Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (4 x 7.5 hour days or 5 x 6 hour days)
- Job ref
- 343-7314220-FM-SC
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £32,199 - £34,876 Pa incl HCAS Outer pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Administrator - Paediatric Bereavement
Band 4
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
Main duties of the job
- To provide administrative support within the services and across the directorate, as and when required to assist in the delivery of the Trust’s
- organisational expectations, high quality patient care and experience as well as clinical and operational standards.
- To be a point of contact for the receipt of information on the deaths of all children (0-18 Years) that occurs within the Trust and/or for children who normally reside in the London Borough of Sutton
- To liaise with key professionals across SW London, Surrey and the rest of England to facilitate the Child Death Review process for children normally resident in Sutton or who died within or had contact with the Trust.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- GCSE English and Maths at Grade C or equivalent
- Willing to develop role and responsibilities and undertake relevant study as required
Desirable criteria
- An IT Qualification
- Relevant NVQ/Diploma or equivalent
- Minute taking course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in a complex NHS organisation
- Experience of working in children’s services in the acute or community NHS settings
- Awareness of local and national guidance of Child Death Process and Bereaved families
- Experience working within children’s safeguarding
Desirable criteria
- Experience of obtaining service user/patient experience
- Works within sphere of data protection guidance
- Experience of working within statutory frameworks
Knoweldge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels via e-mail, telephone or in person and to deal with confidential and sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
- Microsoft office skills
- Ability to write reports and manage systems of reporting for use at all levels of the organisation
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Ability to demonstrate working in an organised and methodical manner
- Able to work without supervision when required
Desirable criteria
- Negotiating skills
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Duffy
- Job title
- Paediatric Nursing Service Co-ordinator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8296 3376
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