatal, expected, and unexpected
deaths. Responding to unexpected deaths as per SUDIC policy and taking on the
role as Lead professional.
2)
Acting
as the key worker for families as defined in When a Child Dies (2018) and Child
Death Review Statutory Guidance (2018) providing high quality, evidence-based
support to grieving families.
Due to the nature of the work, evidence of clear effective
communication skills is essential. The post holder will be required to work
collaboratively with colleagues across a wide range of multidisciplinary teams
including medical and nursing, teams in hospital, childrens community teams,
primary care, police, coronial service, social services, education, housing, and
the voluntary sector.
This
is a band 7 role, if you are currently in a Band 6 role and ready for progression
into a band 7 post, then this post will be offered as a band 6 development post
progressing to a band 7 once all competencies have been met.
The job description and person specification are
an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role.
The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by
their line manager. This job description and personal specification may be
reviewed onan
ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the
Organisation.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Good time keeping.
- Works flexibly with the ability to re-prioritising workload to meet the needs of the service.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team. Team player including an awareness of impact on others and effective contribution to group discussion
- Adaptability, flexibility, and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- Effective organiser.
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Full Driving Licence and use of car. Ability to travel independently across the region and occasionally beyond
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse or midwife, with post registration experience
- ENB 998 or teaching/training qualifications
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent experience.
- Safeguarding adults and children experience and training (level 3 and above)
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years post registration experience demonstrating a wide knowledge, understanding of working with children and their families. Must already be in a band 6/7 role.
- Experience of working in partnership between health, police and social care.
- Experience of delivering training programmes to multi agency groups/forums.
- Experience of change through partnership working.
- Experience of involvement in investigations, LeDeR reviews, PMRTS, SUDICs or Serious Case Reviews.
- Designing and implementing audits.
- Producing guidance or procedures and/or analytical reports.
- Negotiating with senior practitioners to resolve differences of opinion and conflict.
- Providing professional supervision to peers or junior staff.
Desirable
- Leadership and Management experience to degree level
- Specialist Knowledge in relation to child deaths and working with children and families, including some where child welfare concerns have been integral to the role and where critical thinking and analysis of complex cases has been required or evidenced.
- Bereavement training or experience working with bereaved families.
- Advising Commissioners of service development.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the legislation and principles of information sharing in relation to child deaths and vulnerable children.
- Impact of change on professional practice.
- Role/function of other statutory agencies
- Knowledge of health inequalities and issues of diversity.
- Intermediate working knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Ability to Chair Multi-organisational meetings
- Skills for communication on complex matters, difficult situations, requiring negotiating, persuasive and influencing skills.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Exercise personal judgement when dealing with a range of factors / issues that may involve managers, colleagues, stakeholders and service users
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise; Plans and organises own work, resolving conflicting situations and matters.
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- The ability to challenge constructively, and motivate individuals, groups, and organisations.
Autonomy
Essential
- Able to work to a high degree of independence but participate in team activities with colleagues within multi-disciplinary teams.
- Case load and hold responsibilities for the completion of Child Death Reviews.
- Able to demonstrate the ability to plan, adapt and organise a broad range of work programmes, relating to child deaths, which require the formulation and adjustment of plans/ strategies in accordance with the requirements of the role
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Good time keeping.
- Works flexibly with the ability to re-prioritising workload to meet the needs of the service.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team. Team player including an awareness of impact on others and effective contribution to group discussion
- Adaptability, flexibility, and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- Effective organiser.
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Full Driving Licence and use of car. Ability to travel independently across the region and occasionally beyond
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse or midwife, with post registration experience
- ENB 998 or teaching/training qualifications
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent experience.
- Safeguarding adults and children experience and training (level 3 and above)
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years post registration experience demonstrating a wide knowledge, understanding of working with children and their families. Must already be in a band 6/7 role.
- Experience of working in partnership between health, police and social care.
- Experience of delivering training programmes to multi agency groups/forums.
- Experience of change through partnership working.
- Experience of involvement in investigations, LeDeR reviews, PMRTS, SUDICs or Serious Case Reviews.
- Designing and implementing audits.
- Producing guidance or procedures and/or analytical reports.
- Negotiating with senior practitioners to resolve differences of opinion and conflict.
- Providing professional supervision to peers or junior staff.
Desirable
- Leadership and Management experience to degree level
- Specialist Knowledge in relation to child deaths and working with children and families, including some where child welfare concerns have been integral to the role and where critical thinking and analysis of complex cases has been required or evidenced.
- Bereavement training or experience working with bereaved families.
- Advising Commissioners of service development.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the legislation and principles of information sharing in relation to child deaths and vulnerable children.
- Impact of change on professional practice.
- Role/function of other statutory agencies
- Knowledge of health inequalities and issues of diversity.
- Intermediate working knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Ability to Chair Multi-organisational meetings
- Skills for communication on complex matters, difficult situations, requiring negotiating, persuasive and influencing skills.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Exercise personal judgement when dealing with a range of factors / issues that may involve managers, colleagues, stakeholders and service users
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise; Plans and organises own work, resolving conflicting situations and matters.
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- The ability to challenge constructively, and motivate individuals, groups, and organisations.
Autonomy
Essential
- Able to work to a high degree of independence but participate in team activities with colleagues within multi-disciplinary teams.
- Case load and hold responsibilities for the completion of Child Death Reviews.
- Able to demonstrate the ability to plan, adapt and organise a broad range of work programmes, relating to child deaths, which require the formulation and adjustment of plans/ strategies in accordance with the requirements of the role
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
