Job summary
**Internal Norfolk and Suffolk ICB staff only**
An unique opportunity has arisen in the newly joined Norfolk
& Suffolk Child Death Review Team for a new member to join our existing
team. This is a substantive post in a
team who will be moving from SNEE ICB and Norfolk and Waveney ICB to a
provider.
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 or Norfolk and are under 18
years olds this includes neonatal, expected, and unexpected deaths.
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.
Main duties of the job
The post holders key responsibility will be on behalf of SNEE
ICB and Norfolk and Waveney ICBs 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.
The post holder will undertake, review and where necessary,
update protocols for practice for the Child Death Review, ensuring that
protocol and response times are monitored and evaluated.
Oversee the completion and
coordination of the standard forms used in the child death review process:
Notification, Reporting, Analysis for any case on the CDR Nurse caseload.
Remain clinically credible and on
appropriate nursing/midwifery register.
About us
The NHS Suffolk and North-East Essex Integrated Care Board
(ICB) plans and buys healthcare services for our population. This function is
commonly referred to as commissioning.
To do this, we work within a budget of around
£2.7 billion, which is set by NHS England, and work closely with local
government and the NHS providers in our area. Our performance is judged by how
well our local health and care system as a whole is working, including the
health outcomes of our communities.
The ICB has delegated some authority to the three
health and wellbeing alliances that operate in Suffolk and North-East Essex to
act on its behalf. This is to ensure that the needs of smaller, local areas are
addressed.
The ICB remains accountable for all of its functions, including
those it has delegated.
Local residents have a big role to play in the
operation of the ICB. We rely on the experiences and perspectives of our
communities to help shape our decision-making.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an 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
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Knowledge and understanding of the legislation and principles of information sharing in relation to child deaths and vulnerable children.
- 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.
Desirable
- Experience of involvement in investigations, PMRTS, SUDICs, PSIRFs or Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews.
- Leadership and Management experience to degree level
- 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.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools.
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)
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
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- 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 & Diversity
Essential
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
- The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership).
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
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
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Knowledge and understanding of the legislation and principles of information sharing in relation to child deaths and vulnerable children.
- 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.
Desirable
- Experience of involvement in investigations, PMRTS, SUDICs, PSIRFs or Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews.
- Leadership and Management experience to degree level
- 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.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools.
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)
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
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- 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 & Diversity
Essential
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
- The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership).
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
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).
