Description
We are seeking an experienced and compassionate children's nurse or midwife to join the West and North London ICB Child Death Review team. This is a highly sensitive and emotionally demanding role, providing skilled coordination and support following the death of a baby, child or young person.
The post holder will meet bereaved parents and families, sometimes in their homes, and will offer a consistent, accessible point of contact throughout the child death review process. You will communicate complex and potentially distressing information with empathy, clarity and professional sensitivity. You will help families navigate what happens after their child has died, ensure their questions and views are heard, and signpost them to bereavement, practical, advocacy and other specialist support.
Main duties of the job
- Act as a key worker or named contact for bereaved families, providing compassionate, individualised support.
- Coordinate Child Death Review Meetings and contribute to Joint Agency Responses and Child Death Overview Panel processes.
- Gather and interpret complex information from health, local authority, police, coroner and other partner agencies.
Requirements
- Registered Children's Nurse or Registered Midwife with current NMC registration.
- Substantial experience of working in the NHS with children and families in a specialist setting.
- Experience of the child death review procedures and of supporting children and families through grief, bereavement or other highly distressing circumstances.
- Emotional resilience is essential.
Benefits
- Competitive salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year.
- Permanent, full-time position.
About us
- We plan and fund local health and care services.
- We support GPs, hospitals, mental health teams, community clinics and pharmacies.
- We work with councils and community groups so care is joined-up and easy to use.