Bereavement Officer

at  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research.
Bereavement Services are looking to appoint a Bereavement Officer to work in the Bereavement Office to cover both the office at Central site and the Northern site on a Rota basis.
The successful applicant will essentially be a people person - caring, methodical, calm under pressure, IT literate, team player. Good interpersonal and telephone skills are essential as the job involves daily contact with bereaved families, and the ability to work as part of a team is essential. The office is very busy, mentally taxing, and sometimes emotionally demanding.
The successful candidate will need to work very closely with the Medical Examiner Officer’s, Coroner’s office and Registrar’s offices to ensure that statutory and mandatory paperwork is completed correctly , ensuring that bereaved families are given a service of compassionate excellence.
Note; This is an admin post and not counselling
The duties include using a computerised system to the accurate completion of statutory records.
Good literacy, numeracy and keyboarding skills are essential. Applicants need to be well organized, logical, and able to cope with and understand people emotions at one of the most stressful times in a person’s life
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria

Please refer the Job description for details