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Job summary

Main area
Administrative and Clerical
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Fixed term: 9 months (FTC)
Hours
Part time - 18.5 hours per week
Job ref
351-CS2662-GT
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Sceptre Point
Town
Preston
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata (subject to confirmation)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

Mortality Support Officer

Band 5

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

•    Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
•    Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
•    Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job overview

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen to provide support within the Medical Directorate for a Mortality Review Officer for a period of nine months.  They will have the ability to support the Morality Review programme and wider Learning from Deaths agenda within the organisation.  They will have the ability to continue with the current clinical audit projects and develop quality improvements within the organisation. 

The post holder will be expected to communicate complex information to all levels of employees both within and external to the organisation in a clear written and oral format.

The post holder will also provide management information for mortality review meetings, ensuring relevant information is available in a timely manner for learning from death reporting.

Main duties of the job

  • Communicate data analysis and interpretation of results to clinicians and other large groups in a variety of formats to aid understanding of mortality themes and trends
  • Advise on appropriate format/techniques to present mortality review findings at meetings/conferences/events
  • Collaborate with the Patient Safety, Business Intelligence, Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit Teams to develop new and improved reporting and analytics for mortality to enable effective learning and insight
  • Work collaboratively with clinical and corporate teams to improve programme outputs from learning from deaths
  • The post holder will be communicating a wide range of information to all levels and across organisations. Due to the field/focus of the role, this can be sensitive, emotive or highly contentious, requiring the post holder to utilise empathetic communication skills to provide reassurance, promote engagement and gain co-operation of recipients
  • Deliver training and stakeholder engagement activity for service users, carers and partner organisations to become involved in the mortality review programme
  • Enable & support the relative/carers of service users to take an active part in mortality review process, to improve the quality & effectiveness of practice & service delivery
  • Ensure relevant checks are performed to ensure national data opt out wishes are respected
  • Work collaboratively with the Medical Examiner function to support scrutiny of non-acute non-coronial deaths.

Working for our organisation

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy for the full responsibilities of this role

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge and experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge and experience of Mortality Case Record review methodology or Patient Safety Investigation Framework and Serious Investigation processes

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of mortality review and evidence of outcomes
  • Evidence of an ability to use both qualitative and quantitative methods data analysis
  • Demonstrable evidence of an ability to undertake audit/effectiveness projects

Skills

Essential criteria
  • IT literate & competent – ability to set up and use MS office applications, including access, excel, word, PowerPoint and outlook
  • Good presentation skills including creative writing and visual engaging materials
  • Demonstrable evidence of facilitation skills
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a team

Other

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing circumstances
  • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work to deadlines

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStep into healthDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. You are therefore advised to consider applying for this vacancy as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Alison Rushton
Job title
Mortality Review Practitioner
Email address
[email protected]
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