About this role
Job summary
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. You will also provide feedback at appropriate stages and advocate for the family's voice within the child death review process.
About the role
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
Main duties of the job
You will be a Registered Children's Nurse or Registered Midwife with current NMC registration with substantial experience of working in the NHS with children and families in a specialist setting, such as acute paediatrics, neonatal or maternity care, hospice care, health visiting, school nursing or community services.
Experience of the child death review procedures and of supporting children and families through grief, bereavement or other highly distressing circumstances is particularly relevant. Emotional resilience is essential. The role involves regular exposure to traumatic information and direct contact with families at an exceptionally difficult time. You will need to balance warmth and compassion with professional boundaries, confidentiality, safeguarding responsibilities and attention to your own wellbeing.
Working closely with the Senior Manager Nurse, Designated Lead Nurse and Designated Doctor for Child Death Review, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference to bereaved families while helping multi-agency professionals learn from every child's death and improve services for children and young people. If you are a compassionate
and experienced practitioner who can combine sensitive family support with effective multi-agency coordination, we would welcome your application.
About us
Who we are
We are NHS West and North London. We are the main commissioning NHS organisation for planning and funding health services across our area. Our job is simple: to help people stay healthy and to make sure everyone can get good care when they need it.
We bring together many health and care services across west and north London. This means we help hospitals, GPs, community services, councils and charities work better together for local people.
NHS West and North London (WNL) serves over 4.5 million people and covers 13 London boroughs. (Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster)
What we do
- 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.
- We listen to local people and use their ideas to improve services.
- We want health and care to be fair, simple and close to home.
Our strategy
- Reducing inequalities
- Investing strategically to prevent ill health
- Better supporting people with the greatest needs, so everyone stays well
- Make care more local and easier to access
- Empowered local people that feel more confident about their health and wellbeing
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for full person specification.
You will have
Registered Childrens Nurse (RSCN/RN Child)/ Registered midwife with current NMC Registration
A degree or equivalent senior-level experience in a health-related field.
Significant knowledge of national/local child death review procedures.
Experience of managing and dealing with families who have experienced a child death.
Evidence of experience of imparting unwelcome news to staff, stakeholders, and wider networks around a family
Skills to build relationships and influencing large groups of people from multi-disciplinary backgrounds
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Master's level or able to demonstrate relevant clinical experience and research in equivalence including national recognition.
- Registered Children's Nurse (RSCN/RN Child)/ Registered midwife with current NMC Registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Management/ Leadership course.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working at a professional level in the NHS and working with children in a specialist clinical setting such as hospice care, acute care, neonatal or midwifery, health visiting, school nursing or community setting
- Manage dealing with contentious or sensitive issues
- Keep calm in a fast paced environment
- Skilled at building relationships and influencing large groups of people from multi-disciplinary backgrounds.
- Deal sensitively with parents/carers/patients and staff
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of national/local child death review procedures.
- Knowledge of how to impart unwelcome news to staff, stakeholders, patients, staff exposed to difficult/emotional meetings when taking minutes
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
Employer details
Employer name
West and North London ICB
Address
Marylebone Road
London
NW1 5JD
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.westandnorthlondon.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)