Job summary
The Homerton Safeguarding Children Team is an award winning , dynamic team that is a good mix of clinical and non-clinical staff who are passionate about providing a child centred care that meets the meets of all children and young people to keep them safe particularly those who voices often go unheard. We strive to provide the best service possible.
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Safeguarding Children Team for Homerton Healthcare NHS Trust , for a Child Team Review Nurse
The post holder will be required to work in partnership with colleagues in the Waltham Forest, East London, Newham and Tower Hamlets, City and Hackney Child Death Review Partnership.
The post holder will focus on child deaths for children and young people who lived in the City of London and Hackney.
Key elements of the role 1. management of the child death review process, and supporting bereaved families.
Main duties of the job
- Work closely with the Trust Designated Child Death Doctor (DCDr) WEL City and Hackney CDR Hub.
- Evaluation carried out through feedback of the experience of the service from bereaved families, staff and using this information to improve service delivery.
- Be a member of the Safeguarding Children Team.
- To ensure that there are robust and effective arrangements within the trust in line with WELC Child Death Review Hub Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and NEL ICB service specification requirements.
- Act as a single point of contact within the Homertonfor the management of information regarding child deaths.
- Manage and co-ordinate the return of child death information from trust services
- Analyse and summarise the main health and social factors identified in the information received from service
About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification again outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification attached is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification again outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification attached is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- First level registered nurse
- Post graduate qualification in public health nursing e.g. health visiting or school nursing or paediatric nursing.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings, to achieve co-operation and influence others including patients, families, carers and other health and social care professionals.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to presentations.
- Ability to communicate difficult and sensitive information to wide range of audiences and get feedback to
- Ability to development protocols and pathways.
- Collating information and writing performance reports
Experience / Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of teamwork and working with multi-agency teams in statutory and non-statutory organisations
- Working knowledge of child death and processes and issues
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries
- Experience of working with and support bereaved individuals and families.
- Experience of working without direct supervision but as part of a team.
- Good understanding of the child death process as laid out in Working Together to Safeguarding children (2018) and statutory requirements of the Children Act (2004)
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries
Other Requirements
Essential
- Empathetic and reflective practitioner
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Sound knowledge of the law in respect to Consent, confidentiality, data protection and information sharing
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
- Demonstrating an understanding of Trust Values
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- First level registered nurse
- Post graduate qualification in public health nursing e.g. health visiting or school nursing or paediatric nursing.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings, to achieve co-operation and influence others including patients, families, carers and other health and social care professionals.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to presentations.
- Ability to communicate difficult and sensitive information to wide range of audiences and get feedback to
- Ability to development protocols and pathways.
- Collating information and writing performance reports
Experience / Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of teamwork and working with multi-agency teams in statutory and non-statutory organisations
- Working knowledge of child death and processes and issues
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries
- Experience of working with and support bereaved individuals and families.
- Experience of working without direct supervision but as part of a team.
- Good understanding of the child death process as laid out in Working Together to Safeguarding children (2018) and statutory requirements of the Children Act (2004)
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries
Other Requirements
Essential
- Empathetic and reflective practitioner
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Sound knowledge of the law in respect to Consent, confidentiality, data protection and information sharing
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
- Demonstrating an understanding of Trust Values
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).
